By Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi I detest political cultism, which the Kwankwasiyya movement represents, and also resent Governor Abba Yusuf’s incipient governance by destructive vengeance, which saw him remorselessly destroying multimillion-naira buildings belonging to political opponents in his first few weeks in power, but the verdict that overturned his victory strikes me as deficient in…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for 2023 gubernatorial election in Enugu State, Barr. Peter Mbah, has disclosed his administration’s readiness, if elected by February, 2023, to ensure that the state is recognized as an oil producing state, banking on the huge oil deposit in Uzo Uwani LGA. Barr. Mbah who was accompanied by his…
Hollywood is mourning the loss of an icon. Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, has died at the age of 94. The news was first announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell, on Jan. 7. His cause of death is yet to be confirmed. …
No matter how long it lives, the so called white Lion will eventually die miserably. That’s the world. Tragic and Karmic! At their peak, they rule with their incompetent style and envy, chase other animals, catch, devour, gulp and leave their crumbs for hyenas. But age comes fast. The time is very near when the…
…As NPC chairman hails governor on good governance Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State has called for synergy and strategic partnership between the state government and the National Population Commission (NPC), towards ensuring that all population related rights and privileges are accorded to the state in future census exercises. Gov. Ugwuanyi who made the call…
By Humphrey Onyima Long before the expiration of his eight-year tenure in office, opinions about the successor of Governor Tanko Al-Makura have set the polity abuzz with calculations and postulations. While politicians in the state are gearing for the tough duel ahead and getting set to own huge swaths of the state, indicators have emerged…
Marshall Turune(1611-1675)once said, “God is always on the side of big battalion.” The essential armour in every political battle include, worthy cause, strong reasons and unity of purpose. The Nkanu East Consultative Forum headed by erudite professor of robotics Bartholomew Nnaji, before and during the party primaries demonstrated uncommon vigor and tenacity in convincing critical…
“This Governor has not only mitigated the chasm in Rural- Urban dichotomy with flurry of projects, but has left Enugu state comparatively safer”.–Dr Ifeanyi Ojobo, Chairman NIPR Enugu chapter. July 16 was earmarked as the WORLD PUBLIC RELATIONS DAY. Different continents, nay countries of the world participated in this momentous global fiesta. In Nigeria, the…
By David E. Sanger and David D. Kirkpatrick For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized Iran’s clerical government, reopening it to the world economy…
The electoral commission will begin registration of voters in January. Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, will commence the registration of eligible voters by 2021 ahead of the 2023 general elections, the chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said. The exercise, which will begin in January, will run for next 18 months – and stop about…
