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#ENDSWAT Protest Has Been Hijacked By Criminals – Yahaya Bello

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Yahaya Bello, Kogi governor, says citizens protesting against police brutality should stop the demonstrations and explore other forms of dissent. In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, Bello said the ranks of peaceful protesters have been infiltrated by “criminal elements armed with dangerous weapons”. In the past week, protesters called for the scrapping of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) and a holistic...

[Opinion] Mr President: A Promise Is A Debt – By Aloy Ejimakor

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[Opinion] Mr President: A Promise Is A Debt - By Aloy Ejimakor

Following the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu last year, John Campbell, a former US Ambassador to Nigeria (quoting a journal article published in Council of Foreign Relations) cautioned in a tweet that Nigeria cannot afford any more ‘mishandlings’ of the matter of Nnamdi Kanu, positing that “the safety and security of the country depends on it”. Recently, on two different...

Without Igbo Unity, There Can’t Be Igbo Presidency – Reno Omokri

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How did the Southwest get the Presidency in 1999? It was because they were united as a people after the death of Chief MKO Abiola, in saying that if justice was not done to them, they would leave Nigeria. There were absolutely no dissenting voices. And the most liberal and nationalistic Yoruba man, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was quoted as saying...

[OPINION] Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji: Compassionate Leadership Redefined

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By Jude Ndukwe "Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with the people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives" - Oprah Winfrey Without compassion, leadership is a valley of tyranny, but where compassion is the reason for service, leadership becomes a fount of comfort, a mount of milk and honey...

Abia LG Poll: We’ll Resist Any Fraudulently Written Result — Sen. Kalu Vows

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Senator representing Abia North district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has insisted that this party will reject results that do not reflect the people's will in the upcoming local government election. The Senate Chief Whip and former Abia governor told ABN TV on Friday that times are gone when local government election results are written even before the actual contest. He called...

“We Want SARS” – Northern Governors Lament

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Governors from the Northern part of the country have rejected disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). According to them, the police unit has been useful in the fight against insecurity in the region. The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, who is the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) made this known to reporters on Thursday after a meeting...

Kinetic Abia: When Governance In Motion Sets A Pace

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Recently in Abia State, the city of Aba - the commercial hub of the Southeast geopolitical zone - received an infrastructural facelift, a kind of critical boost, for good it was. Though it could be said flatly and forgiven that governance has failed Nigerians, Abians included, with politicians returning quadrennially to sing the usual vague lyrics and lullabies, certain...

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