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One of the defining and endearing features of the newly unveiled successor to Governor Udom Emmanuel, the Honourable Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno, is his humility and peaceful disposition. Long before he…
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Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English, Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, commonly known as V.S. Naipaul, would seem to have Nigeria and the facts of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO)…
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Last week, as Minister of Information and Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was engrossed in his theatrics on television over the Lagos EndSARS panel report; I was wrapped in sobriety as I listened to Manchester-based UK pop group of…
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Battle for the office of the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced, with heavyweight politicians throwing themselves into the ring. This is especially as the party has commenced congresses at the…
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Governor Yahaya Inuwa of Gombe State who was represented at an event by the State’s finance commissioner Muhammad Magaji, pleaded with the governors of both Lagos and Rivers State to back down on their demand for state administration of…
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Bandits terrorising residents of Zamfara and forcing closure of schools have converted some classrooms to personal use in the North West State. According to Daily Trust, dozens of primary schools in highly traumatised remote rural…
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Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono, who was relived of his duty as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Wednesday, has been under scrutiny over a number of issues, which drew adversaries to him. Since taking charge of agric…
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A United Nations (UN) publication has detailed a secret government programme tagged, Suhlu, designed to pull commanders of terrorists groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) out of the forests,…
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After decades of struggle, dreams of a peoples’ government in Kwara state became a reality on May 29, 2019, when AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq and Kayode Alabi were sworn in as governor and deputy-governor respectively. But Kwarans’ dream of an…
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Sylvester Maduka’s face bore a tell-tale sign of sadness as he stood in front of an office in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos penultimate Thursday. The 40-year –old entrepreneur could not believe that he had just been conned by an…
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