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Nigeria @60: Tafawa Balewa’s failed prophecy

By Ele Ifah Sunday October 2, 2020 259 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah During a debate in 1959 at the threshold of Nigeria’s Independence, the late Tafawa Balewa had to respond to a question about the ominous ethnic division and rivalries that permeated the political space. The man who was to become Nigeria’s first prime minister, like a star-gazer, replied thus: “I’m confident that when […]Continue Reading

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Buhari’s speech as Nigeria clocked 60 years of Independence

By Ele Ifah Sunday October 2, 2020 157 0

Below is the text of Buhari’s broadcast on October 1, 2020 INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians, I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion […]Continue Reading

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Study Notes on “Revolution” and “National Unity”

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 28, 2020 155 0

By Edwin Madunagu The importance and urgency of this subject to the Nigerian Left, at this time, demand that I begin the discussion with a series of clear propositions. And that is what I intend to do here. None of the propositions, in its essence, will be new to the movement or in the movement. […]Continue Reading

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How to create new states for equity- Robert Audu

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 25, 2020 196 Post a comment

As the National Assembly has called for position papers on constitution review, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, Chief Robert Audu, submitted the following proposal: STATE CREATION In June 2012, I responded to your predecessor’s call and submitted a Memorandum to then National Assembly Joint Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution on the subject […]Continue Reading

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Borno Governor, Zulum, wins 2019 Zik prize for leadership

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 24, 2020 213 0

… Becomes the first governor to win during the first term … Formal presentation to hold Dec 6 Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum had emerged a winner of the 2019 Zik prize for leadership, as announced by Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy on Thursday afternoon. Zulum, who was of eight winners of […]Continue Reading

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CSOs make demands for the sustainable deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 23, 2020 169 0

A consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has asked the federal government to entrench the deregulation drive of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry by enacting appropriate legislation or embedding it as part of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) expected to be submitted to the National Assembly soon. The consortium also demanded that the […]Continue Reading

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Historic perspective on the pardon of Alli and Enahoro

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 22, 2020 181 0

By Eric Teniola The presidential pardon granted by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to former Nationalist and Minister, Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (1923-2010), and also to Professor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli (1929-1989), former Governor of the defunct Bendel state and endorsed by the National Council of State is most welcome. I hope the pardon will be extended […]Continue Reading

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‘Humanity First’ clocks 25 Years

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 20, 2020 161 0

As an international humanitarian organization, Humanity First, clocks 25 years in service to mankind, Nigerians who have benefitted from its popular programme tagged the ‘Gift of Sight’, will have cause to commend its good works inclusive of community services for the good of society. Regarding the stated ’Gift’, it concerns the eyes. Your eyes are […]Continue Reading

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Who shall save us from killer-doctors?

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 7, 2020 142 0

By Theophilus Abbah They don’t belong to the bracket of quack doctors, who dispense drugs and inject victims with satanic and murderous dosage of chemicals. They are not medical college dropouts, who hypnotize unsuspecting public with precise medical language and overstretch their incomplete knowledge to administer pharmaceutical drugs and perform surgeries that maim and Continue Reading

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‘Create a State for Southern Kaduna’

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 4, 2020 183 0

Judicial Commission Report in 2001supported the creation of a separate state for the marginalized people of Southern Kaduna By Theophilus Abbah The Judicial Commission into the religious disturbances in Kaduna, also referred to as Shariah Riot, in 2000, after providing evidence of ethnic, religious, and social disharmony in Kaduna State, recommended that, in the interest Continue Reading

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Zenith Bank’s Gross Earnings Rises By 4% In H1 2020, With Interim Dividend Of 30k

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 4, 2020 179 2

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the half-year ended June 30, 2020, as gross earnings rose by 4% from N332 billion in June 2019 to N346 billion, with an interim dividend of 30k per share to be paid to its shareholders for the half-year 2020 amid the ravaging impact of the coronavirus […]Continue Reading

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Open letter to Bishop Kukah @68

By Ele Ifah Sunday September 2, 2020 187 Post a comment

By Simon Reef Musa My Lord Bishop, I do not really know whether it was my initial intention to write a secret or an open letter on the occasion of your 68th birthday that was August 31, 2020. When last week I called Your Lordship to find out where you would be celebrating your birthday, […]Continue Reading