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in OpinionAFTER DE-RADICALISATION, LET’S HAVE DE-VICTIMISATION
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Introduction The effort to achieve an end to Nigeria’s long-standing insecurity problem through military intervention, moral suasion, and other approaches has engaged leaders and ordinary citizens of the country for more than a decade now. While most desire that the crisis be addressed […] More
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Fayose’s bedroom electrification
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 10 August, 2026). Starting a week with the joke of a joke can be very distressing. The ‘architect of modern Ekiti State’, Mr Ayodele Fayose, started his job as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency board […] More
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Bandit Rats In Our Big Budget
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 July, 2026) On 9 June, 2026, the Presidency announced that “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats and ordered […] More
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in OpinionIt’s A Loss for Gangsterism and Criminality in Edo
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow From Patrick Akhere Ebojele There was a time, not too long ago, when news out of Edo State was an evil cult war, bloodbath, and killings. Youths in their numbers were losing their lives as residents in particular communities hurried indoors before dusk. […] More
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Kurfi and the radarada in Katsina
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 July, 2026) If Katsina State governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, were a Yoruba man, the people would say he is living his name. I do not know what ‘Radda’ means in Hausa, but I know […] More
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Why Oriire was not Chibok
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 July, 2026) The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) were in the media yesterday (Sunday) urging President Bola Tinubu to replicate in the North the feat that rescued the Oriire pupils […] More
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Nigerian Journalism — The Unintended Hazards of the Job
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow from Yemi Farounbi Introduction: The Noble Calling and Its Hidden Cost:Journalism in Nigeria is more than a profession—it is a calling. A calling to speak truth to power, to amplify the voices of the unheard, and to defend the fragile pillars of democracy. […] More
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A Governor’s Bold Commitment to Educational Investment
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Globally, history has almost often provided humanity with the clearest verdict on leadership. Today in our state, Edo, and examining the education sector, that verdict is beginning to take shape, drawing a sharp distinction between a recent period of decline and a new […] More
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APC And The Drum Beats Of Unity
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed thousands of delegates at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Friday, March 27, 2026, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) 4th Elective National Convention, he distilled his message into a single, commanding theme: “Unity in Progress: Consolidating the […] More
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Conventions, conscriptions, consensus
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 30 March 2026). I begin with Game of Thrones, a world not far removed from ours, where power, wealth, and revenge are the true currencies of politics. In Season 5, Episode 1, we hear this: Tyrion […] More
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BEFORE THE NEXT BALLOT By Ayinde O. Ayinde, PhD
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow My fellow Nigerians,There are moments in the life of a nation when reflection outweighs rhetoric, when thoughtfulness surpasses agitation, and when wisdom demands that we pause, look deeply, and examine not merely what we feel but what history teaches us. This is such […] More
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El-Rufai: Tinubu’s angry kingmaker
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 16 February, 2026). Alhaji Shehu Shagari first met General Murtala Mohammed in August 1974. Newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Communications, Murtala, wrote a memo for cabinet approval and needed financial clearance from Shagari, then Commissioner for […] More
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