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SAI BUHARI- THE END

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I want to tell you a very short story. Before then, let me ask us a weird question. Is President Muhammadu Buhari dead? It is apparent our President went to London, like most of our power elites do, for fear that, Nigerian hospitals, even that Aso Rock Clinic with billions voted to it annually, will not save his life. But Mr Death is everywhere and though I don’t wish anyman, not even our President dead, facts we can’t change remain sacrosanct. Death is everywhere. Ok! I will shortly tell the…

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How Akwa United rated VS Remo Stars

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Akwa United finally got their season off the mark with a 1-0 victory over Premier League’s new boys Remo Stars. The Promise Keepers now have a win, three draws and two defeats in the six week old league.   Udeme INYANG appraises the individual performances of the players in their win against Remo Stars on Sunday.   OLUFEMI KAYODE Had little to do for 90 minutes as Akwa United outplayed their opponents. However, he was beaten in a rare second half counter attack only to be saved by a timely…

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NPFL Match Day 6: Akwa Utd wins first match of the season …beat Remo Stars in Uyo

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Akwa United football club of Uyo beat Remo Stars Football club of Shagamu by alone goal in a week six fixture of the Nigeria Professional Football League match played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo. Substitute striker Musa Newman scored the only goal of the match in the 83rd minutes of the match to helped his team to their first league victory of the season. Coach Abdul Maikaba made three changes to the team that drew 1-1 with Katsina United on match day five. Kodjo Dadzie returned in…

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WITH OR WITHOUT TUFACE, I STAND WITH NIGERIA

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My relation, a very close one, needed to go for a critical surgical operation in India. He had gotten all the medical references and other documents to travel. Alas, the money required to ensure that he is able to get the needed treatment, is $10,000. Two years ago, N1.7m would have afforded this papa the trip. But before leaving last weekend, he coughed a whooping N5,000,000(excluding the outrageous air transportation fee) to find himself on a bed in India. Such is the frustration, the pains and the anguish on the…

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Soweto uprising, the Arab spring and Nigeria’s misplaced revolution

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While the planned “nationwide” protest by Innocent Idibia aka Tuface, is still enjoying headlines, I have been pondering over the possibility of the protest bringing a lasting solution to Nigeria’s problem. I was deeply engrossed in this mind-boggling adventure yesterday, when I stumbled on the 1992 South African blockbuster film, Sarafina. Yes, that star-studded movie that featured Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Tertius Meintjies and many others. Sarafina retells the Soweto uprising of 1976. As part of the policies of the then apartheid government in South Africa,…

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APC, Udoedehe and the Suicide Missionaries

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I read through the statement made by a group which described itself as Forum of APC State Executives, Chapter and Ward Executives published on page 46 of today, 2nd February 2017 edition of the Nation Newspaper paper. The made a call for the outright dissolution of the current State Executive body of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State Chapter led by Dr Amadu Attai. I was rattled by the call because, though there are some justifications however depending on who is reading it and his appreciation of the…

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THE TATTERED APC NELSON EFFIONG JOINED

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Whatever is left of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State is in ruins. That ordinarily should not concern me as we all know the APC was and is an emergency contraption designed to carter for the interest of the aggrieved. Why should I be bothered with a party that expelled one of its national leaders and in response, a section of the state working committee, all the ward and chapter chairmen have sacked the state working committee. APC is in tatters, torn pieces, scraps, shreds, clippings, fragments,…

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APC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE POLITICS OF DEFECTION

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It is no longer news that APC came into governance on the altar of deceit. The deceit thrived because the Jonathan administration failed to bring to public attention its numerous achievements. And APC, being a party of subterfuge and propaganda seized the moment created by the lacuna to suffuse the political space with falsehood. Having a dubious understanding of public mood, they latched on the common human frailty called corruption of which Nigeria has attained notoriety under the watch of successive governments. And so with anti-corruption as the mantra and…

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My decision to stay on in PDP By Michael Bush

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1.0 As has been her wont since 1960, our country is at the crossroads of politics. It’s worsening. There’s no ideology. There’s no morality. There’s no care. No, I take back that last one. There’s a care. Yes, most politicians have a care: pro-self; anti-people. Men and women who occupied front row seats in the heyday of Party A opt for Party B today just to feed their shifting cultivation-mania. I have no grouse about this perennial even if profound political correctness Nigeriana. I have no grouse about the same…

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Akwa Ibom PDP Publicity Secretary Fetes, Empowers Schools Teachers, WAEC, JAMB Students

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In a bid to motivate and appreciate efforts of teachers in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, in grooming and instilling knowledge in students, PDP Publicity Secretary, Akwa Ibom State; Comrade Ini Ememobong, has feted and empowered conference of Heads of Public Schools and Teachers in the area. Apart from the over sixty eight (68) Schools heads who went home smilling with gargantuan amounts and 20 bags of rice courtesy of the State’s PDP Publicity secretary, others who benefitted from the Comrade Ememobong’s milk of kindness were facilitators of WAEC and…

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