Category: ADAMAWA PUNCH

  • WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG

    WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG

    WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG   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…

  • NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO

    NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO

      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…

  • NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO

    NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO

    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.…

  • SERAP wants court to stop RMAFC’s proposed salary increase for politicians 

    SERAP wants court to stop RMAFC’s proposed salary increase for politicians 

          Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) over “the proposed salary increase for political and public office holders in Nigeria particularly the president, vice-president, governors, their deputies, and lawmakers.”       RMAFC had last month disclosed the commission’s proposal…

  • CRAZY AMERICAN POLITICS BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    CRAZY AMERICAN POLITICS BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

          The prize of democracy is eternal vigilance. It will be reckless and the failure of democratic norms to leave a bull in a China shop. America has seen this kind of presidency before. Andrew Jackson was known for being crude and lawless when he rose to the presidency through populist campaigns in…

  • IGBO FATAL FLAW: A CRITICAL RESPONSE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    IGBO FATAL FLAW: A CRITICAL RESPONSE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

          The person who cries loudest when a stone is thrown into the market is the one who has been hit. To him, everything is about tribal affiliation. For someone to grow, he or she must at some point learn whether his interaction is positive or negative with the people around him  …

  • THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

          It takes time to form a country. It takes patience and dedication to change attitudes. When people from disparate places and cultures are brought together to form a Nation, it is never easy. In the long run, the tears and toil are worth it because the interactions lead to expansion of consciousness…

  • THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

      Is President Bola Tinubu the cause of Nigeria’s problem? Some time ago, I wrote that I did not endorse Tinubu because he will reduce the misery index of Nigeria. I did not endorse him because he will stop corruption and other ills that plague the Nation. I did not endorse him because he is…

  • A QUESTION OF JUSTICE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    A QUESTION OF JUSTICE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    A QUESTION OF JUSTICE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   There is no development if it is done at the expense of the rule of law and the confiscation of people’s properties. The greater part of development is the upholding of the rule of law and justice.   Since I can remember, successive Nigerian governments have…

  • THE LAST JIHAD PART 5B BY DR AUSTINE ORETTE

    THE LAST JIHAD PART 5B BY DR AUSTINE ORETTE

    THE LAST JIHAD PART 5B BY DR AUSTINE ORETTE “For everything under the sun, there is time. There is time for peace and there is the time for war’’. They will always lie to you. The Fulani Muslim will raise his right hand and put his left hand on the Quran, look you in eye…