Perspectives
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IPOB’s ‘sit at home’ garbage must end, By Yemi Adebowale
For five days, December 9 to 14, the South-east was again the scene of blood and tears, with terrorists loyal to Simon Ekpa’s faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforcing a pointless five-day sit-at-home decreed by the scoundrel. As usual, while the terrorists went about killing and maiming, security agents failed the people. Three persons, including a pregnant…
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Tinubu, teamwork and 2023, By Segun Ayobolu
“With your support, my team and I will improve the economy, secure the peace, promote the industry, grow more food and create more and better jobs for the average person. Given the opportunity, we shall reform the power sector such that light is brought into every home and productive work afforded every pair of willing hands. My administration will improve…
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PMB at 80, By Wale Bakare
I came into this world with nothing; I will leave with nothing.so why should I steal – Muhammadu Buhari As the Chadian troops led by their Commander, Idriss Deby saw the skyline of Ndjamena, the Capital of their country come into view over the Sahelian landscape, they heaved a collective sigh of relief. They slowed down very briefly to catch…
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From newsroom to public information management
It is doubtful if any accomplished journalist who had served a term as a media aide to any public figure of note would ever accept such a responsibility again. Those who had accepted the job hoping to impact positively on the public policy found out shortly that it was not worth their greatest of efforts. But they realized that it…
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Category by category, By Wale Bakare
Right from when we were teenagers, my friend K.K. had a rather quaint way of looking at the imbalances in life. He always had a proverb or saying for any situation. It was from him I first learnt that “ko sin nkan ti o nbo lati oke ti ile o le gba” (Nothing can fall from the skies that the…
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Buhari at 80: No malicious bone in his body
Let me start with a story told by an unrepentant critic of one of our former Presidents. There was no love lost between the two, and the antipathy was mutual. That former President is a rather forceful personality, and loves to have his way. It’s either his way, or no way. One day, while he still occupied the Presidential Villa,…
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Reuben Abati, PDP and his hypocrisy, By Chimaroke Nnamani
Reuben Adeleye Abati is a Nigerian Journalist, Politician, Television Anchor and Newspaper Columnist. He was the Peoples Democratic Party’s Deputy Governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2019 Gubernatorial election. And Politics is his serious business. We are family. We have Abati in it. He is as principled a politician as all of us. I mean his colleague politicians. As…
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Facts Nigerians must know about stamp duty, By Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari came into office in 2015 to find that a law, which stipulated for the collection of a token on banking transactions existed but was not being correctly implemented This anomaly arose because certain characters apparently formed a cartel with collaborators in the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST and were allegedly collecting and pocketing this money. Soon after, a…
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Obaigbena lies again without shame, manufactures alternate reality-Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga
Ordinarily, we consider it beneath us as well-bred media professionals to continue to engage in public spat with Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, a congenital blackmailer and hustler, especially in deference to ceasefire calls by well-meaning leaders and elders. The interventions followed our statement on Monday entitled “Obaigbena and His THISDAY/ARISE News’ Hypocritical Grandstanding On Public Morality”. But we crave the indulgence…
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Friendships at the workplace, By Emeka Oparah
The workplace is a veritable platform to make friends and build relationships. Many have even met and married their spouses at the workplace. Such is the level of intimacy that can be developed in the workplace, when conducted openly and managed like professionals. Indeed, many have built family relationships right from the workplace and children of co-workers have been involved…
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