Analysis: Obaseki, Oshiomhole, Edo People And The Subversion of Subversion

By Sunny Awhefeada But for the liberty which postmodernism confers on the use of language to express the oddity which defines contemporary reality, it would have been hard put for anybody to aptly describe or encode the political turmoil going on in Edo State. The unfolding absurdist script written, directed and acted by one man has again raised a lot of salient issues about politics in Nigeria. While conceding to the devious underpinning of the etymology of the word “politician”, the Nigerian variant of it must have astounded the very…

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Analysis/Opinion: ISOKO DEVELOPMENT UNION AND ITS STRANGE PERFORMANCE

…Iduh Amadhe deserves commendation BY Jubilant Uzuazo Igelige (JP)   In life, it has always been my fervent consideration that, eulogizing only the dead, whether or not the person in reference deserves it, is a lopsided effort. Some times, people whose inestimable passion and/or stock in trade, is the sole advancement of people, from all walks of life, should be eulogized while still alive. The phrase, “man’s inhumanity to man is best defined when GOODWILL messages and EULOGY are best reserved for only the dead.” This style isn’t acceptable and…

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Special Birthday Publication, Celebrating Bashorun Askia Ogieh: The Grassroots Generalissimo

  Bashorun Askia Ogieh is a man of many parts whose political profile and antecedents in every respect leave no discerning mind in doubt where he derives his powers from. For many, he is a consummate politician whose stratagem cuts across the politics of all ages. He is a man who is not given to a particular lifestyle, his leadership style and approach to issues and policies are as dynamic as they come. The Udu of Isoko nation, a man who is in tune with the traditions of his people…

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