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FEAR OF UNKNOWN, REASON FOR DOUBTS ON RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA – Gbemre

Posted by admin on Thursday, 18 March 2021 in Opinion 1447 Reads

By Zik GbemreFor quite some time now, the cacophony of voices across the country, which have condensed to one singular issue, and that is ‘restructuring’ (for, and against the idea) - is suggestive of the fact that indeed, Nigeria has been drifting away from a united country to a divided country, and as such, whether ...

ARE THESE SIGNS NOT ENOUGH TO CALL NIGERIA A FAILED STATE – GBEMRE

Posted by admin on Sunday, 28 February 2021 in Opinion 1135 Reads

By Zik GbemreTo say that Nigeria is at the brink of exploding, is to put it mildly. And the sooner the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration changes its present unacceptable body language and posture towards addressing the increased insecurity situation in the country that is about tearing the nation apart, the better for all us.When the ...

OPINION: RONALDO VS MESSI AND THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

Posted by admin on Sunday, 07 February 2021 in Opinion 935 Reads

'Be not afraid of greatness some are born great,some achieve greatness, and somehave greatness thrust upon them.'William Shakespeare (TWELFTH NIGHT)Man, by his spiritual, physical and natural disposition remains a riddle, locked in a puzzle and superimposed in a conundrum. His quintessential struggle for fame, greatness and success acts as a catalyst for his ambitions and ...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD FOCUS ON GOVERNANCE

Posted by admin on Friday, 29 January 2021 in Opinion 1609 Reads

President Joe Biden By Zik GbemreWhen I read recent reports that the chance of Donald Trump being convicted in his impeachment trial in the US Senate looks less likely as of Tuesday (Jan. 26,2021), when 45 Republicans attempted to dismiss the proceedings before they began, I could not help but wonder why these people are still ...

OPINION: THE NEED FOR THE OLDER GENERATION IN NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE WAY FOR YOUNGER ONES

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 27 January 2021 in Opinion 800 Reads

BY ZIK GBEMREI was fascinated recently when I saw a short video being circulated online, of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his military young days as Nigeria’s Head of State, with Andrew Young, the American ambassador to Nigeria at that time, and Joe Garba as the Federal Commissioner for foreign Affairs then. This was around ...

OPINION: ON JOE BIDEN’S APPOINTMENT OF NIGERIANS – WE ARE LOOSING OUT OF THE INGENUITY OF OUR VIBRANT YOUTHS

Posted by admin on Sunday, 24 January 2021 in News, Opinion 687 Reads

By Zik GbemreIt saddens me to see how some Nigerian elites and Nigerians are jubilating and excited over the recent appointment of some Nigerians by US newly-sworn-in President Joe Biden, into his Cabinet. And I wonder if we really understand the implications of constantly having our best brains in the country, migrated abroad where their ...

ON OBASEKI’S CERTIFICATE FORGERY CASE DEFENCE AND QUESTIONS WORTH CONSIDERING

Posted by admin on Thursday, 07 January 2021 in Opinion 841 Reads

Godwin Obaseki By Zik GbemreWith regards to reports that the University of Ibadan, Deputy Registrar, Legal, Mr. Abayomi Ajayi, recently confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja that it issued a Bachelor of Arts degree certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in 1979, but that the photocopy he submitted to the Independent ...

TEARY RIPPLE-EFFECTS, SAD REALITIES CAUSED BY GROSS WICKEDNESS OF NIGERIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AGAINST ITS CITIZENRY

Posted by admin on Saturday, 19 December 2020 in Opinion 1705 Reads

By Zik Gbemre Often times I wonder if Nigerian political leaders at all levels of Government really understand the level of poverty and hardship daily experienced by the majority of the Nigerian masses. Are they really aware of how every action (whether negatively or positively), directly affects and impact the very lives, living standard and wellbeing ...

ON PRESIDENT BUHARI’S DICTATORIAL TENDENCIES AND SHOW OF POWER ON NDDC POLITICS – A COUNTER-DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA REGION

Posted by admin on Thursday, 17 December 2020 in News, Opinion 1749 Reads

By Zik Gbemre Without mincing words, I can categorically say that in the entire history of Nigeria’s Political leadership, whether military or democratic administration, President Muhammadu Buhari can be said to be the only President/Head of state, whose appalling and distasteful ‘disposition’ and actions, have constantly undermined those who supposedly elected him into Office, as well ...

OUR PROBLEM AS A PEOPLE IS IN OUR MISPLACED SELF-WORTH AND SELF-ESTEEM

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 02 December 2020 in Opinion 802 Reads

By Zik Gbemre It has been said that the best way to identify the true character, personality and self-worth of a man is when he has access to money and power. It is when people, including those that you think you know very well, have money and power that you know who they truly are. We ...

EDO 2020: BETWEEN OBASEKI AND HIS LIKELY SUCCESSOR

Posted by admin on Monday, 13 July 2020 in Opinion 1056 Reads

I am an ardent follower of Nigerian politics, especially the because of its murky nature. Having read series of write ups on the emerging political brouhaha between Obaseki and his ousted god-father in Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, I have come to an un-researched conclusion that politicians in Nigeria would stop at nothing to get what ...

ON NIGERIA AS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE THIEVES REGROUP TO STEAL AND THE YOUTHS/ELITES CELEBRATE THEM

Posted by admin on Friday, 26 June 2020 in Opinion 3392 Reads

By Zik Gbemre The subject was from a quote reported to be from Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, who said: “Only in Africa will thieves be regrouping to loot again and the youths whose future is being stolen will be celebrating it…” While he referred to the whole of Africa as having this problem, but we ...

FACT MANY DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PATRIARCH OF THE GBEMRE FAMILY, PAPA CHIEF J.K.B GBEMRE,JP.

Posted by admin on Saturday, 20 June 2020 in Opinion 2934 Reads

By Zik Gbemre Doubtless, one of the foremost leaders in Ughievwen (Jeremi Clan/Kingdom), and the foremost leader of Iwhrekan Community in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State, and also the Patriarch of the Gbemre family, was PAPA CHIEF J.K.B GBEMRE,JP, whose life, time and achievements while alive, remains an exception to behold in years to come. As ...

OPINION: BLAME OIL HOST COMMUNITIES ON RECENT CASES OF OIL SPILL, OTHER INCIDENTS OF CRIMINALITY IN NIGER-DELTA REGION

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 June 2020 in Opinion 1077 Reads

By Zik Gbemre While I am aware that some of the recorded oil spills in the Niger Delta area are caused by ‘equipment failures’, but the majority of the cases of oil spill are caused and encouraged by the locals of these host communities. I have reiterated several times that host Communities’ locals/leaders of the Niger ...

THE NEED FOR NIGERIA AND AFRICA TO DEFEND ITS INTERESTS, FUTURE WELLBEING AGAINST THE DECEPTIONS, INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN POWERS LIKE AMERICA, EUROPE, CHINA

Posted by admin on Friday, 24 April 2020 in Opinion 1247 Reads

By Zik Gbemre I have often repeated severally that no foreigner can effectively and efficiently develop our Nigerian country for us, and indeed the entire Africa. That onerous task, no matter how challenging it might seem, only belongs to us as African, and can best be done by us. And that these foreign developed societies of ...

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