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  • Power and Insularity: By Tony Ekata

    “I’m not worried about the exchange rate they are pursuing because your salary should be in Naira and you are not an importer or exporter, are you?” – APC National Leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu I am worried. Very worried. It’s long past midnight where I am and I’m unable to sleep. I had been…

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  • The real tragedy of the Fourscore building collapse – By Tony Ekata

        “Buildings collapsing are a regular occurrence in Nigeria.” – eNCA   The above is the thrust of eNCA, South Africa’s foremost private television network’s coverage of the Fourscore building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria’s Johannesburg. It is no doubt a damning and rather hyperbolical synopsis of the tragic incident that changed the skyline of…

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  • African governments urged to fund public broadcasters to sustain their relevance

    African governments have been urged to adequately fund public radio broadcasting stations to enable them to keep pace with emerging trends in the mass communication sector and remain relevant. Mr Tony Ekata, the Convener of the Broadcasters Global Forum, a virtual body of media professionals committed to promoting journalism standards across the world, made the…

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  • WHO NEEDS A PRESIDENT THAT CAN FIGHT CORRUPTION?

    Who Needs a President That Can Fight Corruption?

    WHO NEEDS A PRESIDENT THAT CAN FIGHT CORRUPTION? I don’t know whether we know how idiotic it sounds when people keep chorusing that Nigeria needs a president that can fight corruption. I do know, however, that people in saner climes would be laughing at us for seeking someone to teach us what we already know.…

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  • Tinubu, Buhari congratulate Edo Governor-Elect Okpebholo
    Tinubu, Buhari congratulate Edo Governor-Elect Okpebholo

    By Tony Ekata 22-09-2024 Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo on his victory in the just-concluded governorship election in Edo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Sunday night that Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election with 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival, Asue…

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    EDO NUJ COUNCIL CREATES SITUATION ROOM IN BENIN CITY

    By Tony Ekata 21-09-2024 The Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has opened an election monitoring centre at its secretariat in Benin City, the state capital. The Chairman of the council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe, disclosed in a statement issued on Friday that the monitoring centre was to ensure the seamless coverage of…

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