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‘I am Jagaban, they can’t scare me’ — by Lasisi Olagunju
“Even a corpse put in a coffin will defeat Tinubu in 2027.” ADC chieftain and northern politician, Buba Galadima, gave that promise at the ADC convention last Tuesday. He was wrong. The corpse, the coffin and the carpenter will be buried by Hurricane Tinubu in the election of next year, unless… Unless what? Unless they remember that he is Jagaban…
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A generation under siege as Nigeria’s drug crisis deepens — by Blaise Udunze
This piece speaks directly to the current consciousness of many Nigerians as some crises erupt with noise, explosions of violence, economic shocks, political upheavals and then some unfold quietly, steadily, almost invisibly, until their consequences become impossible to ignore. Nigeria today is living through the latter. Today, this hardly or rarely dominates the front pages of newspapers with the same…
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Sola Oshunkeye at 70 — by Ismail Omipidan
Journalism brought us together, though I did not initially know we were both from Osun State. I only discovered he was my kinsman around 2009, when I was planning to sue Senator Grace Bent over allegations that I had collected money to defame her. To refresh readers’ memory, Senator Bent had earlier dragged me and The Sun before an FCT…
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Ikogosi community backs Oyebanji with ₦25m, pledges grassroots mobilisation for re-election
The Ikogosi community in Ekiti State has pledged financial and grassroots mobilisation support for the re-election bid of Governor Biodun Oyebanji ahead of the forthcoming polls. The Ikogosi Progressives Union (IPU) and the Oyebanji Age Group, Egbe Ayonimofe, jointly donated ₦25 million at a community engagement held at the governor’s residence, signalling strong local endorsement of his candidacy. The IPU…
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Iran’s president stresses importance of diplomacy while noting distrust of U.S.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the U.S., but added that vigilance and distrust in interactions with Washington were an “undeniable necessity”, according to the state news agency IRNA. A two-week ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is set to expire on Wednesday, with U.S. representatives…
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Prosperity gospel: Between Pastor Yinka Yusuf and former Vice President Osinbajo — by Richard Akinnola
For a pastor that l admire, I’m highly disappointed in Rev. Yinka’s Yusuf’s shade at Prof. Yemi Osinbajo over the latter’s stand on “prosperity gospel”. He said inter alia: ”Accusing and bashing pastors instead of our politicians for the monumental failure of the Nigerian state is a sign that our psychiatric hospitals in Nigeria needs urgent attention”. Really? He went…
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Re-open letter from Kio Amachree! — by Segun Showunmi
Your letter is long on theatrics and short on restraint. It is heavy with sweeping claims, grand threats, and an air of inherited authority, yet ultimately collapses into little more than empty boasting dressed up as intervention. Let me be clear from the outset: you are not your father, Godfrey Amachree, and no lineage however distinguished confers on you the…
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Easy places are full: What my Lebanese friend taught me about business in Nigeria — by Kemi Adeosun
Before you scroll off in anger: calm down. He is real. He has been in Nigeria longer than some of you reading this have been alive. His children go to school here. His grandchildren may well be buried here. The Lebanese community in Nigerian business is not a rumour, not a colonial hangover awaiting apology, and not going anywhere. They…
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Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC
“Never.” That’s when a senior Iranian lawmaker says they’ll be ready to give up their control of the Strait of Hormuz. “It’s our inalienable right,” Ebrahim Azizi, a former commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), tells the BBC in Tehran. “Iran will decide the right of passage, including permissions for vessels to pass through the Strait.” And he…
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Kaduna targets 22,435 hectares for land restoration under ACReSAL
Kaduna State Government has identified 22,435 hectares of degraded land for restoration under the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project, as part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability and climate resilience. Governor Uba Sani disclosed this at the ACReSAL mid-term review meeting held in Kaduna, where he was represented by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Abubakar Buba.…
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