THE MYSTERY OF THE 388 POLLING UNITS (PART 2)

THE MYSTERY OF THE 388 POLLING UNITS (PART 2)

THE MYSTERY OF THE 388 POLLING UNITS (PART 2) By Collins Ughalaa On Friday, February 21, 2020, we started a series on the above subject that has dominated public discourse for over a month now. We understand the seriousness of the issues canvassed.

THE SUPREME COURT LACKS THE JURISDICTION TO REVERSE ITSELF IN EMEKA IHEDIOHA v HOPE UZODINMA.

THE SUPREME COURT LACKS THE JURISDICTION TO REVERSE ITSELF IN EMEKA IHEDIOHA v HOPE UZODINMA.

BY Chukwuemeka Okoro, Esq. This topic is made relevant at this time no doubt, by the recent developments on the political landscape in Imo state in which those at the unfavourable end of the Judicial gravel or stick at the recent Supreme Court’s

Imo Guber: Before Supreme review itself

Imo Guber: Before Supreme review itself

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP)), Atiku Abubakar advised the sacked Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha to respect and abide the court ruling. It was not out of

Is Buhari aware that bandits are taking over the FCT?

Is Buhari aware that bandits are taking over the FCT?

The scale of bandit enterprise is much more petrifying with the incursive attacks of criminal gangs in the federal capital territory (FCT) – the province from where President Muhammadu Buhari presides over the country. Also, the FCT is the headquarters of the police,

COLUMNIST: The imperative of “People’s Manifesto”

COLUMNIST: The imperative of “People’s Manifesto”

  By Edwin Madunagu In the 20 months since I wrote “Drafting a people’s manifesto” and “Further notes on the people’s manifesto” (February/March, 2018), a sufficient number of significant things have happened and are happening in our country, Nigeria, in the Nigerian Left,

Dikeocha’s ‘Autobiography’ and Govornor Ihedioha

Dikeocha’s ‘Autobiography’ and Govornor Ihedioha

  By Ethelbert Okere A write-up by Rt. Hon. Godfrey Dikeocha, former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, appears to me more like an excerpt from an autobiography or memoir, than a contemporaneous intervention. Biographies, especially autobiographies, are usually no-holds-barred. In

ISOPADEC: WORRIES, QUESTIONS AND WHAT NOT

ISOPADEC: WORRIES, QUESTIONS AND WHAT NOT

By Sir Roy Iwuala 07039096666 Whenever the issues relating to the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) flashed through my mind, what I always remember vividly is the ancient Greek folktale about a farmer who had a goose that laid one

Atiku’s requiem

Atiku’s requiem

By Sam Omatseye The Supreme Court verdict was, to me, not about legalistic niceties, or the casuistry imposed on the law by those who feel rigged out of the presidency. Not the remorse or bloodlust in their rhetoric. Not even who lost or

Atiku’s political epitaph: He believed their false sense of hope

Atiku’s political epitaph: He believed their false sense of hope

By FEMI ADESINA After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the February 2019 presidential poll last week, two things flashed across my mind. One was a song, the other, a quote

Federal roads’ dilemma

Federal roads’ dilemma

Emeka OMEIHE President Buhari stirred the hornet’s nest when recently he barred state governors from fixing federal roads if they will eventually ask for compensation. Minister of works, Babatunde Fashola told House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee on abandoned federal government’s projects (works)