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Butcher Ibrahim  crippled by police  bullets

Butcher Ibrahim crippled by police bullets

For about three years, 24-year-old butcher, Ibrahim Jafarau, has been bedridden, no thanks to the bullets of a yet to be identified officer of the Benue State Police, who allegedly shot and injured his spinal cord in the Wadata area of Makurdi, the state capital.

Ambode flags everywhere

Ambode flags everywhere

He may be busy with campaigns, espousing the message of continuity, but the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, is also creatively creating time for humanitarian projects that reveal his patriotic disposition and showcases his passion for excellence.

Stealing is not corruption, it is a crime

Stealing is not corruption, it is a crime

Stealing is not corruption. Stealing is a crime punishable in law. Corruption is logically the inability of the institution, or the perversion of the institutions established by law to prevent stealing, or punish it when it happens.

Ebonyi  Assembly and the impeachment debate

Ebonyi Assembly and the impeachment debate

The power of impeachment or removal from office of the governor or deputy governor by the state House of Assembly is provided for in Section 188 of the Constitution. According to the Constitution, “The governor or deputy governor of a state may be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Section 188 (2) (a, b, c) and subsections (2 to 10) provided for the various steps that will be taken for legal impeachment of the governor or his deputy”

Why I featured Zeez in my new single ‘Obim’ —- Harmonee

Why I featured Zeez in my new single ‘Obim’ —- Harmonee

When Susan Emike Ekwe known as Harmonee in the music industry, released her sophomore effort ‘Chocolate’, music fans welcomed her with cheers but with a bit of suspicious approval, that comes with a feeling you have for a good product you are not particularly sure of its value. But after the release of ‘Obim’ featuring Zeez, formerly DJ Zeez of the ‘Fokasibe’ fame, Harmonee now looms like a big phenomenon that will remain with us for a long time.

‘Okowa, Ochei working together on different platforms’

‘Okowa, Ochei working together on different platforms’

Whether you are in the majority or minority party has nothing to do with the content that you have to offer. We all know that Ochei has been a very good legislator and we see him fairing very well at the National Assembly. He has the experience, he has the political sagacity to be able to cope.

Vandalism: The cancer in Nigeria’s power sector

Vandalism: The cancer in Nigeria’s power sector

Two years ago or thereabout, President Goodluck Jonathan told Nigerians to be prepared to crown him the most popular President of the country. This was on the strength of a comment by one of the participants at a media chat that any President who solved the problem of electricity in Nigeria would go down as the most popular President in its history.

Sule Lamido  and the Jigawa Narrative

Sule Lamido and the Jigawa Narrative

Come May 29, Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido will bow out of office after eight years of stewardship. Navigating with an old school discipline and the panache of a 21st century diplomat, this Bamaina-born visionary from Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state has simply proven that when human resolve is wedded to genuine vision, critical transformation of the human condition occurs. For Jigawa, this is what Lamido has done.

Deconstructing Buharimania

Deconstructing Buharimania

Politics, according to cynics, is a dirty game. Many Nigerians tend to accept thatnegative characterisation of politics and politicking without question. However, in my view, Aristotle’s depiction of politics as the endeavour for the noblest of human beings is nearer the truth than the cynical standpoint. Briefly defined, politics is the authoritative allocation of power to make decisions and implement them within a geopolitical space.

‘Why Jonathan must prevail’

‘Why Jonathan must prevail’

Dr. Goodnews Goodman Agbi teaches civil engineering structures at the Delta State University, Oleh Campus. The Isoko-born civil engineer was a former Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Grassroots Democratic Party, GDM, and also an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He speaks on the state of the nation

Jonathan will win in Edo South – Senator Owie

Jonathan will win in Edo South – Senator Owie

Senator Roland Owie has said the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general elections in Edo South Senatorial District is in the hands of God and the voters and not in the hands of some cultural leaders even as he insisted that nobody in Benin Kingdom has the authority to direct the Binis who to vote and who not to vote for. He assured that Jonathan would be re-elected.

All Flesh is Grass (2)

All Flesh is Grass (2)

Beloved Christian: stop evaluating yourself after the flesh. For the man or woman of God, it no longer matters whether he or she is good looking or tall or smart or rich or poor. Those distinctions of the flesh are vain and of no importance whatsoever to God.