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Alex Otti: Abia’s 100 Days of Labour Pain (Part 3)
Among Nigeria's recently inaugurated governors, the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, ranks as the most prepared and experienced, at least on paper, having been contesting since 2015. If anyone should hit the ground running on the strength of punditry, it should be him. Unfortunately, he has not.
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Alex Otti: Abia’s 100 Days of Labour Pain (Part 2)
It is commendable to re-asphalt a few failed internal roads and build/beautify a roundabout in Aba. They, however, do not translate to policy statements expected to herald the much-publicised new Abia.
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Abia’s 100 Days of Labour Pain (Part 1)
Before his emergence, Governor Alex Otti repeatedly described Abia as a state in a coma. In several of his interviews, he wore the façade of a man with a readymade elixir for Abia State malaise. But, events have punctured the credence. If juxtaposed, the achievements of some governors sworn in…
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4 white, black men on board as helicopter crashes into building in Ikeja, Lagos
The crash occured near a filing station.
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Propaganda, harmful PR tool
"Last week, I received a call from one of my blithesome friends, a Peter Obi and the Labour Party apologist," Don Norman Obinna writes.
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Tinubu to address Nigerians today as NLC mobilises for nationwide strike
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will address Nigerians by 7 pm today, the president’s spokesperson Dele Alake said in a statement on Monday morning.
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Curfew declared in Adamawa after ‘hungry’ residents looted food stores
Witnesses said that the looters complained of hardship following the removal of the subsidy on petrol and the high cost of foodstuffs.
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Man arrested over deadly attack on Apostle Johnson Suleman
Police spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi, who briefed journalists in Abuja, said that Isah was nabbed by the operatives of the Intelligence Rapid Team after a thorough investigation.
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‘Step aside in 7 days or we invade,’ Tinubu, ECOWAS threaten Niger coup plotters
ECOWAS, the regional bloc of West African countries currently led by Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has given the coup leaders in Niger Republic a deadline of one week to restore the democratically elected government or face military intervention.
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DSS takes Nnamdi Kanu to hospital
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has finally seen his personal doctor for a medical check-up, his lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor said on Saturday.