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Nov

09

2023

Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa Off Season Elections, Why Expect Fairness, Peace, When ‘Snatch It And Run With It’ Is In The Saddle?

Column, Opinion, Politics2023, Bayelsa, Chris Nwaokobia, Imo State, Kogi State, Next Level, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Politics, Security

I'm beginning to believe that we suffer from gross selective amnesia as a nation. I have read befuddling wistfulness manifest in many commentaries about possible free, fair, and credible polls in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo. And I wonder who did it. Are you not aware that the morning tells largely what the day will be like? With the electoral larceny of February and March 2023 and the attendant judicial summersaults, tell me who believes in the sanctity and sanity of the electoral process anymore? Who will wait for a sullied, stained, tainted, and corrupt umpire—in this case, Mahmood Yakubu's INEC—to…

Nov

07

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Appeal Court overturns Tribunal’s decision, upholds Ibe Okwara’s election victory.

Abia State, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Dan Okeke, Ibe Okwara Osonwa, Next Level, Politics

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has overturned the decision of the National Assembly Election Tribunal in Umuahia that declared Daniel Okeke of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the last election in Abia State's Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency. A tribunal panel led by Justice Adeyinka Aderebgbe sacked the member representing the Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Hon. Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, for non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022, in response to a petition filed by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the election, Chief Daniel Okeke. However, the Appeal Court has overturned the ruling.

Nov

07

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

“I Respect Tinubu, I Call Him Uncle, It Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Call Him Drug Dealer” – Yusuf Baba Ahmed.

Opinion, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kashim Shettima, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Yabaji Yusuf Sani

IN CASE YOU MISSED YUSUF BABA AHMED’S INTERVIEW, HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS STATEMENTS: — If you want to know what’s happening in Nigeria, go there. Don’t rely on those statistics; they are misleading. — APC has never done anything good aside from shutting down IREV. — For someone who has wielded so much power in Nigeria, how come he (Tinubu) couldn’t apply such power to our welfare and security? They (APC) are in power for themselves, for their ego, and for their consideration. — Where is that power they used to wake Mahmood Yakubu at 4 a.m. to…

Nov

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nigeria, revenue, poverty and taxation atrophy – Opinion

Column, Economy, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Economy, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

By Abiodun KOMOLAFE When our forefathers came up with the wise saying that ‘the earnest wish of potters is for the earth to be clay’, it was not only worthy of commendation but also no mean achievement. The beauty of the adage is that, in some 1000 years to come, it will still be relevant. So, instead of concentrating on having more wealth, the wisdom in it is learning how to be frugal and maximally productive with the little that’s available. Simple Economics: economic activities breed taxation, while taxation without representation is problematic. Generally, the mission of governments is revenue…

Nov

03

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Workers declare strike on Wednesday in protest to Ajaero’s attack

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsHope Uzodinma, Imo State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Opinion, Police, Politics

In response to their President Joe Ajaero's beating and kidnapping, organized labor, which is made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, has announced plans for a statewide strike. At a press conference on Friday, the strike that is set for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, was announced. The joint union leaders have presented a six-point demand to the Federal Government, which includes the immediate removal of the Imo State Commissioner of Police, the Area Commander, and other officials for their alleged involvement in the brutalization and humiliation of Ajaero and other workers. Tommy Okon, the…