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UDUAGHAN, DELTA AND THE ECONOMICS OF CANNIBALISM
UDUAGHAN, DELTA AND THE ECONOMICS OF CANNIBALISM
“If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground,
It will but grow. And gather to itself such
Explosive power that the day it bursts through,
It will blow up everything on its way”
EMILE ZOLA (1840-1902).
CHIEF BOBSON GBINIJE
The horrendously humongous oubliette of debts which the Uduaghan administration plunged Delta State ...
OKOWA GOVERNMENT IN DELTA STATE – ALREADY ON THE PATH OF MALADMINISTRATION LIKE ITS PREDECESSORS
Zik Gbemre
Considering the fact that the new governor of Delta State, Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, can best be described as an ‘offshoot’ and more of a continuation of the immediate past two governments of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and James Ibori, many stakeholders like us were not expecting much (or any) sustainable change at all with ...
Rivers APC backs President Buhari’s recovery of looted funds…Wants Wike’s tenure at Ministry of Education investigated
What we expect after 100 days in office?
By Alex Osondu Atawa-Akpodiete*
More than thirty days have passed since the President and Governors were sworn-in to their respective positions. Some governors are doing their second term, while seven State governors did not face election this year.
While Nigerians are very patient and optimistic, we hope that we are not taken for granted. Most of the ...
ON THE PREPOSTEROUS CALL TO SCRAP GOVERNMENT HOUSE ANNEX IN WARRI
THE INFLUX OF IMPORTED GOODS IN NIGERIA, ITS THREATS TO LOCAL FIRMS AND MATTERS ARISING
Zik Gbemre
It is a known fact that one of the quickest ways for any society to holistically transform from being a developing economy to an advanced modern society, which offers the best living standard for its populace, is for that society to go through an Industrial revolution, especially in the area of manufacturing. But this ...
RE: FAILING TO REFORM THE REFORMABLE – THE SECOND ECONOMIC ADVENTURE OF DR. NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA IN NIGERIA
Zik Gbemre
Given the manner the Nigerian economy unraveled at the twilight of former President Goodluck Jonathan administration, it became obvious that the greatest loser of the presidential election was Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the ex-Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy (CME) who built her reputation on reforming the “unreformable” Nigerian economy. This was ...
Buhari Bombing of Calabar Creeks: Is this another Odi and Zaki Biam?
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND GLOBAL GENOCIDE. ACTION!!!
“Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed
Creature, the feeling of a heartless world
And the soul of soulless circumstances. It
Is the opium of the people.”
Karl Marx
Apodictic inviolability enshrines the Muslims sacrosanct fealty in the principles and ...
ON WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE (NPF)
By Zik Gbemre
Recently, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, appealed to the Nigerian public not to corrupt personnel of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) by giving them bribe. Mr. Arase made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists during a meeting with senior officers on the issue of whether or not, bail was free. In ...
Olejeme, NSITF and social protection
2019 Presidential Periscope: Saraki, Atiku, & Tinubu Factors
ON THE PERSISTENT TRAFFIC JAM ON EFFURUN ROUNDABOUT, WARRI DELTA STATE, DESPITE THE FLY OVER BRIDGE
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHANGE:LESSONS FROM AMERICA FOR THE BUHARI’S ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA
By Zik Gbemre
In a democracy, a general election is a referendum on the statusquo. The incumbent says that things are okay or getting better and we need tostay on course. The opposition says that things are not okay and we need achange or make changes so that things can get better. When things are not ...
QUESTION TIME FOR FORMER GOVERNOR UDUAGHAN ON HIS LEADERSHIP WATCH IN DELTA STATE
By Zik Gbemre
Now that Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has left Delta State Government House, we consider it imperative to direct some pressing pertinent questions to the now former Governor; questions which we strongly believe Deltans and well-meaning Nigerians would really like to get answers to. And these are questions that boil down to ‘accountability’ and ...