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Osinbajo flags off game-changing Oguta Lake-Orashi River Dredging Project
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has described Oguta Lake-Orashi River Dredging Projectais a game-changer for Imo State, Nigeria and the West Coast of Africa. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday in Oguta, Imo State, at the flag-off of the Pre-Dredging Hydrographic Survey of the proposed Sea Access Route from Oguta Lake through the Orashi River to the Atlantic Ocean.…
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APC sets aside suspension of Gemade, Shija, 5 others, affirms their membership status
All Progressives Congress (APC) has set aside the suspension of Senator Barnabas Gemade, Professor Terhemba Shija, and five others by the Benue State Executive Committee of the party. In a press statement issued on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, the party said it had directed that the suspension and all related actions in the…
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NYSC @50: Sahelian conditions not for me
Before going for the NYSC orientation programme, I had heard stories about the North’s extreme weather conditions, mostly from an in-law, who was a Customs officer. Among other work stations, he served in Maiduguri, where I underwent the orientation programme. I thought his stories were confected or benefited from narrative supplements like exaggeration, as the conditions he described sounded unreal.…
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PHOTO NEWS: Atiku observes proceedings at election petition tribunal
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday was the Court of Appeal, Abuja, venue of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to observe proceedings. Atiku at the court interacted with his lawyers and the lead counsel of the President-elect, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN. The PDP candidate shared pictures at the court on his social media…
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Rejoinder to Reuben Abati’s ‘Stranded in Sudan’ article, By Musa Ilallah
Reading Reuben Abati’s May 2 article (originally published in his ThisDay column, and widely syndicated) about Nigerians in Sudan, drove home again for me the fact that many Nigerian journalists need a masterclass in how not to denigrate their country falsely and needlessly; how not to downplay its positive attributes and commendable actions. So much of that article feels like…
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‘You brought honour, dignity to the throne,’ Tinubu salutes Awujale at 89
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed joy and happiness over the 89th birthday of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland. The President-elect said Oba Adetona, one of the longest reigning monarchs in the world, brought dignity, honour and prestige to the pre-eminent throne of his forebears in the last 63 years. Asiwaju Tinubu praised Oba…
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Even at 97, Fasoranti still needs a birthday present, By Dare Babarinsa
Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, the leader of Afenifere, is celebrating his 97th birthday today. He is indeed a long distance runner who has seen the ups and downs of life including personal tragedies and public triumphs. Though he is leading Afenifere, the organisation is no longer providing the needed leadership for the Yoruba people. It has suffered from self-inflicted dissipations…
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NYSC at 50: Bitter-sweet diary, By Olusegun Abifarin
At the end of my three month IT stay with Automag magazine in Lagos in 1990, the Publisher, one retired Army General who was obviously impressed with my output, had promised to help my NYSC posting to Lagos so that I can serve in the organisation. I took the promise “to the bank” and was boasting to everybody that my…
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May 29 and the limits of desperation, By Fredrick Nwabufo
At the heart of Nigeria’s troubled and enchanted existence is wild and minacious politics. Politics defiant of patriotism and national interest; politics vacant of soul and righteous purpose; politics of predation and degradation. Politics of gladiatorial contests and duels. Destructive, dangerous politics. The losing side in the 2023 presidential election has been dutiful and purposive on its agenda to push…
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Tinubu pours encomiums on Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti at 97
…describes the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group leader ‘a light unto our paths’ President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has heaped praises on Nigerian nationalist and leader of pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, on his 97th birthday for his commitment to the ideals of good governance in Nigeria and unwavering dedication to progressive politics. Tinubu in a statement from his office…
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