The issues of rape has suddenly become a scourge that needs urgent and swift interference of relevant government agencies, many organisations and individual has been clamoring for different and stiffer punishment rapists. The holy Bible according to Deuteronomy 22 verse 25 put the punishment for rape as death. The 2008 ...
Read More »OMSL DIRECTORS REFUTE ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF $18M DOLLARS BY CHAIRMAN
Our attention has been drawn to a malicious and spurious publication by a one-man blog (nurajos.blogspot.com) on alleged schism in the board of OMSL over alleged mismanagement of $18m (Eighteen million dollars). In the said write-up, the faceless hack mischievously alleged that our chairman, Capt Idahosa Wells Okunbo, had taken ...
Read More »ARLPAN Members are never involved in Human Trafficking – Rex Bamidele Jacob
The evil of the modern slavery that has seen many Nigerian youth end up as slaves in foreign countries, serving wicked and cruel masters is a big concern for the federal government, it is even worse as many of those responsible for such devilish transactions are still on the loose ...
Read More »Okunbo: The Ace in Edo’s Hole by Abdulahi Taminu
The volume, velocity and variety of campaigns of calumny against Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist, in the last few weeks, underpin the consensus among the elite and the average electorate in Edo State, that having wilfully taken on some of its illustrious sons, Governor Godwin Obaseki ...
Read More »His Agenda Is SIMPLE, His Promises Are Realistic by Stanley Chiamaka
It is trite to say job creation is crucial for a healthy economy to fire growth and improve the lives of the citizenry. And since the importance of creating jobs is to ensure a stable and progressive society, the electorate and the general public are always keen to know what ...
Read More »Labour, Civil Society want National Water Resources bill trashed
Labour, Civil Society want National Water Resources bill trashed. The groups made the call at a media briefing in Lagos on Friday, 21 August 2020, stressing that “the bill is anti-people, repugnant, suspicious, obnoxious and intolerable” while urging Nigerians “to be vigilant and to rise to reject, resist and refuse ...
Read More »Edo 2020: It’s Time for a Debate By Francis Ugwuanyi
Were debates a constitutional requirement of every election in Nigeria, it would have been interesting to watch Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) square up to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), his main rival in the September 19th governorship election in Edo State. ...
Read More »Ize-Iyamu: When God’s Grace Is Upon a Man by Tunji Fagbohun
The attitude of the average electorate to a candidate can be easily measured by how they respond to his or her political campaigns and that simply explains why some politicians go the extra mile to invest hugely in ‘crowd purchase’ for their rallies. So far so good, everything seems to ...
Read More »Obaseki: From Godfather to God-demons by Funmi Williams-Fashoro
In his quest to get a second term, Governor Godwin Obaseki has made some new friends in his new party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Among them is Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State. For a name associated with avoidable controversies, pundits fear he could employ his cantankerous nature into the ...
Read More »EARL” OSARO ONAIWU’S POLITICS OF HATE, ENVY AND INGRATITUDE by Prince Emmanuel Odigie
Like any competitive sport, politics is sustained by keeping to the rules and being gracious towards competitors. It also feeds on loyalty to leadership and followership. In this write up, it will be pertinent that I don’t address Osaro Onaiwu as an “Earl”. This is because with that name, which is associated with ...
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