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Jul

21

2024

The Looming Protest: Joe Igbokwe, Bayo Onanuga And The Age Of Unreason.

Metro, News, Opinion, Politics, Sponsored2027, Chris Nwaokobia, Metro, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion

The two individuals that no longer surprise me at all are Citizens Joe Igbokwe and Bayo Onanuga, however in the present instance I wonder what sycophancy and court-jesting have done to their ability to discern the times and by jove incline their hearts to wisdom, apologies to the Holy Book. Joe Igbokwe in the service of his master decided perhaps without deep research to do the greatest disservice to the present watch. In threatening the Igbo in Lagos and across the Country, Citizen Joe Igbokwe has forgotten that hunger and poverty are indiscriminate of Region, Religion and ethnicity. He has…

Jul

20

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu’s LG autonomy gamble – Abiodun

News

By abiodun KOMOLAFE "Local government is not just about politics, it's about people's lives." - Eric Garcetti At last, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in favor of Nigeria's 774 Local Governments (LGs)! May God’s name be praised! Yes, the Supreme Court's ruling is a significant victory, ordering 20.6% of the federation account allocation to be paid directly to LG accounts, as constitutionally mandated! But how did Nigeria descend to this point? It's clear that most state governors sought to control LGs by appointing their herds and apparatchiks as council chairmen, thus disregarding elections. President Bola Tinubu deserves the…

Jul

18

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohanaeze Lauds Tinubu, Umahi For Taking Steps To End Biafra War Through Reconstruction Of Southeast

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBiafra, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dave Umahi, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Politics, South East

...AND REVITALIZING SOUTHEAST FEDERAL ROADS In a momentous gathering of Southeast stakeholders alongside the esteemed Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi on the 17th of July 2024 in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Ohanaeze Ndigbo resoundingly applauds and commends the unwavering resolve, iron will, purposefulness, and decisiveness exhibited by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in confronting the long-standing infrastructural deficits, deficiencies, and neglect plaguing the Southeast region for over five decades. Following the conclusion of the Nigeria-Biafra war in January 1970, Nigerians, particularly Ndigbo, were acquainted with the policy decree of General Yakubu Gowon, the 3Rs (Reconciliation, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction), designed to reintegrate…

Jul

16

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Igbo Cities Will Not Protest Against Tinubu To Be Sacrificed; Security, Kanu’s Release Our Priority – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Column, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBiafra, Freedom, Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion, Politics

As Nigerians prepare for Nationwide Protests against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to express their frustrations over the harsh economic conditions and rising prices of essential commodities and petroleum products, OHANAEZE NDIGBO, the apex igbo socio-cultural organization, has taken a firm stance on the upcoming protests scheduled from August 1st-10th, 2024. Drawing from the painful history of past riots and protests in Nigeria, such as the 17th April 1978 ALI MUST GO Protests, the 24th May 1989 ANTI-SAP RIOTS, the 1993 June 12 protests, the 2nd-14th January 2012 OCCUPY NIGERIA protests, and the 20th October 2020 END SARS protests, which resulted…

Jul

16

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

New Era Foundation unreservedly loyal to Otti’s Govt; Ikwuano Mayor Declares.

Abia State, Column, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsAbia State, Ikwuano LGA, Politics

...As he holds NEF convention The Founder and President of New Era Foundation (NEF) and Mayor of Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Mayor Osinachi Nwaka has restated the unflinching commitment and loyalty of his Foundation to the government of Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, the Executive Governor of Abia State. Describing the Governor as the Messiah of Abia, Nwaka without mincing words, reiterated that his Foundation which had been established before his arrival at the corridors of power, owed her full allegiance to the Labour Party government after God Almighty. He, therefore, sternly warned members of the nonprofit making…