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As Uyo sets its sights on becoming a smart city, illegal motor parks stand out as one of the most pressing challenges threatening this ambition. These unauthorized transport hubs, scattered across the capital city, are not just an eyesore but a significant impediment to the vision of urban transformation championed by Governor Umo Eno under his Arise Agenda. The Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA), led by Rt. Hon. Anietie Eka, has taken commendable steps to address this issue, but more decisive action is needed to rid the city of…

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    By Emmanuel Nicholas   A treacherous economic reform deters growth, so  malicious political policies causes   instability and  perpetuates economic uncertainties.   The   current economic cum political manipulation by the All Progressives Congress led Federal Government to deprive the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led States of their due funds, is a bid  to slow down the pace of development in those regions  and crash the economic  growth  of those States.   The APC led government is trying to use deprivation of funds to these  States in order…

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Just to keep my promise on this subject which l made when the now popular piece l did earlier titled – My Grouse with Fatunn Riman got into public space which is a critique of the controversial trial of the pre-election matter and subsequent judgment delivered by him recently. If you are yet to read check my wall or get a copy of Global Concord of Monday 13th March -15th, 2017 among other print media . l have decided to take on this matter to keep that promise. Not until…

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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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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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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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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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