Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaIn Nigeria's hierarchy of leadership you have the office of President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Judge of the Federation, Deputy Senate President, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.Given this hierarchy of leadership at the federal level of governance it
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe largest umbrella body of Nigerian workers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (tuc) and their affiliates on Wednesday August 2, 2023 staged a protest march against the poor remuneration of the workers amid humungous salaries and allowances of executive and legislative officials in government.The
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaIn 2021, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Benjamin Kalu was vindicated from the suit filed against him by Okey Ezeala alleging name forgery on his academic certifications.Okey Ezeala filed a case against the deputy speaker who was then the spokesman of the 9th House
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe dictatorship of some governors in Nigeria knows no bounds. They have scant regard for the opposition. In their quest for power by all means they set out to suffocate the opposition. This exists at the national level but it gets worst in the states.Some of the worst
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaInsecurity and sit-at-home protests in the South-East have led to massive economic losses estimated at almost N4 trillion in two years.A 2021 study conducted by SBM Intelligence for DevEast Foundation Ltd., a not-for-profit policy and business advocacy organisation, shows that the losses can be traced to specific factors
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It is a known fact that in January 2012 when President Goodluck Jonathan announced the deregulation of the downstream sector, otherwise known as fuel subsidy removal, the same people who opposed the government and organized protests at Ojota, Lagos, Abuja, Minna, Ilorin, and in other parts of Nigeria, even in
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaRecently Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti was asked to resign over his alleged lack of capacity to sustain the security and peace supposedly bequeathed to Abians by the last administration.The demand was made by the Abia Renaissance Movement (ARM) in a statement signed by its convener, Comrade
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President Bola Tinubu in Paris said Nigeria is now ready for global business as ongoing reforms will be sustained for a more competitive economy that attracts foreign direct investment (FDI). Tinubu spoke in separate meetings on the sidelines of the New Global Financial Pact Summit in France’s Palais Brongniart. According
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-by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe 2023 general election in Nigeria was billed to be the most transparent this country has ever seen. All the hitherto flaws and riggings that had characterized Nigerian election for decades was supposedly taken care of by the 2022 Electoral Act. Much was made about the use
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Congratulations to Hon Tajudeen Abbas and Hon Benjamin Kalu on their well-deserved emergence as Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively, of the 10th House of Representatives. June 13, 2023, will go down in history as the day the House of Representatives without rancour choose Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu to lead
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