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BREAKING: Tinubu returns to Nigeria from UK
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom. Tinubu touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday after spending 12 days in the UK. He was received by his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council and Plateau State Governor, Simon…
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Elizabeth and the land of the sad pilgrims, By Dare Babarinsa
Many people, who are familiar with the history of British colonialism in Africa, will be surprised about the genuine affection that many Africans felt about the late Elizabeth II, the Queen of England and Head of the United Kingdom. Elizabeth, when she came to the throne in 1952, was also the Queen of Nigeria and 18 other African countries including…
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Citizens’ right to demand accountability, subject to compliance with tax obligations – FIRS
The moral right of citizens to demand accountability from government on what their taxes have been used for, is dependent on when citizens have themselves heeded to their civil obligations to pay taxes. This was the position of the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami during the unveiling of the FIRS Service Charter on Tuesday…
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Buhari meets freed Kaduna train passengers
…thanks Nigerian military for brave services President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna. The President made an impromptu visit to the hospital to see the victims of the train attack after commissioning Cadets of 69 Regular Course (Army, Navy…
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Where is Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi? By Fredrick Nwabufo
Could this be the eclipsing of a coruscating star? Could this be the sectioning of a gadfly? Could this be the end of a political odyssey? Could this be the domestication of the fabled Lion of Ubima? Could this be Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s nadir? Amaechi’s political tapestry has been the craftwork of a benevolent fate. At 27, he was the…
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French writer wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature
French writer Annie Ernaux has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Ernaux’s announcement was contained in a statement by Chairman of the Nobel Committee The Swedish Academy Anders Olsson. “The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux ‘for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements…
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2023: By denigrating the North, Ohanaeze N’digbo further expands the chances of Bola Tinubu, By Cham Faliya Sharon
“You can try to dirty my name, but I will wear your hate like war paint.”~ Madalyn Beck At a time when they ought to widen their arms in an open intent to embrace other parts of the country, especially northern Nigeria, and then fix back the bridges their hatemongering IPOB sons and daughters have burnt in their unwholesome worship…
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Nigeria: The emergence of the fifth estate, By Omoniyi Ibietan
At the heart of the power appropriation process and the launch of counterpower; and to organic cultural reproduction and the race nay, contestation, for dominating the mind, and foisting cultural reproduction, are the media systems of communication. Either in pre-writing, when birds were dispatched to convey messages, or in the period of written communication, revolutionised in the 15th century by…
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Buhari suffered post traumatic stress disorder- Aisha
First Lady, Aisha Buhari has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD) for many years. Mrs Buhari who was speaking as special guest of honour at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Armed Forces Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Centre (AFPTSDC) initiated by the Mrs Vickie Irabor-led Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), said she suffered…
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Why Kogi State government shut down Dangote Cement – Commissioner
Dangote Cement Factory, Obajana has been shut down over the inability of Dangote Company to show how it acquired the company from Obajana Cement Company, the Kogi State government has said. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Kingsley Fanwo said this followed the directive of the state House of Assembly. According to Fanwo, the assembly investigated…
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