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Insecurity Worsens as Terrorists go for Nigeria’s Jugular
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Over 1000 inmates of Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, escaped Tuesday night as terrorists stormed the facility late into the night. Those who live in the neighbourhood said the invaders used dynamites to destroy the heavily fortified facility, including […] More
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Supreme Court Justices Deserve More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Recently, in an unprecedented manner in the 58 years annals of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, all the 14 serving Justices of the Supreme Court protested their horrific welfare and deplorable conditions of service to the Chief Justice of Nigeria ( CJN ). […] More
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Nigeria’ll Either Survive As A Country in 2023 or Sink – Baba Ahmed, NEF Spokesman
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Describes zoning as poor, lazy, poisonous politics Dismisses current political leadership as the worst that has ever governed Nigeria Says Legislature acting as if waging war against women. As the north and south continue to bicker over which region of the country produces […] More
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APC’s Kabiyesi Politics
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 28 February, 2022) Kabiyesi means ‘we dare not question him.’ The nearest to its meaning is what my Hausa friend does with effusive ‘Ranka dede’ at the feet of his lord. The above headline should actually […] More
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Kyari: Some tears for Nigeria Police
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 21 February, 2022) There was a man in London 300 years ago called Jonathan Wild. He lived at a time robbery and violent crimes were rampant in the city – day and night. The people were […] More
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A Critique of Bisi Akande’s ‘My Participations’
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 December, 2021) ‘The Man who looks history in the face’ is the title Professor Wole Soyinka put on the Foreword. Of course, “the man” here is Bisi Akande, the author of ‘My Participations’, an autobiography […] More
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Enough of Shakara Oloje
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow President Muhammadu Buhari gets me confused. Or am I the one not reading him well? Okay, if I may ask: who is in charge here? Can somebody tell me? That is if you know too; because I know many Nigerians are as confused […] More
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Debts, VAT and States’ Gold Mines
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 September, 2021) The National Assembly last Tuesday received a presidential request for yet fresh foreign loans. This time, it is $4billion and €710million (N2 Trillion) to finance ‘critical projects’ in the 2021 budget. Our lawmakers […] More
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Igbo and Buhari’s Peace Speech in Imo State
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 September, 2021) President Muhammadu Buhari last week in Imo State acknowledged the resourcefulness and enterprising spirit of Igbo people. He said: “The fundamental thing about the Igbo people is that there is no town you […] More
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I Am Still Pained Awolowo Did Not Take Western Region Out of Nigeria – Idahosa
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ahead of his 68th birthday on September 21, 2021, Charles Ekhoeutownen Idahosa, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State and former political adviser to immediate past governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, hosted a media parley at his Airport […] More
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Late Victor Uwaifo Put Face of Nigeria, Edo on World Map – Oshiomhole
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and immediate past governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has described late music legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo as an intellectual who tried to bring to reality his thoughts in music and the arts. He […] More
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Will There Be a Crash, Nigeria?
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 30 August, 2021) Scary! One spring night, the pilot of a small plane experienced a complete engine failure. On top of that, he lost his electrical system, and with it, the use of his radio and […] More