NOUN'S NEW VC, UDUMA, VISITS OBASANJO, PROMISES TO PRIORITIZE RESTORATION OF LAW PROGRAMME

* Ex-President Urges Reform, Canvasses For Integration of AI Into Academic Programme In The National Open Varsity

By Our Reporter

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for key reforms at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), including the restoration of its Law programmes, increased student enrolment, and the integration of artificial intelligence into its academic system.

Nov. 6 Election: POLICE IG ASSURES ON PUBLIC SAFETY, SECURE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN ANAMBRA

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has assured the nation of the commitment of the Force to securing the public space and upholding the democratic values ahead of the Saturday, November 6, 2021, Anambra State Gubernatorial Election.

Nov. 6 Guber Poll: ETIABA RESTATES PREPAREDNESS TO GOVERN ANAMBRA STATE

• * Says My Running Mate And I Are Ready To Serve

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

A leading governorship candidate on the platform of Action Alliance (AA) party in the Saturday, November 6, 2021, gubernatorial election in Anambra state, Chief Ben Etiaba, on Monday, August 16, 2021, re-stated his adequate preparedness to give quality and accountable governance to the people of Anambra if elected as governor.

Nov. 6 Poll: ANAMBRA WOMEN, YOUTHS WILL PLAY A GREAT ROLE IN MY GOVT....Etiaba

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) party in the Saturday November 6, 2021 gubernatorial election in Anambra state, Chief Ben Etiaba, has said that women and youths in Anambra state will definitely play a tremendous role in the formation of his government, policies and programmes, if he wins the forthcoming governorship election.

November 6 Poll: ANAMBRA DEPUTY GOV, NKEM OKEKE, DUMPS APGA FOR APC

• * Teams Up With Senator Andy Uba In His Guber Quest

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Anambra state deputy governor, Nkem Okeke, has finally dumped his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on the platform of which he was deputy governor for almost years, for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

NOW THAT THE MINISTERS ARE EMPANELLED...

By Bola Bolawole

On Monday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu welcomed 45 out of 48 Ministers, with just three more to complete his bloated cabinet. Hours before their inauguration, some Ministers-designate swapped offices. Should we call that cabinet reshuffle or what? Or is it another sign of the ill-preparedness of the president to govern, as some critics have suggested? While it is damn too early to categorically affirm such a thing, the morning, as they say, shows the day. So, the president must watch it. He needs to put his acts together. Too many unforced errors make even the best of tennis players lose a match.

NOW THE ELECTORAL BILL IS SIGNED...

Now that the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retired), has signed the Electoral Bill into law, it remains to be seen whether the new law will be the cure-all solution to the country’s electoral or election problems. But for intense public pressure, Buhari would most likely not have signed for the umpteenth time. What this shows is that Frederick Douglass is right when he posited that the people must fight for whatever freedom or rights they desire from their rulers.

NOW, NOWHERE IS SAFE (1)

By Hassan Gimba

'"First, they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

NPO SETS UP MEDIA OMBUDSMAN CALLED NATIONAL MEDIA COMPLAINTS COMMISSION

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) has taken a bold step to kickstart the new Ombudsman mechanism with the announcement of a nine-man board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman.

NWOBODO, ADC CHAIRMAN MOURN BALARABE MUSA

• Encomiums As He Is Laid To Rest

By Desmond Ukandu (Politics Editor)

As messages of condolence continue to pour in on the death of frontline politician and elderstatesman, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, his colleague and a former governor of the old Anambra state, Senator Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, has expressed deep shock at the demise of the Second Republic former governor of the old Kaduna state.

NWODO INAUGURATES 54-MEMBER PAN-IGBO STABILIZATION FUND

By Uzoma Agbai (Governance Reporter)

The president General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has inaugurated the 54-member Steering Committee for the Alaigbo Stabilization Fund.

Obasanjo @ 85: ANYIM HAILS EX-PRESIDENT, DESCRIBES HIM AS PATRIOT, GLOBAL CITIZEN

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Former Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, on Friday, celebrated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo who clocked 85 years today, describing him as a foremost statesman, true patriot and a citizen of the world.

OBASANJO PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE AHMED JODA

• * Narrates How The Deceased Elderstatesman, Others Saved Nigeria During 1966 Crisis

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed how the late former Permanent Secretary, Alhaji. Ahmed Joda and other Super Permanent Secretaries then saved the unity of Nigeria shortly after the country's upheaval in 1966.

OBASANJO URGES NIGERIAN POLITICIANS TO PRIOTIZE HUMAN WELFARE, FOOD SECURITY

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised Nigerian politicians and leaders to make food security a top priority, in addition to ensuring health and overall security of lives and properties of the citizenry.

OBI'S TRANSITION FROM SERIOUS CONTENDER TO MASCOT

By Azu Ishiekwene

Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest socio-linguistic group, means rock, boulder, or stone. Quite a nice alias – especially if you associate some doctrinal nuances of Obi’s faith with his first name, Peter.

OBI-DATTI MEDIA OFFICE ALERTS ON AGENDA TO BLACKMAIL PETER OBI, YUSUF DATTI

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Media outfit of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Obi-Datti Media office, has raised alarm on activities of some hirelings of the opponents of the Peter Obi- Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmad ticket to make abusive and provocative statements against ethnic and religious groups in the country with the sole purpose of harming the growing goodwill of its candidates.

OBI-DIENTS' ARE 'BUNCH OF HUNGRY, JOBLESS GUYS', SAYS OKOWA'S YOUNGER BROTHER

By Alexandria Dominic-Chukwu

Andrew Okowa, Younger brother to the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has described supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), as ‘bunch of hungry and jobless guys’.

OBIDIENTS, SOYINKA, CHIMAMANDA AND THE CLIMATE OF FEAR

By Reuben Abati

THE “Obidients” – supporters of the mission and vision of Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election had it coming. And now they are getting their “comeuppance” served in flagellating doses, from Professor Wole Soyinka, grandmaster in the art of dissent, debate and reasoning who has all it takes to sustain an intellectual fight in the public arena. In two high-profile television interviews in recent weeks – Channels TV and Arise News, and two published commentaries: “Media Responsibility” and “Fascism on Course”, Professor Wole Soyinka has reacted robustly to what he describes as a predilection for fascism on the part of the “Obidients.” Fascism also means dictatorship, tyranny, autocracy, intolerance, the unwillingness to entertain the other view, and the tendency to assume that one’s opinion is supreme and superior and that other human beings do not matter. Remember Hitler. Think Italy’s Benito Mussolini. Fascists simply want to have their way no matter what others think or suggest.

OCHI' IDOMA V AND THE TRADO-RELIGIOUS TRAPPINGS OF THE IDOMA PEOPLE

By Onjefu Okidu

Since the institutionalization of the Idoma kingship stool, no making of the paramount ruler of Idomaland has been as troublesomely controversial as the making of Ochi’Idoma V. So, so many angry comments have been made before, during and after the selection or “election.”

OF CORRUPTION MAGNATES AND STATE-JACKERS

• * Tinubu, Wike, Yahaya Bello And El-Rufai As Case Studies

By Steve Osuji

FROM CORPORATE MAGNATES TO CORRUPTION MAGNATES: We used to have corporate magnates and industry moguls. Men and women who were leaders and pace setters in various sectors of the economy. People who by sheer industry, zeal and brainpower led their corporations to acclaim and resounding success. We also had political leaders and godfathers. Men of stature who were shining examples of what good leadership ought to be.