By Adeola Samuel-Ilori Kudos Mr. President for activating what other countries have been doing as you acknowledged in your speech that many countries coming up with stricter measures, but they never failed to put the welfare of those people in consideration sir. I don’t need to sound repetitive by listing […]
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By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Who ever imagined that we can all be treated as equal and same-same, as they say? Philosophers of all ages propounded the theory; wars and revolutions were made to actualize it; and the law, in fact, espouses it but, in real terms it[…]
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“Nigeria’s IDPs and the growing spread of coronavirus: What can we do differently?” By Umar Usman Kadafur, Borno State Deputy Governor. If the best way to prevent the spread of coronavirus is for people to stay at home, what do we do about Nigeria’s Internally Displaced Persons who have no[…]
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By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The title above reminded me of a piece I wrote sometime in August 2005 on that year’s students’ unrest at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and the “White Paper” by Gov. Gbenga Daniel on the findings of the commission of inquiry his government[…]
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Since the return of the country to full democracy in 1999 and the coming together of Nigerians in the Diaspora through various organisations notably, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisations (NIDO), agitation has been on the increase for Nigerians living abroad to participate in the electoral process in the country. To many,[…]
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By Abubakar Tsav The world is replete with very many tinges of experiences. A man’s bad deeds lives long after his demise, but his good deeds are interred with his bones. President Muhammadu Buhari accepted the burden of leading Nigeria at a time in its history every aspect of existence[…]
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By Olufemi Badru Is the bell tolling for the political death of Mudashiru Obasa, the 5th term veteran of the Lagos State House of Assembly? Maybe not yet but there are certain ominous signs. Astute watchers of Lagos politics will understand that the doyen of political power in Lagos, Asiwaju[…]
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By Ayo Lijadu irisaypro@yahoo.co.uk 08033262809 “The kidnapping of Ese Rita Oruru, the youngest child of Charles Oruru and Rose Oruru, occurred on 12 August 2015 at her mother’s shop in Yenagoa local government area, Bayelsa State. Ese, who was 13 years old at the time, was abducted by a man[…]
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By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Seeing the fate that last week befell the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, must thank his stars for escaping a similar treatment weeks’ ago. The suspension for six months slapped on him by the Osun[…]
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By Khadijah Bamalli Migration has been loosely described as movement from one point to another. But such movement whether regular or irregular in tune with modern day parlance, must be focussed and purposeful. Recent global event has however redefined the concept of migration in terms of the diasporic nature of[…]
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