Opinion Archives - Page 49 of 52

10th National Assembly Leadership: Competence, Character, Experience or Regionalism?

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2023March 27, 20230

By Dominic Alancha The Federal Legislature is the major crucible where the laws guiding our corporate existence as a nation are enacted. It’s at the National Assembly that we have the highest convergence of elected public officials in Nigeria; making it undoubtedly the key fulcrum of our democracy. Practically every...

Facts about Benue Guber Poll: What Governor Samuel Ortom must know

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2023March 21, 20230

By Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi, De Oracular Oracle Apart from massive rigging and thumbprinting of ballot papers in areas where INEC machines failed or where they were deliberately sabotaged, another thing to mention is that 70% of Governor Samuel Ortom’s appointees betrayed him and worked against the governorship candidate of the...

Governor Yahaya Bello, Tomorrow is still a day in distance….

NewsDeskNgMar 14, 2023March 14, 20230

It is not too late to turn the table, it is absolutely not too late to reverse the game and halt the negative narratives coming from your government unfortunately not masterminded by the opposition but by those you gleefully appointed. For every step you take, it bounces back in double...

Sen. Godwill Akpabio: The making of an UNCOMMON Senate President

NewsDeskNgMar 12, 2023March 12, 20230

By Mike Uyi The Senator Ahmad Lawan-led 9th Senate will cease to exist on June 10 and the 10th Senate will be inaugurated on June 11, 2023. Already, high-wire intrigues are trailing jostling for the Senate Presidency and other key positions. A good politician is the one who at all...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: My Country Is in a Fragile Place. (Published in New York Times on Feb. 28, 2023)

NewsDeskNgMar 11, 2023March 11, 20230

Imagine standing patiently in line, waiting to vote, and suddenly men with guns arrive on motorcycles and start shooting. Imagine men dashing into your polling unit, violently seizing ballot boxes and taking them away. Imagine other ballot boxes being destroyed. Imagine being beaten to keep you from voting for a...

Coalition seeks rotation of kogi governorship seat to west senatorial district

NewsDeskNgMar 9, 2023March 9, 20230

The Coalition of Kogi State Patriots has called on politicians and critical stakeholders to support the rotation of Kogi state Governorship seat to the Western Senatorial District of Kogi State in the forthcoming November 2023 gubernatorial election. The group made the call during the inaugural meeting of the Coalition, aimed...

DIRECT E-TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE POLLING UNITS IS MANDATORY, NOT DIRECTORY, UNDER NIGERIA’S ELECTION LAWS; NON-COMPLIANCE MAY BE CONSIDERED FUNDAMENTAL, FATAL.

NewsDeskNgFeb 28, 2023February 28, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue Before I start, and for the avoidance of doubts, may I respectfully refer to my earlier declaration, which remains my position:“…President Buhari has obviously worked hard and spoken hard … to make the 2023 elections free, credible, peaceful, hitch-free and successful in producing a winner whose victory...

CORRUPT POLITICIANS AND A COMPROMISED INEC HAVE MADE DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IMPOSSIBLE IN NIGERIA; LET’S DO SELECTION INSTEAD

NewsDeskNgFeb 26, 2023February 26, 20230

— J. S. OKUTEPA, SAN It will be difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate corruption and the corrupt ways of doing things in Nigeria. The ongoing [2023] selection otherwise called [2023] election is a case in point. Everyone is involved. No one can claim to be pure. Even those who...

EVEN IF ONE TREATS THE CBN AS AN ‘AGENCY’ OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE SUPREME COURT STILL LACKS ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TO ENTERTAIN LAWSUITS OVER CBN’S NAIRA REDESIGN, WITHDRAWAL AND SWAP POLICIES — A REPLY TO FEMI FALANA, SAN

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2023February 15, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue Please, I beg my readers and all to make out time and read my first three works on the brouhaha over the Naira Redesign, Withdrawal Limit and swap policies of the CBN, and on whether the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in a lawsuit filed in respect...

THE NAIRA REDESIGN AND SWAP HULLABALOO: WHY I THINK THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA LACKS ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

NewsDeskNgFeb 10, 2023February 10, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue For the avoidance of doubts, this commentary is strictly a LEGAL OPINION having nothing whatsoever to do with the activities of Nigerian politicians and their supporters and acolytes even as the 2023 general elections are just a fortnight away from today. I have earlier offered my humble,...