The name Adams Oshiomhole evokes good, bad and the ugly. The good in it is his ability to showcase himself relentlessly as a labor leader of note, behind facade of deceit, self-righteousness and his minimal dent on Edo State governorship for 8-year. The bad in it has always been his actual self – a creature of mere surfaces; shallowness, hollowness, …
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When will the Nigerian slave masses realize that they’re in bondage to attain their desired freedom? Nigeria is a nation in different kinds of bondage. The ruling class is in looting bondage while the masses are in poverty bondage. The formal deafeningly cloaked the minds of the rulers’ insatiability and the latter keeps the downtrodden in the ditch upon which …
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By Crusoe Osagie The logic and reason behind the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) criticism of the policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State are often disturbingly shallow and many times, absolutely ridiculous. This is especially so because this same political party ruled over this country and indeed Edo State for nearly two decades and literarily left the …
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There is no question about Godwin Obaseki’s commitment to the welfare of Edo people as he continues to make the difficult decisions to clear out entrenched behaviours that inhibit growth Crusoe Osagie writes Lying adjacent to the University of Benin, Ekehuan Campus, is Garrick Memorial Secondary School (GMSS), a privately owned institution, which consists of rows of classroom blocks facing …
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Human rights defenders and social groups agitating for change and advocating for people friendly policies are declared as enemies of the state. Sometimes, trumped up charges are used to silence them. This act of inconsistency and constant harassment of public defenders, makes it is difficult to trust the NASS on this bill. Because it has sometimes deployed state resources/taxes to …
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Most people have proposed the setting up of anti-corruption clubs in secondary schools and tertiary institutions. They have asked the ministry of Education to include corruption as a subject in school curriculum or lay more emphasis on it if merged with civic education. These are valid propositions, and we support them all. However, there is another area which the anti-corruption …
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Obaseki has, all the while he has been in government demonstrated a penchant for being mute over critical matters. Perhaps he sees the office of governor as his private firm. But even at that, Afrinvest transactions are an open book, online, to give credit to his workers. This is more so when looked at from the background of the fact …
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Niran Adedokun I am still dazed by the number of Nigerians who have expressed disappointment at how the Senate threw out the proposal for devolution of powers last Wednesday. It did not occur to me that we had so many people hoping against hope that things would go differently. Even then, I am sure that those who are not given …
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A former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has described the 1999 Constitution as the problem of Nigeria, saying without overhauling it, the country may not experience the much-needed development. He said the constitution which, according to him, was designed for the people of the country by the military, promoted “criminal impunity in the governance …
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Why must the man who reforms the moribund finances of the State; the person who raises the bar for teaching and learning, the man who promotes functional educational system, the person who creates wealth through provision of jobs, the man who banishes poverty from amongst his people, through employment opportunities, the man who restores healthy living, the man who maintains …
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