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Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric

By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
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Reduce drastically the cost of governance or face economic debacle (2)

By Chief Edwin Clark OVER and above all these, he owns a company that collects revenue on behalf of the Lagos State government where he keeps to himself an abnormally high percentage as commission. Most of these governors have pending cases with the EFCC. It is alleged that they have corruptly enriched themselves with our […]

Why Nigerians must re-examine Pedro Obaseki’s verdict on Godwin Obaseki

The question should be: how come the manifesto and agenda of the candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is more popular, known, and profound than that of a sitting governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki who has the ability, avenue, and opportunity to execute his agenda? As puzzling as it is, this strange obliviousness began in the year 2016 when Godwin Obaseki first contested for the Edo State governorship position.

Defying The Negative Northern Stereotype: Aside What The Media Tells You

By Muhammed Auwal Muazu The issue of stereotype has been a damning factor in human interaction for as long humans exist and every ethnicity, race and culture have had their fair share. In as much as some of the stereotypes are laughable and easily shrugged off, the bigger chunk of it is used to promote […]

Ize-Iyamu: recycled video of acid incident, the courage of an honest leader

The recycling of an old video interview erroneously reported as recent wherein Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu clarified the events that led to his two-year struggle with the administration of the University of Benin as a student leader over an acid incident in which he was vindicated and absolved of any wrongdoing, really provides insight into the life of a man who had from the onset been a leader, a conscious fellow, and a charismatic personality concerned with the social plight of the people.

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