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Osun: Time to halt dubious and fraudulent attitude to governance is now! By Ismail Omipidan
Today is not about long turenci . It is to put the public in Osun and beyond on notice that what His Excellency, Adegboyega Oyetola, said in the build-up to the 2022 July governorship election is already playing out. Oyetola had warned his fellow contenders then not to play politics with people’s lives by promising what was practically impossible considering…
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Chimamanda: Nigeria’s positively growing democracy, By Dele Alake
The noted and internationally acclaimed Nigerian novelist and essayist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, deserves a great deal of pity and sympathy for her so utterly biased piece titled ‘Nigeria’s hollow democracy’ published in the latest edition of ‘The Atlantic’ magazine. It is a piece that does little credit to the image and reputation of a leading Nigerian thinker who ought to…
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Good Friday; not really for Rwandans! By Emeka Oparah
“Tomorrow will not be a good Friday here,” my Rwandan friend said, melancholically, as we rounded off our call. And I got the message. Today (the tomorrow she was referring to) may have been ironically named Good Friday by Christians (in commemoration of the day Jesus Christ was murdered), but for Rwandans, today is literally and metaphorically (a) Bad Friday.…
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Chimamanda Adichie: Election is not a literary contest, By Kayode Adebiyi
Yesterday, I read an op-ed by Chimamanda Adichie addressed to the President of the United States published by The Atlantic, an influential foreign policy journal in the Unites States. Unfortunately, Chimamanda in her very beautiful prose and the usual high falluting language opined that her candidate, Peter Obi who came distant 3rd in the just concluded Nigerian presidential election was…
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Fascism on course, By Wole Soyinka
It would appear that a record discharge of toxic sludge from our notorious smut factory is currently clogging the streets and sewers of the Republic of Liars. It goes to prove the point that provoked the avalanche EXACTLY! The seeds of incipient fascism in the political arena have evidently matured. A climate of fear is being generated. The refusal to…
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Oyebanji upbeat as Chief of Air Staff lays foundation for Air Force Base at Ekiti Airport
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed delight at the ground breaking of the Air Force Base in the state. Oyebanji, accompanied by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, performed the ground breaking in Ijan-Igbemo road on Thursday. The Ekiti governor said the Air Force base will bring significant benefits to the people of Ekiti by enhancing…
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Chimamanda Adichie: A slave in love with her chains, By Legendary Joe
A branch directly from the tree of Chinua, …not surprising. Chinua (Achebe) almost at the departure lounge parted this planetary realm with a brilliant work of art titled “There was a country”, an account of Civil War, where the Giant of Literature and author of one of the most celebrated works of art ‘Things Fall Apart’, forsook decorum and divorced…
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Prince William hires former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for noble role
When New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, stepped down from her role leading the country in January, many wondered what she would do next. We now know her next project, and it’s a royal one at that. Prince William, who Jacinda had built up a good friendship with during her time as PM, has instilled the respected politician into the…
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Buhari sacks NIPC boss Saratu Umar
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina.In a directive to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi…
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Buhari bids farewell to Angolan, UAE ambassadors
Two outgoing Ambassadors were hosted in farewell audiences at State House, Abuja, Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari, and they had kind words to say about their tour of duty in Nigeria. His Excellency, Dr Eustaquio Januario Quibato of Republic of Angola thanked the President for the “wise leadership you’ve been giving to Nigeria,” for being the Champion of Anti-Corruption in…
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