JUST IN: Edo Assembly impeaches Shaibu

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

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?

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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