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We Have Leadership Crisis In Nigeria- Amb. Uhomoibhi

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 We Have Leadership Crisis. We Cannot Ignore This Reality... -Amb. Uhomoibhi By: Oriaifoh Godwins A foremost contender for the 2024  governorship position in Edo State, Ambassador (Dr) Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, has posited  that, Nigeria no doubt, is a highly blessed country in terms human, material and natural resources,  but that our main challenge is   a flawed leadership selection process. Ambassador Uhomoibhi made this assertion in Benin recently, while responding to questions from Journalists on the state of our nation. According to him, governance is not a rocket science, it depends on the understanding of those in government that leadership is about service, humility, responsibility, character and integrity. Ambassador Uhomoibhi said; '...the Nigeria that I grew up in, is not the Nigeria I am seeing today, we have been turned to Internally Displaced People, IDP, even in our country'. Continuing, he said; '...I am not blaming any particular governm...

Edo Guber 2024: Group Calls On Critical Stakeholders To Support Esanland

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Edo Guber 2024: Group calls on Critical Stakeholders To Support Esanland By: Our Reporter Esan New Era, a socio-Cultural group, that is made up of prominent Esan sons and daughters drawn from the Political class, Academia, Business and Religious groups, has joined the array of individuals and groups that are clamouring for the emergence of an Edo governor of Esan extraction.  In a Press conference that held on Saturday, 22nd April, at Prestige Hotel, Benin city, the group said, for Equity, Fairness and Justice and for the peaceful coexistence of Edo people, there is the need for Esanland, that is politically delineated as Edo central Senatorial district, to produce the next governor of Edo state, saying, Esanland at different times, had supported both Edo North and Edo South to actualise the emergence of a governor from those Senatorial districts. It is therefore not out of place, the group maintained, if the other two Senatorial districts should in the spirit of oneness, also Supp...

Edo Agenda 2024: Group To Hold National Press Conference

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Edo Agenda 2024: Group To hold National Press Conference By: Oriaifoh Godwins As Edo Central Senatorial district agitates for the emergence of Edo Governor of Esan extraction come 2024, a group under the appellation “Esan New Era for Esan 4EdoGovernor2024”, will be holding a National Press Conference that is aimed at harmonizing the holistic resolve of Edo central to produce Edo state Governor by 2024. Speaking with a team of Journalists in Benin on Monday, April 16, 2023, the Organising Secretary of the group, Mr. Valentine Uduebor, said; ‘Esanland, Politically delineated as Edo central, has been supporting Edo North and Edo South over the years, to secure the position of the governor; it is now time for the two senatorial districts to also support Edo central so that come 2024, Edo governor of Esan extraction can emerge.’ Continuing, Mr. Uduebor said; ‘since 1999 to date, Edo central has only been able to occupy the position of the governor of Edo state for 18 months.  For Equity...

Californium: Why Boko Haram Continue To Thrive In Nigeria - Major Al Mustapha rtd.

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Californium: Why Boko Haram Continue To Thrive In Nigeria - Major Al Mustapha rtd. By: Oriaifoh Godwins Major Hamza Mustapha Rtd, who was the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to a one time Nigeria Head of state, late General Sanni Abacha, in a viral video, has revealed that, Californium, a rare precious stone and one of the most expensive in the world, costing about $27m a gram, is one of the reasons why Boko Haram is still having their field day in the North East, as many high and mighty people, in and outside Nigeria, are profiteering from it; saying he got to know of this, since 1996. The retired Army Major revealed this in a popular reality Radio and Television talk magazine programme, "Berekete Family", that was aired on the 6th of December, 2022, saying, many of the proxies of the beneficiaries of the rare gem, who usually pose as relief workers, often move into the most dreaded part of Sambisa forest where even the military are careful going into and they return unhurt. “W...

Nigeria Needs Healing... … has all it takes to reconcile itself –Ambassador Uhomoihi

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 Nigeria Needs Healing... … has all it takes to reconcile itself   –Ambassador Uhomoihi By: Oriaifoh Godwins A former Undersecretary General of the United Nations, and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is currently the President and Founder of the Pan African Institute For Global Affairs, Abuja, Ambassador Marthins Uhomoibhi, has revealed that Nigeria currently needs healing, and the country has all it takes to reconcile itself; saying, the brand that the country is globally known for, centres around reconciliation and peace, as Nigeria had in time past played critical roles in keeping peace in several countries in Africa. Ambassador Marthins Uhomoibhi made this point clear while expressing his thoughts on the position of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, while responding to questions in a Political and Current Affairs Programme on Boss FM radio, 95.5 in Abuja, on the need for the incoming President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to facilitate...

Experience of June 12, is A No-No For May 29

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W hat Nigeria Experienced In June 12, Is A Sad One… It is A No-No For May 29 By Rt. Hon. Engr. Chief Victor Edoror The date, June 12, 1993 went down the history of Nigeria as a date when democracy was truncated, and that eventually drew Nigeria backwards amongst the comity of democratic nations. Thank God we found our feet and got up running again. The February 25th 2023 Presidential election is one in which Nigerians clearly made their choice known from the wide margin of acceptance of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as reflected in the result of the election. In Nigeria however, contesting election results is a phenomenon that characterizes our electoral process; it is therefore not out of place to see some political parties/some persons making attempt to contest the results of the February 25 election. HERE ARE THE FACTS:- The election results of the six geo-political zones, shows that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won in the South West, North Central, ...

Nigerians Ready To Defend Tinubu's Mandate

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Nigerians reaffirm choice of Tinubu with solidarity march, express readiness to defend mandate A multitude of concerned Nigerians and other APC Volunteers marched on the Unity Fountain in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday, 27th of March, to express their solidarity with the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as well as their readiness to defend the mandate freely given to him by a majority of Nigerians in the just-concluded presidential elections. This was against the backdrop of widely criticized calls from the defeated candidate of the Labour Party and his running mate, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed, demanding the suspension of the presidential inauguration ceremony scheduled for the 29th of May over their challenge to Tinubu’s decisive win. Speaking on the event, an APC Chieftain from Edo State, Prince John Mayaki, said the solidarity march was staged to “make it clear to the sore losers who have now devoted themselves to the ignoble and treasonous mission to...