Tinubu’s Regionalism Gamble By Prof G G Darah

By Prof. G.G. Darah   Pandef, Pandef, beware of false prophets masquerading in electronic garments. There is sour mutilation of historical facts in the narrative on “How Tinubu Is Reversing The Damage Ironsi Did To Nigeria” attributed to Reno Omokri. During British colonial rule, Regions were created in 1939 and their elected goverments were in office from 1951. The Regions were three in number: Eastern, Northern, and Western. There was gross inequality and injustice in the regional system. For example, the territory of the Northern Region was larger than the…

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ECOWAS Must Be Relevant Again

        The current leader of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and his predecessor Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo have failed to demonstrate the bloc’s commitment to democracy. Since 2020 four ECOWAS members,Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger experienced a total of six coup d’états. Upon his election as Chairman of ECOWAS, President Tinubu propounded, “We must not sit in ECOWAS as toothless bulldogs.” Yet, the current leadership of ECOWAS has been ineffective in addressing the security and humanitarian crises in…

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BEFORE YOU CHEER TINUBU ON REDUCING GOVERNANCE COST

By Zik Gbemre Is President Bola Tinubu honestly reducing cost of governance? What is he going to do with 20 persons on foreign trips? What are the roles of the Nigerian Ambassadors and Diplomats? Are his frequent foreign trips necessary? No. The Ambassadors could represent the President in these foreign trips to deliver speech if necessary. Tinubu says he is reducing costs after buying a N150B new aircraft. What pretense? Can’t he travel on commercial aeroplanes? Tinubu appoints people every month to duplicate official duties already being handled by existing…

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Just In: President Tinubu Scraps Niger Delta, Sports Ministries

President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council scrap Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development. In a statement by Bayo Onanuga in his X handle, There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission , North East Development Commission. The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports. The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of…

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OKUAMA: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OF PRESIDENT TINUBU & HIS ARMY OF OCCUPATION

By Zik Gbemre     The continuous killing of Okuama people and raiding is a cause for alarm. President Bola Tinubu as Commander-In-Chief and his military have turned Okuama community in Ughelli South into a war zone.   Why is the Nigerian military using its strength to kill and destroy a remote community of Okuama? Why can’t the military use their strength to fight insurgency, banditry and Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria?   Why are the Nigerian military trigger happy to fight armless civilians in Okuama community? The show of…

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PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFTS SEIZURE ABROAD: ANOTHER SHAME OF A NATION

By Zik Gbemre How shameful can it get. What an embarrassment, that Nigeria’s President’s official jet is impounded by private companies in foreign countries. It means Nigeria as a country has totally lost reputation and dignity in eyes of the international community. Too bad. Tinubu is hardly in the country. One would have expected Tinubu to remain in Nigeria to resolve her many problems. With all his globetrotting Tinubu has lost self-dignity and self-esteem. Tinubu goes about attending summits where he is not recognized. In South- Africa recently Tinubu was…

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NACTOMORAS Appeals To Tinubu, Oborevwori for Relief from Police Harassment

  The Delta State chapter of the National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners/Riders Association (NACTOMORAS) has made an urgent appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, seeking their intervention to end ongoing police harassment, brutality, and intimidation against its members. During a peaceful protest held at Udu Road in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, the group alleged that officers of the Delta State Police Command are being used by rival groups to obstruct their lawful transport business activities. The protesters cited the 2015 death of…

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Support Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration, Group Urges Yoruba Nation

Group Urges Yorubas To Fully Support Tinubu *** Says President Cannot Worship The North Worried by the recent hardship protests witnessed in Nigeria, the O’Odua Integrity Network ( OIN) has called on the Yoruba Ethnic Nationality to be proactive, saying it was time for Yoruba Nation to re-think and rise to the defence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at all times against the North. EndBadGovernance movement, according to OIN, organised by some faceless individuals, mostly misguided people, was supposedly against longstanding grievances about governance, corruption, and socio-economic challenges in the…

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#Endbadgovernance: Full text Of Tinubu’s 7:am Broadcast To Nigerians

By Ijeoma   Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has released the yet-to-be-delivered speech by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The leak occurred just hours before the President was scheduled to address the nation. The Presidency had announced on Saturday that President Tinubu would deliver a national broadcast at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Nigerian minister reveals Tinubu’s reaction to ongoing hunger protests However, at 12:17 a.m. on Sunday, Sowore posted the speech on Twitter, criticizing the content and stating that it failed to address critical demands. He added that protests would continue…

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Hunger Protest: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu To Address Nigerians On Sunday

  His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Saturday evening. Ngelale instructed television, radio, and other electronic media outlets to connect to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast. “The broadcast will be repeated on the network services of the NTA and the FRCN at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm on the same day,” the statement added.

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