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Russian airstrike kills Nigerian medical graduate in Ukraine days before graduation
Nnani Adaobi Marian, a 23-year-old Nigerian medical graduate of Kharkiv National Medical University, has died after sustaining severe injuries in a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, days before her graduation. Reports indicate that Russian forces dropped aerial bombs on the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv on June 29, killing 14 people across the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions and injuring 98…
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Defending Tinubu and a case for fairness in an age of cynicism — by Folabi Ogunleye
“Fairness is not the absence of criticism. It is the willingness to judge with the same honesty we demand of others.” When next the perpetual critics ask you why you are always defending Tinubu, let that question boomerang. Ask them, too, why they are always attacking Tinubu. Ask them why they so rarely extend any goodwill towards the man. Ask…
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The Olowo dancing steps at 60 — by Dare Babarinsa
The Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, is making his 60th birthday today, July 6, 2026. Since he ascended the throne in 2019, after the eventful reign of his illustrious predecessor, Oba Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi, he has demonstrated immense capability, competence and panache. He is a modern monarch whose provenance as a former permanent secretary in the Ondo…
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ADC appoints caretaker committee after dissolving Kano exco
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dissolved its Kano State executive committee and inaugurated a caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of the party pending the emergence of a new leadership. The party’s Deputy National Chairman (North-West), Najaatu Mohammed, announced the decision during a press conference at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Kano on Monday. Mohammed…
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Celebrating an African institution: My farewell from UBA — by Tony Elumelu
Why create an institution? To ensure that an institution can live long, grow ever stronger and deliver a vision. I have never been able to look at Africa and see only borders. Where many see fifty-four separate markets, I saw one continent, one destiny — waiting to be transformed, waiting to be believed in. Africa does not have a shortage…
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Ajimobi presents copies of letters of credence to Austria’s chief of protocol
Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Republic of Austria and the International Organisations in Vienna, Dr. (Mrs.) Florence Ajimobi, has presented copies of her Letters of Credence (Copie d’Usage) to the Chief of Protocol of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Ambassador Maximilian Hennig. The presentation, which took place on Monday, marks a key diplomatic step…
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Iyabo Obasanjo says compassion for Ogun people informed PDP defection
Former Senator representing Ogun Central, Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, has said her decision to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was driven by compassion and her desire to better serve the people of Ogun Central. Obasanjo-Bello stated this while receiving members of the Liberty Group, an arm of the Jelili Kayode Amusan Concerned Volunteers,…
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A dream at 35,000 feet — by ‘Dayo Adedayo
Some dreams are born in the silence of the night. Mine was born somewhere above the clouds. At exactly 11:03 a.m. on 19 June 2003, aboard a Virgin Atlantic flight from Lagos to London, an idea suddenly came to me. As a Virgin Atlantic Gold Card holder, I had been given one of their black notebooks. Throughout my travels, I…
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Atiku’s missing N8 trillion and his obsession with fiction — by Olabode Opeseitan
Nigeria’s divergence with the International Monetary Fund was never about a missing N8 trillion. It was about budget reporting standards and enhanced fiscal transparency. The IMF noted that some recent spending, roughly 2 percent of GDP, was not fully reflected in the published budgets. The government says the expenditures passed through lawful channels: appropriations, supplementary budgets, statutory transfers, debt service,…
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Why I endorsed Oyinkan Badejo-Okusanya as next NBA president — by Konyinsola Ajayi
Endorsements of candidates for high office in the Bar almost always begin with competence, experience and professional distinction. I shall come to those qualities, because Mrs. Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, possesses them in full measure. But there is something more fundamental which should engage us at this moment: justice itself must be seen not only in what we argue for, but also…
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