[OPINION] Prof Gregory Ibe: Abia’s Good News Worth Preaching
A good product, they say, sells itself. But first of all, it has to leave the warehouse, get introduced to the people through persuasive advertising to enable them to have a taste and make the proper recommendation for public acceptability. After all, the proof of the pudding is in the eating This strategy is flamboyantly called profile-raising in public relations....
Sen. Kalu A Quintessential Leader, Representative At 61
BY Obinna Amaechi It was Peter Drucker who said, “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.” The quote above perfectly encapsulates character and personality of the man His Excellency, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State who today is marking his glorious, impactful and result-filled 61 years of existence...
Public Fund Is “Indocid” To Looters Under Ikpeazu’s Abia, By John Okiyi Kalu
To fully understand the kind of person Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is, you need to take note of the recently reported conversation between him and one of his former appointees who is now a chieftain of one of the mushroom opposition parties in Abia state. According to the former appointee, when the state received Paris Club Refund, the Governor warned him...
Agony Of Losing Four Children, 3 Others And Complacency of Abia Government, By Ifeanyi Okali
The recent death of seven Abia citizens in a mysterious manner ought to have by now given the government a serious concern, but like many other things in the state, all we get is a deafening silence, inaction and docility, like the proverbial ostrich, we bury our head in sand pretending that nothing has happened. Life goes on. This again...
Nnamdi Kanu Being Detained By FG For Refusing To Accept Financial Gratification
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that the Federal Government was detaining Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because he refused to accept properties and monetary inducement offered him to abandon the struggle for Biafra liberation. The group accused the Federal Government of taking such action of indefinitely holding its leader in order to forcibly infiltrate the ranks of its great movement...
Who is a journalist?
By Iboro Otongaran “Bloggers are not journalists. They are dirty job artists” —Ray Ekpu Mr Raymond Amos Ekpu, one of Nigeria’s high priests of Journalism, is reported to have made the above declaration in a talk at a recent symposium in Uyo. Thereafter there have been unceasing torrents of references in the social media to attacks on him on account of the comment. I...
Rerun: Akpabio has a lifeline!
Abasifreke Effiong I have read a number of stories, "analyses" and opinions on the Appeal Court judgment in Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Chris Ekpenyong's case after the court ordered a rerun in Essien Udim local government area as part of its judgment on the Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom North West) senatorial district election. I had to cut short...
SOME LEGAL FACTS ABOUT THE CONVICTION OF SENATOR ORJI UZOR KALU By Barr. Monday Ubani
1. He remains a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under this new term of 4 years unless: (a) He is recalled by his constituents. (b) His seat is declared vacant by the Senate President if he is unable to attend legislative sittings to a certain period allowed by the constitution. (c) he dies while serving the sentence before his...
[OPINION] POOR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN ABIA STATE, BY NWAGBOGU AMARA
Education in Abia state, especially in the public sector is in a state of dysfunction. The students are disillusioned with public education. Their teachers are frustrated in the face of poor motivation and Lack of good facilities. What is clear is that successive governments have paid lip service to revamp a sector bedevilled by low budgetary allocations, poor incentives for...
OPINION: There Is Nothing Like ‘Money Rituals’, By Abimbola Adelakun
The gruesome murder of the Lagos State University student, Miss Favour Daley-Oladele, by a self-deluded young man in pursuit of an illusion of “money rituals” is saddening. According to reports, Favour’s boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, had allegedly connived with a pastor, Segun Philips, who promised to make a potion that would magically draw money for Adeeko and his mother. Now...
