UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 4 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE “Everyone should be called to account. Let us go door to door to ask about what we did here. If the father is gone, let us ask the sons about the sins of their fathers “Anonymous … Continue reading UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 4 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
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UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE When I write about Fulani, Igbo and their negative activities against Nigeria, I am flooded with acidic comments. The replies are so juvenile and emotional, devoid of substance and laden with ethnic gobbledygook. Some say I am Islamophobic while others say… Continue reading UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE Lately, there have been eruption of kings and kingdoms of the Igbo people all over Nigeria and other parts of the world. If these occurrences were not being normalized, they will be easy to ignore. Some months ago, I wrote that the… Continue reading UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING
FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday vowed to deplore every lawful tool at its disposal, including full mobilization, protests, and industrial action to return staff to the rehabilitated National Theatre and restore dignified working conditions. ‘’The NLC wishes to let you know… Continue reading FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING
THE DUALITY OF THE AFRICAN SOUL BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
Religion in Nigeria will always be a cog in the wheel of progress because this is the Trojan horse the colonizers left behind. It is the only thing that leads to arrested development of any intelligent discussion of finding solutions to what is holding Nigeria back. At the time the British left, they… Continue reading THE DUALITY OF THE AFRICAN SOUL BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
NORTH CENTRAL WOMEN TASK TINUBU ON NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN
CRITICIZE SENATE CLERK FOR PROMOTING ANTI-AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’S AGENDA URGE OTHER GEO-POLITICAL ZONES TO FREE SENATORS FROM CLUTCHES OF SENATE LEADERSHIP Women in the North Central geo-political zone on Wednesday urged President Bola Tinubu not to allow forces of progress to be intimidated. ‘’The recent action of the Senate leadership can only… Continue reading NORTH CENTRAL WOMEN TASK TINUBU ON NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN
WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG
URGES TINUBU TO LOOK INTO BACKLOG OF NON-PAYMENT OF RATIONS AND GAS CONTRACTORS’ DUES BY THE NIGERIA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE TELLS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER The Alliance for Good Governance (AGG), a non-governmental organization has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to look into the issue of backlog of non- payment of… Continue reading WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG
THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE Are we really divided by geography or culture? Nigeria is a very heterogeneous society. From the cacophony of our disagreements, there is a straight line that separates the North and the South, the East and the West. We have been… Continue reading THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO
CALLS SENATE ACTION ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY, DANGEROUS SLIDE TOWARDS FASCISM THREATENS TO MOBILIZE WORKERS, MORAL AUTHORITY VOWS TO RESIST NIGERIA’S SLIDE INTO AUTOCRACY The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday described Senate’s persecution of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a descent into legislative dictatorship and democratic anarchy. The Union also… Continue reading NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO
WHERE IS OUR HISTORY? BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
WHERE IS OUR HISTORY? BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE We must teach our history. I cannot find any reason why Nigeria’s history is not being taught in Nigerian schools. This is a terrible mistake. What are we afraid of? Whose idea is it, that teaching Nigerian history will be unhealthy to our nation? This… Continue reading WHERE IS OUR HISTORY? BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE