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THE DOCK OF BLOODY CIVILIANS IN THE SENATE AND ‘CHAFF MEN’

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Anytime a Senate of House Committee of the Legislature the world over, summons any official over whom they exercise oversight, to appear before it, just take it as a given that, they are poised to ridicule the invitee. Nobody ever comes out of a Senate or House Committee hearing, or more so, the Senate in plenary smiling with glee. The fireworks and exchange is fashioned in such a way that, it prunes the ego and curtails the airs of the one who steps into their coven for questioning. It is…

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ONOFIOK LUKE: SPEAKING HUMANITY AND INCLUSIVENESS @ 39

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When John Maxwell said “Leaders become great not because of their power, but the ability to empower others” many in our clime had seen western figures like Lincoln and Churchill as modules to rely on in this regard, until God blessed us with a man who has changed the entire narrative of power, people and leadership. Truth in all sense, Onofiok Luke; the oak figure of the 21st century leadership requires no introduction, as he has constantly approached every sphere of leadership with the patriotism of a statesman, who cares…

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ANOTHER CHANCE FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, in one of his cerebral extrapolations noted, “if you can write a better book than your neighbour, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap, even if you live in the woods, the world would make a beaten path to your door” This postulation owing to its verifiable validity has been widely paraphrased and cast into many study modules. An instance is one which notes that the world makes way for anybody who knows where he is going.   It is in this vein that…

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DSS/SENATE vs. MAGU: CASE OF COCKROACH IN FOWL’S COURT

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As far as the Senate’s serial rejection of the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is concerned, I have come to the end of a painful yet convincing conclusion that there is more to it than meets the eye. Anchoring their decision on a purportedly fresh “security report” sent to the Senate on the late hours of Tuesday, March14, 2017, by the Department of State Security (DSS), the Senators, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, for the second time running, rejected the…

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UDOM EMMANUEL – THE MAN WHO SEES TOMORROW

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The 1981 movie, The man who saw tomorrow narrates the story of the French-born physicist and seer, Michel de Nostredame, known more popularly by the Latinized version of his name, Nostradamus. He was reputed to have the uncanny, metaphysical ability to predict what will happen in the future. There is a long list of happenings around the globe that he was said to have foreseen. Despite contention in some quarters about the exactitude of his predictions, he is still reputed to be one of the greatest seers that ever lived.…

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UDOM EMMANUEL; NIGERIA’S ‘GOVERNOR GENERAL’

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Not many could rise above partisanship to acknowledge the depth of knowledge and passion Governor Udom Emmanuel possesses as he rode to power in 2015. But one Nigerian leader outside Akwa Ibom State who knew, and saw the future was the former Governor of Edo State. Comrade Adams oshiomhole during the economic summit in Abuja, not minding the political lines and divides, described Governor Udom Emmanuel as the best product of the Peoples Democratic Party in the current dispensation. His assertion was like an adage my grand mum, Late Madam…

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Anti- Buhari Protest: How Uyo residents occupied IbomPlaza

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Not unfazed by the cancellation of the Anti- Buhari Protest by the originator, popular Nigerian singer Tuface, a few residents of Uyo stormed the popular Ibom Plaza to register their displeasure at the Buhari led government in a peaceful protest. Although reports indicated that hundreds of Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt in protest, the crowd in Uyo was scanty as a few residents who apparently didn’t want the city to be left out in the historic protest, turned-up  and demonstrated against the economic hardship in…

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APC plots Nsima Ekere\ Ita Enang joint ticket

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The APC in Akwa Ibom State is fine-tuning plans for the next governorship election in the state, NEWS LINK has been reliably informed. NEWS LINK can authoritatively report that plans are being perfected to present a Nsima Ekere\Ita Enang joint gubernatorial ticket next year in their bid to occupy Hilltop Mansion in 2019. Both men currently occupy influential positions in President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government. While Ekere is presently serving as MD of the Niger Delta Development Commission   [NDDC], Ita Enang is a Senior Special Assistant to the President…

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Michael Bush has never left PDP- Rt Hon. Usenobong Akpabio

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A member of the Governing Board of the Ibom international airport, Rt. Hon. Barr. Usenobong Akpabio has risen in defence of the President of Bush House Group, Akparawa Michael Bush, stating that, he(Bush) never left the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Barr. Akpabio who was a two time member representing Uruan State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, and who contested the PDP primaries twice against Bush, dropped the hint during an interaction with newsmen on the upcoming event of Thursday, January 9,…

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EMMANUEL OKON: THE UNSUNG CHAMPION OF DIVINE MANDATE

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When Mr Udom Emmanuel in 2014 presented himself to contest for the office of Governor of Akwa Ibom State, some skeptics doubted his political strength to win the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship ticket and eventually win the general election, but he believes that under a divine arrangement, his aspiration can come to pass. This perhaps was the reason he christened his campaign organization, “the divine mandate”. The skeptics may have been looking at Mr Udom Emmanuel alone in the political picture of actualizing the divine mandate, but the bigger picture…

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