Okuama: When Political Blame Ignores the Constitution, Fuels Blackmail
By Ufuoma Egbe The tragedy of Okuama has left deep wounds. Families have lost loved ones, a community has suffered devastation, and several Okuama leaders have remained in detention for an agonising period. Their plight deserves justice, compassion and sustained public attention. But precisely because the tragedy is so painful, it must not become an […]
Why Nigeria under Buhari is world headquarters for extreme poverty – Reno
On Wednesday the 29th of August, 2018, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, visited Nigeria with a plane full of business people to help Britain make money in Nigeria. So meticulously choreographed was her visit, that she came with businessmen and women that sold or manufactured every item you could imagine from air fresheners to Scotch whiskey.
VP Osinbajo: A sound“Omoluabi” indeed
On a courtesy visit to His Royal Majesty, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, the Oba Elegushi of Ikate Land, Kusenla III in Eti Osa, Lagos during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration last week, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, was recently described as a sound “Omoluabi”.
APC’S RANTINGS: Akwa Ibom people, be wise!
In a full page advertisement in The Nation Newspaper of Thursday of August 23, Nkereuwem Enyongekere, Akwa Ibom State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), tried to mislead the Akwa Ibom people from returning Governor Udom Emmanuel for second term. The advertorial further exposed the intellectual ineptitude of the APC.
The Tom Osung I know
Honorable Okon Tom Osung was born in Eyekpifie Village in Oruko, Urueoffong/Oruko Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He is a former Urueoffong Oruko Council boss where he emerged as the best council.
MultiChoice: CPC hiding behind a finger
It is hardly surprising that, for about two weeks, the Consumer Protection Council (CPC)/MultiChoice saga has been a major cause celebre. The matter arose from an interim court injunction the CPC secured against the implementation of MultiChoice’s new tariffs, which took effect on 1 August.
