Opinion

By Simon Njoku In October last year( 2019), President Muhammadu Buhari assured the South East of a third bridge project, a coastal rail. Work on the project is expected to commence this year, 2020, going by the president’s promise even…
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By Simon Chinedu Njoku Southwest Nigeria, populated mainly by the Yoruba ethnic group, like their Southeast brothers, is noted for her strong stance on justice, equity and fairness. In this country they have been the greatest champions…
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By Simon Chinedu Njoku In this piece Arewa refers to the Northern part of Nigeria. This is the region that has dominated political power in the country for the greater part of the post independence era. Of interest is the fact that on…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the release of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Abubakar, wrongly held by Saudi Arabian authorities for drug trafficking. Following the report of NDLEA’s investigations, presented to Saudi…
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By Osita Chidoka Biafra became the first black nation to successfully hijack a Plane.At the height of Nigeria-Biafra civil war, it took the lion hearts of three Biafran youths, Mark Odu, Sam Inyagha, and Onuora Nwanya to hijack a…
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By Bunmi Makinwa The sound of “Amotekun” has drowned out all other issues in the Nigerian public space for many days, and there is a great likelihood that the Yoruba word will have meanings and connotations beyond the original meaning…
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It is quite unfortunate that, on daily basis, it seems that our fears in this country are becoming real and our pains are becoming deeper. Yes, on daily basis, we wake up with the news of uncertainty, the news of the unknown, the news of…
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The headline that has recently sold several papers in millions has been: Umahi PDP, PDP Umahi; Umahi APC, APC Umahi. Many have held firm that the governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE is somewhat playing double…
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By Reno Omokri First published in my column, #TheAlternative, in Sunday ThisDay of January 26, 2020. Recently, the firebrand ex Second Republic member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, warned or threatened that…
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Nd’Imo ndi nwem, I greet you all. It gives me great pleasure to address you today. A few days ago, precisely on Wednesday January 15, it pleased God Almighty for me to be sworn in as the duly elected governor of our dear state, following…
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By Reno Omokri First published in my column, #TheAlternative, in Sunday ThisDay of January 19, 2020. A lot has been written about the introduction of the region wide security outfit for the Southwest, known as Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn. Much of it is…
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Being a text of Press Conference by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) Presented by the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, in Rejection of the Judgement of the Supreme Court On Imo Governorship Election.…
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By Bunmi Makinwa One is lean, slow, deliberate and often distant as he stares into space. The other is compact, quick, agitated and often preoccupied with his mobile phones. I am describing, respectively, my impressions of President…
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 By Jibrin Ibrahim This week, I was in Niamey, Niger Republic for a scholarly conference on the state of knowledge on security and development challenges confronting the Sahel and the way forward. It was organised by the…
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By ‘Tope Fasua I was glad the other day when the federal government announced a ban – yes an outright ban – on the very frightening and future-usurping practice called the Almajirai system. I had written on this page, more than…
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