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COLUMNIST: Nigeria: A personal encounter

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By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha So, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former Governor of Katsina State (1999 to 2007), was sworn in as President on 29th May 2007 on the platform of PDP, the party that once boasted it would rule Nigeria forever! How things change! From all indications Yar’Adua meant well for the country. Simple. Very natural. […]
Akwa Ibom journalists boycott Fani-Kayode's media briefing
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Journalists, students and ‘stupid’ questions

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By Promise Adiele Drama, as an exalted genre of literature, recreates human follies and foibles. In different ways, the genre re-enacts all the plausible conditions and circumstances which define humanity. When we declare that an event was dramatic, we either speak in terms of incredulity or heightened excitement or fatality and tragedy. Drama is deep. […]
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Judgments without justice

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By Tony Afejuku I must state from the outset that the title of my present subject is derived from Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN. The worthy SAN and another equally worthy SAN in the person of our country’s Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and other learned members of their profession were recently at a judicial event concerning […]
covid-19
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Monday X-Ray: The Other Sides Of Covid-19

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The Coronavirus pandemic with COVID-19 as the acronym has brought about some other sides- some positive, some negative. Some of the other sides are in the realm of governance and communication by government with the populace. Our concern this week is to x-ray these two sides. Contextually, according to Lynn, et al ‘governance is the […]
Buhari
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Government Of Lies

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Buhari’s government has become government of lies by liars to perpetuate lies. Propaganda, lies and killings have become the order of the day. They lie over things they should not lie about. They lie not only to the citizens but also to themselves. They have blurred the line between truth and lies. They will want […]
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The Deity Has Been Demystified

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Ba maso! Ba mayi! (We don’t want! We are not doing)These are the typical words you hear being chanted when politicians whom the people are dissatisfied with are around. The words that the citizens of the Northern part of Nigeria shout out with defiance to leaders they consider as failures. It sends a clear message […]
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When will enough be enough?

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What will be the thing that will get Nigerians to say Enough is Enough? What will be done to Nigerians to make them stand up and fight for themselves? How far can Nigerians be pushed before they push back? What wall will Nigerians get to that they will be tired and say #EnoughIsEnough? How many […]
Verification
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Disrespect From Public Servants

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I attended a town hall meeting this week and the Senate President was amongst the invitees. First the Senate President was late and the programme had to be delayed. A live programme was delayed because the number three citizen that should live by example decided to be late. How do we have leaders that do […]
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Development Agenda For 2020

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Now the awaited 2020 is here with us. To my humble mind, development should be our desideratum this year. Although development has eluded us in the past, tide must be arrested. Development is a normative concept referring to a multidimensional process, according to Mclean and Macmillan. According to them, it is the increasing satisfaction of […]