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Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana possession
US President Joe Biden has announced a sweeping pardon for thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal laws, penalties that have disproportionately affected Black and other people of colour across the United States. The announcement on Thursday was seen as a enormous step towards federal decriminalisation of marijuana, a drug that has become legal for recreational use in…
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Nigeria is never a failed state – Tinubu
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says Nigerians should desist from tagging the country as a failed state. Speaking upon his arrival from the United Kingdom on Thursday, Tinubu said with patriotism and positive thinking, the country will rise above the present challenges. He said: “The trip was very good. I enjoyed my break. And…
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Goodluck Jonathan extols former PDP National Chairman, Solomon Lar
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has joined other political leaders to extol the virtues of the first civilian Governor of Plateau State, Chief Solomon Lar. Chief Lar who was also the first National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was celebrated and led the party to victory in 1999 in the transition programme midwifed by the military administration of General…
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PHOTO NEWS: President Muhammadu Buhari attends NDA passing Out Parade in Kaduna
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Kaduna attended the passing out parade and commissioning ceremony for Army, Airforce and Navy at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. The President presented Sword of Honour to Best All Round Cadet Academy Senior Under Officer (ASUO) Nzubechukwu Nweze at the Passing Out Parade and Commissioning Ceremony of 69 Regular Course. President Buhari also…
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Wike’s drunken moment and a hopeless House of Assembly, By Wale Bakare
We are an amazing people. When otherwise intelligent persons hail Wike as some sort of hero because of his brash and often uncouth approach to governance, I just laugh. When the Supreme Court removed the impostor Governor Omehia (and rightly so) in 2007 after 5 months, it should have ended that ignoble episode. However, 8 years later in 2015, in…
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Buhari’s footprints on waterways
It’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? You can’t physically see footprints on water, but then, that’s what President Muhammadu Buhari has done with the country’s waterways. He has planted his footprints on them, and they are some of the things that will stand him in good stead as he exits May 29, next year. Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority…
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Tonye Cole carpets Rivers State government over withdrawal of criminal case
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole has berated the state government over its volte face and withdrawal of criminal case against him and Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of the state. Governor Nyesom Wike had accused Cole and Amaechi of criminality and diversion of $50million belonging to the government in a privatisation of power plant deal.…
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API’s Nigeria social cohesion survey: A scary report spiced with hope, By Omoniyi Ibietan
Earlier today (October 6, 2022) up till early evening, about two hundred Nigerians, listened raptly to Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, lawyer, ex-Central Banker, scholar, public intellectual and former presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian elections, as he delivered the keynote speech at the public presentation of the 2022 Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey Report conducted by Prof. Bell Ihua-managed Africa Polling Institute…
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Bagudu in solidarity visit to Bello, donates N50m to flood victims
The Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu has hailed his Kogi State counterpart, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for showing capacity in leadership Bagudu stated this on Thursday when he paid a solidarity to Governor Bello on the devastating flood in the state. According to Governor Bagudu, the flood has dealt a devastating blow to the gain recorded in agriculture by the Yahaya…
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The West must return Africa’s stolen assets, By Muhammadu Buhari
Nigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the Benin Bronzes, held by the Horniman Museum in London were returning home, 125 years after being plundered by British troops. The clamour for repatriation of looted treasures is becoming irresistible. There was once a similar clamour for the return of Africa’s stolen assets, and I see…
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