PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DYING, GOVERNORS MUST ACT NOW!

NIGERIA’S public primary education system is dying. In a competitive learning globe, many public primary schools in the country are, at best, pigsties and ranches rather than spaces to equip future leaders. This is bad governance ethos. Without delay, state governors should prioritise education by robustly investing, providing infrastructure, and implementing sustainable policies. The images […]

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MY TAKE ON FUBARA’S SUSPENSION

President Tinubu suspended an incumbent governor, a move that was widely condemned. However, what about Governor Fubara, who effectively suspended the State House of Assembly for over a year? He governed without a properly constituted legislature. What do we call that? Not many people criticized him when he demolished the Assembly complex, depriving 27 constituencies […]

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MY TAKE ON HUMPHREY NWOSU – SEUN AKANDE

I feel compelled to lend my voice to the ongoing debate in the Red Chamber—the Nigerian Senate—on whether Nwosu should be honored by immortalizing his name or not. Having listened to the arguments of Senators who opposed the bill to immortalize him, I have a few words to say. Judging by the circumstances that surrounded […]

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STATE GOVERNORS BORROWING SPREE WITHOUT IMPACT.

 Governors are plunging their states into crippling debt, borrowing without accountability while the citizens they swore to serve languish in poverty. Instead of investing in essential sectors like education, healthcare, and infrastructure, these leaders squander public funds on luxury vehicles, extravagant airports, and other white elephant with no real economic impact. Many states are effectively […]

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State of emergency in Rivers: Activists warn of threat to democracy, petition ECOWAS

A Nigerian pro-democracy coalition, Concerned Nigerians in Defence of Democratic Governance, has petitioned the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, urging urgent intervention against what it describes as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s moves to undermine democracy, following the recent state of emergency declaration in Rivers State. In a letter addressed to ECOWAS Commission President, […]

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2027: Consultation for political coalition to challenge APC ongoing, not yet finalized – Lukman

A former National Vice Chairman North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that the negotiation for a political coalition to challenge the ruling party has reached an advanced stage but not finalised yet. It was reported that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar had last week confirmed that there would be […]

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Tension in Calabar as policeman runs amok, shoots 3 dead, injures others

Authorities of the Cross River State Police Command have made frantic moves to pacify the Calabar community after a policeman, described as mentally deranged, shot and killed three persons and injured several others. The police authorities said the incident happened before 6:00 am on Sunday morning at the Atakpa divisional police headquarters Calabar, adjacent to […]

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