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Buhari assures govt will secure release of remaining Kaduna train abductees
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with representatives of victims of Kaduna Train abduction, assuring them that the Federal Government is doing everything within its powers to ensure the safe return of the remaining captives. Condoling with the families of the victims and those who lost their loved ones, the President said since the “terrible and cowardly attack…
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Sanwo-Olu visits automobile assembly plant jointly set up with Lagos Govt
Governor also in Mushin to inspect State-owned leather production factory A vehicle assembly plant being jointly set up by Lagos State Government and CIG Motor Is getting ready for completion, it was learnt. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, visited the plant on WEMPCO Road in Ogba area, where he inspected the progress of the automobile facility. The Governor was received…
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Celebrating Bruce Onobrakpeya at 90, By Délé Jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́
Wa Do (I greet you All) When I turned 70 in 2015, there was quite a sizeable coterie of friends, colleagues, and elders who gathered at the campuses of the University of Lagos and the Yaba College of Technology to felicitate with me. The three-day event was organized by Kunle Filani, with the Society of Nigerian Artists as a co-sponsor.…
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Nigeria is sweet, Sade, come back home! By Richard Emmanuel
Few days ago, I shared the attached photograph. But I did not tell the story behind it. I only said “things are happening in Nigeria”. I feel the need to tell the story today and the lessons I have learnt from it. Sometimes in July, Dr. Sade Akiode opened her second dental clinic in Ikeja G.R.A. Journalists were invited including…
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#EndSars: Court remands man for allegedly setting BRT bus terminal on fire
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of one Chinasa Michael, accused of setting fire to a BRT bus terminal at Oyingbo in Lagos during a protest in the year 2020 over alleged police abuses. The defendant, 21, who is unemployed and resides at No. 21, Ilogbo St., Apapa Road, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, arson, and…
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Capt. Owen, Nigerian Navy, and the shame of a country, By Godwin Onyeacholem
Unless government retraces its steps by acting firmly on the side of justice for citizens suffering reprisals for reporting wrongdoing or demanding accountability, Owen’s experience will not encourage anyone in the military, least of all the Nigerian Navy, to join the war against widespread corruption in the country. To say it wasn’t foreseen would be for one an absurd indulgence…
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2023: Feast of half-truths, hyperboles, spins and lies awaits, By Bamidele Johnson
Fact checkers-prejudiced or neutral-on news desks and elsewhere are certain to have a lot, perhaps too much, on their plate when political campaigns officially kick off next month. They sure are working now, as they try to winnow the truth from candidates’ rich bouquets of nonsense. But what they currently do is small beer compared to what lies ahead, as…
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ECONOMIST: Meet China’s new tycoons
Who is winning in Xi Jinping’s economy? Xi jinping has a master plan for China. Its ultimate goal is for the country to be the 21st century’s dominant superpower, both feared and admired. China’s increasing sabre-rattling encapsulates the desire to be fearsome. As for admiration, that is to come from growing economic and technological heft. Here, Mr Xi’s plan involves…
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How Sunday Dare, Mary Onyali faced the sun to bring joy for sad Nigerians, By Kehinde Olaosebikan
On the 13th of May, 2022 while in Abuja on a political expedition, I stopped at the office of the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare to brief him on some developments at home. As I was approaching the office, I saw him rushing out, descending the staircase to his office, briskly. Hurrying! My thought was…
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Power shift, restructuring must gain more currency than religious agitations – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has condemned the incursion of religion into the political arena of the country, adding that it portends danger for the polity ahead of the 2023 general election. Governor Akeredolu, who stressed that the solution to the challenges faced in the country will not be found in the faiths of individuals, noted that a…
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