Opinion Archives - Page 299 of 306

Oct

09

2022

Aregbesola wants 30% of Nigerian prisoners released

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsAregbesola, Crime, Metro, NCS, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 percent of inmates from detention centers across the country. Mr. Aregbesola made this known when he appeared at the Nigerian News Agency (NAN) Forum in Abuja. The minister said the interface was necessary as more than 90 percent of inmates were being held for breaking the laws of various states. Mr. Aregbesola also said that more than 70 percent of the 75,635 inmates currently awaiting trial. The minister said that federal criminals in the system were much less than…

Oct

09

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

The Behemoth Called “ABIA” And The Exchange Of Deceits – Opinion

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Opinion, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

What a walking disaster with a strange-sounding melody of frustration, in a state adjudged to be the 12th richest state among the Nigerian federating states! Why would a state blessed and punctuated with revered intellectuals and astute professional juggernauts be basking in the euphoria of exchanges of ignorance? For barely 24 years, no government in Abia State has ever produced a new general framework of economic thought. It is totally inconceivable and it distorts the technology of reasoning how a state rich in both human and material resources is dying by instalment. Our state governance system has so reduced us…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Comment on Peter Obi: APC tells Ngige to support Tinubu openly or resign

Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Chris Ngige, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige to resign if he can’t support the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Murtala Ajaka, tasked Ngige and other political appointees of the party to openly support Tinubu. Ajaka was reacting to Ngige’s remarks on who to endorse between Tinubu and the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Ngige said the decision on who to support between Tinubu and Obi is difficult. However, Ajaka berated the Minister over his comment. In a statement on Saturday, Ajaka said, “It is expected…

Oct

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Arochukwu: Dr. Samuel urges supporters to double efforts, commitment

Abia State, Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Samuel Uba Okorie

Arochukwu: Good morning all and a very beautiful Sunday to you all. I want to thank and appreciate God for making it possible for my name to appear on INEC’s final list as an Aspirant for the Arochukwu Constituency of Abia State House of Assembly. I also want to thank all my teeming fans and followers and supporters. I want to appreciate those who has come inbox to congratulate me. I want to thank those who appreciate me via SMS and Whatsapp. Still, I will tell you that the journey has not stopped. In fact, we have just started. But…

Oct

08

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

IPOB says it has no plans to disrupt election in Igboland

Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Biafra, Freedom, IPOB, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it has no plan to disrupt the election in Igboland in 2023. The media and publicity secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in a press statement, said there is no truth in any information circulating on alleged plans to disrupt the election in 2023 in Igboland. The group rather accused the federal government of masterminding insecurity in the South East, with the hope of causing fear and accusing IPOB of their deeds. A recent video of a breakaway member of IPOB, Mr. Simon Ekpa recently surfaced on the internet, where he…