Month: August 2023

Ethnicity is no barrier to national unity ,by Tonnie Iredia

Emporium Reporters

The common saying that when a problem is identified, it is half-solved is valid only when it is the identified problem that people conscientiously seek to solve. It becomes a different matter when in the process of solving a clearly identified problem,state actors lose focus and either divert attention to other ancillary matters or begin to imagine that the procedures and processes for attaining a goal and the goal itself are coterminous. Well before independence, the people of Nigeria were fully aware of the heterogeneous nature of their country. Also…

NDVC Chair,Omole hails Tinubu over appointment of Tuggar as Foreign Affairs Minister ….. Says it’s a Round Peg in a Round Hole

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The Chairman of Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) and former Director of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Diaspora Directorate, Prince Ade Omole, has hailed the appointment of Honourable Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, as the perfect choice and one based on competent credentials. Amb.Tuggar is a Nigerian senior diplomat and politician recently appointed and sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.He had previously served as the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany from 2017 to 2023, during which he proved his mettle. “We recall that…

Does killing Nigerien babies bring glory to our name? ,by Femi Fani-Kayode

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A dear and respected friend of mine who was once our ambassador to a European country, who has relatives and strong links in and with Niger Republic and who is well versed in security and intelligence matters, told me that up to 40 babies are dying each day in Niger as a consequence of our cutting off electricity supplies to them. According to him, these babies die in hospitals and incubators across the country as a consequence of the fact that there is no electricity supply and there is no…

Mature, single and lonely By Funke Egbemode ([email protected])

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A woman who wants sex, effective sex that delivers on all the errands it was sent, has no business marrying a man with low sex drive. A woman who wants sex 20 times a month should not be in a relationship with a man who thinks women who want sex more than once a week are nymphomaniacs. Yeah, there are men like that. They lift their wives’ wrappers either only to make babies or when the woman has asked and asked and has begun to mumble sentences like: ‘If you…

Time to focus more attention on States and LGs,by Bolanle Bolawole

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If you ask many Nigerians the name of their local government chairman, they will likely not know it. I, for one, do not know mine. Maybe you can say it is because I do not reside at home (Owo in Ondo state) but live and work far away from home (in Lagos state). Even at that, I do not know the name of the local government chairman where I live in Lagos (Agege) or the one of Ikeja (where my office is) or of Agboyi where I have my church.…

Electoral Witchcraft ,by Wole Olaoye

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Nigerians were enveloped in the trending debate over the propriety or otherwise of mounting a billboard with the inscription, ALL EYES ON THE JUDICIARY, in Lagos. Those in support of the billboard argued that the message it carried was inspirationally cautionary, while those against it insisted that it was a ploy to intimidate the learned judges handling electoral cases, especially the presidential and gubernatorial proceedings, at the tribunals. However, something jolted the debaters out of their entrenched positions — news from abroad tended to suggest that if electoral fraud was…

Tinubu’s feast of false starts, By Simon Kolawole

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If you consumed too much foreign media after the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, you would conclude that Nigeria was finally on its way to El Dorado. From day one, when Tinubu said “subsidy is gone”, there was euphoria among the advocates of market economy who had always argued that the subsidy bill was killing public finance. Approximately N3 trillion was yanked off government expenditure with his announcement. A few days later, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began the “unification” of the exchange rates.…

Wike, let the poor breathe in Abuja , by Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe

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  The primary concerns for Nigerians right now are security and food. It is essential to avoid any actions that could further escalate the already tense atmosphere and adversely affect the poor and vulnerable population in Abuja. Unfortunately, numerous displaced communities from states ravaged by banditry are being relocated to Abuja without sufficient shelter and food. These individuals often gather near road junctions, seeking alms, and later retreat to makeshift shelters. Tragically, young girls and even married women are exposed to criminals who exploit them as sex slaves in exchange…

Farewell To Democracy In Nigeria By Mon-Charles Egbo

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While Nigeria is championing the concerted efforts at restoring democracy in the Niger Republic, democracy is dying off in Nigeria. Ironically, it is not the military, being the conventional enemy of democracy, that is culpable, but the people whom democracy is meant to protect are killing democracy. Put succinctly, democracy is killing democracy in Nigeria. And instructively as well, the weapon for this self-destruction is as potent as it is delicate. By its ideal value, this instrument is a shield for democracy. It is the principal offering of democracy which…

Obaship in an era of palliatives By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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In an interview with journalists recently, the Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Moses Oluwafemi Agunsoye stated that “no one can sit on the throne as a monarch nowadays without having good money”.According to the first class monarch, “gone are those days when people brought things to the palace, where the Kabiyesi would sit down and expect manna from heaven. Now, it is the palace that is giving out … So, an Oba must be up and doing, must have a job, or…