JUST IN: Edo Assembly impeaches Shaibu

Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has been impeached by the State’s House of Assembly. CONVERSEER learned that Shaibu was impeached during the House’s plenary session on Monday in Benin City, the State capital According to Channels TV, the move is a culmination of the political impasse between the deputy governor and his principal Godwin…

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Ayade’s former aide defects from APC to PDP

A former Governor Ben Ayade’s aide, Comrade Afuo Joseph Ogbaji, and others have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Cross River Northern Senatorial District. Ogbaji, also known as OGB, hails from Ugboro ward in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the State. He stated that APC…

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Who instigated slave trade in Africa, Arabs or African tribal leaders?

By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam There was nothing like the African or Arab slave trade. There was just the slave trade, which was no different from commodities trading today. One might trade Urals or Brent, Middling Fair or Low Middling, and you’d be a participant in the oil or cotton trade. Slaves were commodities to their traders and property to their owners. Both definitions were…

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Why do Nigerians identify by tribe and religion instead of nationality?

By Emanuel Ayanleke How can Nigerians unite to create real change in their country if there is so much division amongst themselves? First, let me clear up one or two misconceptions I can intuit in your question: Nigerians readily identify themselves as Nigerian (without qualification) where such identification matters. E.g. in official dealings with government and other…

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Williams keeps campaign promise as over 15,000 people benefit from free Medicare in Central C’River

Senator Eteng Jonah Williams representing Cross River State Central Senatorial District has fulfilled one of his campaign promises as over 15,000 people have been earmarked to benefit from his free medical outreach in the Senatorial District. The flag off of the free medical outreach which took place on Saturday at the General Hospital UGEP and…

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