Category: Opinion
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Anti-Corruption Crusaders Fault Social Media Campaign Against NIMASA DG
…says malpractice in whistleblowing, becoming a threat to a just society A coalition of civil society groups has called for an immediate end to sponsored social media campaigns against Dr Bashir Jamoh, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. Under the umbrella, National Coalition of Anti-Corruption Crusaders (NCACC), the groups lamented that Jamoh…
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GOV ALIA’S PROCURED PLAQUE OF SHAME!
By Peter Awunah, PhD Yesterday, the 5th of March, 2024, I was sitting somewhere in Maitama, Abuja with my friend of many years, Johnson Anosike, a development economist from Anambra State when a news item popped on his phone and he turned to show me. The news said “Leadership Newspaper honours Alia with governor of…
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Group tasks Senate on passage of Harmonised Retirement Age of Staff of NASS Bill
A Civil Society Organisation, Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre, has called on the Senate to urgently tow the line of the House of Representatives by passing the “Harmonised Retirement Age of Staff of National Assembly Bill”. This was contained in a statement issued by its Executive Director, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta at the weekend, the group…
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Analyst Urge Benue Stakeholders, State Actors To Support Governor Alia’s Administration
A public affairs analyst and commentator comrade Michael Isaac Onuh is calling and urging stakeholders and state actors to support the administration of Benue State governor Rev. Fr Alia’s administration. While addressing pressmen, Michael appealed and urged major stakeholders to sheath their sword and support the administration of the governor for the betterment and advancement…
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Benue Elders Writes Open Letter To President Tinubu Over Impending Breakdown of Law in Guma LGA Bye-Election
By Peter Oriri The Concerned Elders in Guma Local Government Area, Benue State, have penned an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging his intervention in the forthcoming Guma 1 State Constituency Bye Election scheduled for February 3rd, 2024. The letter was Signed by 12 local elders and copied to key officials including the…
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Purported Suspension Of Austine Agada: A Manifestation Of Gov. Alia’s Dictatorship – Kuanum
By Terrence Kuanum, APC Stalwart We read in the media of the purported suspension of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Comrade Austin Agada, by his Ehaje ward Executive Committee of Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. It is crystal clear to every sane person that, that suspension is…