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Oshodi-Isolo paradox: The ‘stranger’ empowers his kinsmen — by Baba Awori
Let us stop hiding behind the weaponized political correctness of “diversity.” What is happening in Lagos State politics is not a “melting pot” or “inclusion”—it is the open-daylight stealing of Lagos State Indigenes ancestral political rights, packaged as a convenient lie so we hand over our wealth with a smile. The recent brazen publication by Hon. Okey-Joe Onuakalusi, Imo State…
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Trump and Lula’s private Oval Office meeting signals lingering strain – and effort to avoid tension
Despite the recent history of tension between Brazil and the United States, Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump ended their meeting on Thursday at the White House exchanging public compliments. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the meeting had been “very good” and called Lula “dynamic”, while the Brazilian president said he left the…
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China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
In a stunning move, amid purgation of its military, China on Thursday gave two former defense ministers suspended death sentences for corruption. Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were both convicted of bribery and given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve by the country’s military court, according to state media. The court announced that the two former generals’ sentences will…
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On Atiku’s day care (ADC) and the lack of adults in the room — by O’tega Ogra
Time indeed reveals all things. Barely three weeks ago, when they were still breaking bread, they sold a dummy to the Nigerian people, their followers, the press, and whoever cared to listen, that a certain man, in the person of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was the cause of their disarray in what I had last year…
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Presiden Tinubu’s trips: Between ignorance and Ikhide’s misdirected outrage — by Michael Chibuzo
In moments of national crisis, emotions understandably run high, as evident in the emotion-laden tirade by Erasmus Ikhide triggered by the condemnable xenophobic violence unfolding on the streets of South Africa. Nigerians are once again bearing the brunt of a raging anti-immigrant hysteria. Yet it is during such moments that public commentators must don the cap of logic and distinguish…
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Mene begged, police answered with bullets — by Folorunso Adisa
Quentin Tarantino once said, with a restraint that barely concealed anguish, “Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest doesn’t mean I’m anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.” It is a simple plea. In Nigeria, it reads like a radical demand. Because here, the tragedy is no longer abstract. It is intimate. It breathes. It pleads.…
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Senate passes Electoral Act amendment on pre-election disputes
The Senate has passed an amendment to the 2026 Electoral Act Bill aimed at establishing clearer legal procedures for the handling of pre-election disputes ahead of future elections. The amendment was approved during Thursday’s plenary after lawmakers considered a report presented by the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission, chaired by Simon Lalong. The proposed legislation seeks to…
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Oshiomhole demands Akpabio’s resignation over Senate Standing Orders
The Senator representing Edo North senatorial district, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to resign over recent amendments to the Senate Standing Orders governing the election of principal officers in the upper chamber. Oshiomhole made the call on Thursday while speaking with journalists in Abuja, describing the amended rules as being rooted in what he termed a…
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EXCLUSIVE: Division rocks Progressive Governors’ Forum
By Raphael Jackson – A leadership crisis has reportedly erupted within the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A faction within the forum was said to have claimed that the chairman of the PGF and Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, had been removed from his…
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Body of young woman discovered in Osogbo apartment
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – A young woman identified simply as Kemisola was on Thursday found dead in her apartment at the Jaleyemi area of Osogbo, Osun State. The deceased, said to be an indigene of Igbajo in Boluwaduro Local Government Area, was reportedly discovered after a strange odour began coming from her room. Sources in the area said Kemisola,…
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