Opinion Archives - Page 180 of 233

Dec

02

2022

Abia APP Ward-Round Tour: “As Gov., I’ll Do More For You”, MUK Assures Ukwa People

Abia State, Opinion, Politics2023, Aba, Abia State, Mascot Uzor Kalu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The political relationship between the governorship candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Abia state, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, and the people of Ukwa keeps getting stronger, as he has promised to do more for them if elected into office. Chief Kalu, who recounted his longstanding political proclivity for Ukwa, recalled how he initiated the executive bill for the formation of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ASOPADEC) Board, saying he did that because he knew Ukwa is marginalized. “As a Chief of Staff, I initiated the formation of ASOPADEC to benefit Ukwa. I did that because…

Dec

01

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Baba-Ahmed hails Shettima’s ‘improved dress sense’

Lifestyle, Opinion, PoliticsDatti Baba-Ahmed, Lifestyle, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has sarcastically applauded his counterpart in the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Kashim Shettima, over his “improved dress sense” at public functions. This is even as he described the former Governor of Borno State as a “morally-bankrupt character” who is out of touch with reality. The APC vice presidential candidate, who stood in for his principal, Bola Tinubu, was mocked on August 22 for dressing in an oversized suit-and-sneakers combo at the Nigeria Bar Association conference in Lagos. The development led to a backlash, especially on Twitter where #ShettimaChallenge trended…

Dec

01

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Senate considers Orji Kalu’s bill seeking to make Criminal Justice Act ‘more humane’

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsCrime, Kuje prison, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics, Security

A bill seeking to amend of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) has passed second reading at the senate. The bill sponsored by him Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip, is seeking to make the law more “effective and more humane”. The bill passed first reading at the upper legislative chamber in July 2020 about a month after he was released from prison. The former governor of Abia state was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre on June 2, 2020. He had spent five months in prison.In December 2019, a federal high court in Lagos convicted the chief whip of money laundering…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Kaduna Labour Party’s women leader has been assassinated

News2023, Crime, Labour Party, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Labour Party Women Leader in Kaura, Kaduna State, Victoria Chintex, was on Monday shot dead by suspected assassins. The gunmen reportedly stormed her residence on Monday night and shot her dead while her husband sustained gunshot injuries on his leg. Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Edward Simon Buju, the Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Zone 3, Kaduna State, described the late women leader as a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated woman who died at a time the party and the country needed her most. While encouraging the people of Kaura Local Government and the party faithful to be law-abiding, Buju…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari blames Russia-Ukraine conflict for compounding terrorism in Nigeria

News, Opinion, PoliticsBoko Haram, Crime, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Russia, Ukraine

While the Russia-Ukraine Conflict rages, President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned its impact in the Sahel region of West Africa, insisting that it is compounding the Boko Haram crisis, especially in the Lake Chad Basin region. The President used his opening address at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), held at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja to lament the situation. According to President Buhari, who doubled as chairman of the summit, illicit weapons and fighters are already infiltrating the region from Russia and Ukraine, a trend that…