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A Senator’s Hate Speech

November 18, 2019 10:53 am

By the time you read this, Bayelsa and Kogi states will have (s)elected new governors. While Senator Diri Douye is aiming to fit into the big shoes of Countryman Governor, Seriake Dickson, the APC and  its candidate, David Lyon are determined to dislodge PDP from the Government House where it had been landlord since 1999.

To be able to achieve their aim, both fair and foul means are game to the combatants in the two states. Already, few heads have been blown off and blood is still flowing in the streets of the confounded states. Decent minds are mystified that …

Obaseki Should Kiss APC Ticket Goodbye If …..

November 17, 2019 9:23 am

Obaseki will most likely not get APC ticket in Edo come 2020 if Oshiomole is able to deliver Kogi and Bayelsa.

Obaseki has not achieved up to 35% of what Oshiomole achieved in Edo state as governor yet Obaseki has been demonizing Oshiomole in the state and openly and secretly persecuting those whom he perceives as loyal to Oshiomole.

All through this political crisis in the state, Oshiomole has not responded to Obaseki except for when he pointed out that the election for the house of assembly leadership wasn’t done right and that the governor should issue a fresh proclamation …

Kogi

Auctioning of Nigeria’s Electoral Democracy

November 16, 2019 5:23 am

In a few hours, citizens of Kogi and Bayelsa States will go to the polls to perform their civic responsibilities as they elect new leaders for their states. Expectations are high. Political parties, candidates and their supporters are set, tensions are approaching a crescendo and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had revealed during the two-day seminar on their preparedness for the November 16, 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States to correct the mistakes in the 2019 elections and set a new standard for future elections.

While the rest of Nigeria and the international community observe the …

Nigeria

Biafra/ IPOB: On True Federalism They Stand

November 13, 2019 3:25 am

Gideon Arinze writes that recent 20th anniversary of Igbo Youth Movement provided yet another platform for the pressing calls for devolution of power

The main hall of the Universal Hotel, Enugu was filled to capacity. From the East to the West and to the South, notable sons and daughters of the country gathered to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) to once again, ponder on the lingering question of true federalism and how to get Nigeria working again.

A socio-cultural organization established in the 90s by an illustrious son of Igbo extraction, Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko, the IYM …

The Fight Over Marriage Registries

November 12, 2019 9:29 am

In a new development to the disagreement between the federal government and some local government areas over who has the right to conduct marriages in the country, the former has published the marriage registries and places it has licensed to conduct statutory marriages across the country. This vexatious issue illustrates the excessive presence of the federal government in our lives. It also nudges at the heart of millions of Nigerians who are outraged by the present arrangement and have been calling for a restructuring of our federation.

The aim of setting up of such marriage registries, according to the Permanent …

Chairman Uche Secondus As Academic Assessor?

November 11, 2019 9:28 am

We know that it is obviously more comforting to be confidently adorned in the attire of a role model and exemplar, rather than  one playing to the gallery and pontificating strange precepts that  instantly belie your visibly contrarian  persona. Now just imagine a scenario where an inverterate and unrepentant chain smoker is invited as guest Speaker in a forum on the ravages of lung cancer. He begins by admirably ventilating these hard facts from Google on lung cancer:

“Lung cancer essentially originates from the lungs. Its rising incidence world-wide is associated with smoking and increasing levels of air pollution”

Now

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Hate Speech, The Broadcast Media And Democratic Freedoms

November 11, 2019 6:18 am
No doubt there is the need to exercise all possible restraints in the management of information in the broadcast environment.

The radio and television environment in Nigeria which has suddenly become the rallying point for citizens to quickly get information and discuss governance should be a source of concern to any government battling to keep a cohesive, United and secured fragile country like Nigeria.

What manner of necessary media restrictions can be acceptable in a democratic setting?

Should there be a line drawn to make sure that the proposed controls being hatched will not limit the ability of the press …

Rivers Businessman Commits Suicide Over Huge Debt

Curtailing The Suicide Scourge

November 11, 2019 4:12 am

Resolved to stem the increasing rate at which Nigerians, particularly the youths, are sending themselves to their untimely graves through suicide, psychiatrists, policy makers and other stakeholders recently converged on Lagos to discuss the causes and the way out. 

Experts in psychiatry and general mental health management, drawn from across the country, took time to look at what they described as “archaic guidelines” in handling mental health patients, as well as stigmatisation and other factors that hinder the prevention of suicide. They unanimously condemned the law that criminalises anyone that attempts suicide.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that …

Spirituality

How Africa Mistakes Gullibility For Spirituality

November 10, 2019 3:31 pm

I will begin this week’s edition of #TheAlternative with a generalisation, and I ask for the forgiveness of my readers in advance. You see, a lifetime of living in Nigeria has taught me that Nigerians emote rather than we reason.

This tendency to emote is the reason African parents will not invest millions in their children’s education, but will invest millions in their wedding and their children will not invest millions to cater for their aged parents, but will invest millions in their funeral.

You honestly believe that if European and Asian leaders attend an African wedding or funeral, they …

Why Aso Villa Cabal Wants VP’s Aides Out – Sources

November 10, 2019 8:59 am

Claims by the Presidency that presidential aides sacked in the Vice President’s Wing of the Buhari Presidency were disengaged to cut down on government’s expenses simply stands logic on its head. That is another view from Presidency sources

Totally at variance with the altruistic reason advanced by the Presidency, is the fact that more than half of the affected aides are donor-funded, including donors from well-known international development agencies from the United States and the United Kingdom, a source added.

Sources maintained that “what is happening in Aso Villa is an attempt by the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba

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The Trouble With School Reunions

November 10, 2019 5:44 am

In the last few years, we have seen several instances of former students of secondary schools holding school re-union parties, during which they enjoy themselves. Those who have participated in these parties reveal that the experience has been wonderful, exciting and interesting. Old Boys and Girls Association have for long been in existence, but today school and class re-unions are gradually taking new dimension. Organizers of such meetings put in their very best to ensure the comfort of all ex-students who converge from various parts of the world.

In one case, the ex-students of a Federal Government College in the …

The Abduction Mess In Kaduna State

November 9, 2019 4:20 pm

Kaduna State is in a big mess. This aptly describes the raging insecurity in this state, where kidnapping and banditry have become big businesses. The last four years have been horrendous. Daily, scores of hapless people are kidnapped for ransom in communities across the state, while security agents and Governor Nasir El-rufai display so much incompetence. Traumatised residents of Rigasa, in Igabi Local Government Area of the state, were on the streets last Monday to protest the high rate of abductions in their community. They also visited the state’s House of Assembly to seek the intervention of the lawmakers over …

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