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BISHOP DIAMOND EMUORBO – A GREAT LOSS TO THE URHOBO NATION

Posted by on Monday, 20 April 2020 in News, Opinion         1185 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre With news that Bishop Diamond Emuorbo has passed on to eternal glory, I must say that we have lost a great gem, who was an exceptional patriotic Urhobo man. We both actually worked together to make Shell (SPDC) to recognize the operations in the Western operations of Warri. I still remember his baritone voice ...

OPINION: AS WE EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES, LET ABBA KYARI’S DEATH BE A LESSON TO ALL POLITICAL LEADERS

Posted by on Sunday, 19 April 2020 in News, Opinion         932 Reads
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BY ZIK GBEMRE With the unfortunate news of the death of the most powerful politician in the President Muhammadu - led Presidency, former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, all I can say is that let the death of Abba Kyari at the Presidency, be a lesson to all Nigerian politicians across the country that life is ...

OPINION: URGENT NEED TO CHANGE THE UNHEALTHY NEGATIVE NARRATIVE SET OUT BY OLDER GENERATION FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Posted by on Tuesday, 25 February 2020 in Opinion         1919 Reads
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BY ZIK GBEMRE It breaks my heart, to see that all the values, uprightness and morality, that once held and made our society relatively stable, noble and productive, seem to have been eroded from one generation to another. So much so that some of us, as the older generation in this 21st century, are now wondering ...

STUDENTS STILL LEARNING ON BARE FLOORS IN DELTA STATE SCHOOLS – WHAT A SHAME ON OUR POLITICAL LEADERS/ELITES

Posted by on Tuesday, 18 February 2020 in Opinion         1922 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre It is simply pathetic, appalling, unfortunate, unpatriotic and a great disservice to one’s fatherland and people, that in this 21st Century, and despite all the enormous unimaginable wealth – natural/material and human resources, abundantly available and enjoyed (by some selected few) in the Niger Delta region, our children are still learning on bare ...

MORE THOUGHTS ON THE OBNOXIOUS AND HASTY SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON THE BAYELSA STATE GUBER ELECTION

Posted by on Saturday, 15 February 2020 in Opinion         1034 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre I still cannot help but wonder and ask if the Nigerian Supreme Court Judges actually keep records and research on their past judgments on election matters and high-profile corruption matters in this country, as precedence, before delivering current judgements? Or are there judgments written by politicians' lawyers, for them to deliver in their ...

OPINION: ON TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT ACQUITTAL AND LESSONS FOR NIGERIAN POLITICAL LEADERS/LAWMAKERS

Posted by on Monday, 10 February 2020 in Opinion         1095 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre At long last, the US Republican-led Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump of charges on two articles of impeachment — supposed abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, stemming from his efforts to allegedly press Ukraine to announce investigations that would benefit him politically, bringing to a close a bruising four-month battle fought ...

OPINION: ON US BAN TO NIGERIA – “THEIR AMERICA, OUR NIGERIA”

Posted by on Thursday, 06 February 2020 in Opinion         1102 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre When a President of a ‘developed country’ sets out to project and protect the integrity and socio-economic interests of its country and citizenry, like US President, Donald Trump has done, other ‘developing nations’ like Nigeria and its political leaders and citizenry should not be surprised, or make a fuss out of it. This ...

OPINION: ON THE DEPLORABLE STATE OF NIGERAIN YOUTHS INACTIVE ROLES TOWARDS SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT

Posted by on Thursday, 30 January 2020 in Opinion         1136 Reads
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Nigerian youths BY Zik GBEMRE A post on a social media platform by an anonymous person, recently caught my attention, and it touched on the subject matter which I believe is worth being considered and given attention. According to the said post, the individual noted how he remembered some very sad incident he encountered coming and ...

OPINION: NEED FOR FG TO ADDRSS PATHETIC STATE OF PENSION FOR NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICERS

Posted by on Wednesday, 29 January 2020 in Opinion         2337 Reads
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BY ZIK GBEMRE It is sheer wickedness and heartlessness, that after 35 years of daily risking their lives to protect citizens of their country, retired Officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), would be treated so badly by the Government and relevant Authorities in the payment of their entitled pensions and gratuities. Call it man’s ‘deliberate’ ...

RE: THE URGENT NEED FOR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FULLY TAKE OVER THE OSUBI-WARRI AIRSTRIP

Posted by on Friday, 24 January 2020 in Opinion         1285 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre We once again reiterate the urgent need for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to promptly takeover the all-important Osubi Airstrip near Warri, Delta State, from its current Operators, Shoreline Natural Resources, which is one of the oil companies that bought and took over the Shell (SPDC) Divested assets in Delta State. This ...

WHAT LESSONS FOR NIGERIANS ON BREXIT?

Posted by on Thursday, 23 January 2020 in News, Opinion         965 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre   Without a doubt, every time one considers the level of order, civility, maturity, integrity, principles and respect for citizens’ rights/opinions; often demonstrated and exhibited by the developed nationalities and the political class in United Kingdom (UK), Europe, America and other developed societies across the globe, one is greatly amazed at the efforts these ...

OPINION: NIGERIA, IN DESPERATE NEED OF RADICAL “SOCIAL ANALYSIS” AND CHANGE FROM THE NARRATIVE

Posted by on Wednesday, 22 January 2020 in Opinion         1032 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre We are certain that countless Nigerians are like us, who, every time they sit back and think of the seemingly intractable ‘self-inflicted-tragedies’ of the Nigerian state nowadays, are without a deep-seated anger, frustration and prolonged lamentation. The deplorable situation of Nigeria is simply born out of the fact that many no longer believe, ...

ON THE COST IMPLICATIONS OF NIGERIAN ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS

Posted by on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 in Opinion         762 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre We have established before now that the observed voting pattern in Nigeria, is never really about who will lead well, or who actually has what it takes to deliver good governance in the interest of the general populace. The voting pattern is about who is our brother/sister (from the same ethnicity or religious ...
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