This piece will, no doubt, elicit mixed reactions from its readers, with some preferring to view it as the random cogitations of a misguided mind, while a minute fraction would …
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Prelude to the conclusion of its tenure, the 8th Senate assented to a bill earlier passed by the House of Representatives, which confirmed June 12 as Nigeria’s official Democracy Day, 26 years after the acclaimed …
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Unsurprisingly, the news of the purported death of fiery arrowhead of dreaded Islamist Insurgent group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, exploded on the internet and traditional information channels a few days …
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President Muhammdu Buhari’s popularity rating must be currently at its lowest ebb, consequent to the plethora of debilitating crisis situations his administration is being forced to grapple with. Sequel to …
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In October, 2020, Nigerian youths stormed the streets of some of Nigeria’s major cities in massive protests against police brutality and gross human rights abuses. In what became known as …
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Some weeks ago, the youthful segment of the Nigerian population staged series of peaceful protest marches across some of the country’s major cities, calling for an end to police brutality …
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The recent nationwide mass protests by angry Nigerian youths against police brutality and other extrajudicial misdemeanors by operatives of the force, which culminated in the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery …
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On the heels of the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, mobs of angry citizens overran several government-owned warehouses and looted food items meant to be distributed to the poor and vulnerable as coronavirus palliatives. On the whole, …
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The recent, largely peaceful #EndSARS protests across several Nigerian cities against police brutality has inadvertently revealed the country’s several visceral sores, consequent to the violence that later marred the well-intentioned …
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Following the violence that later marred the initially peaceful #EndSARS protests across Nigeria, an emergency session was convened in Abuja between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the governors of the …
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In case Nigerians are gradually forgetting, the probe of the affairs of the country’s apex anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), under the stewardship of its suspended …
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As protests against police brutality and calls for the reform of the force continue to spread across the country’s major cities and towns, the need for the Federal Government to …
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated some rather radical decisions by governments the world over, which were meant to stem the galloping spread of the disease, one of which …
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It is official! Dr Kingsley Isitua Obiora’s nomination by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari – which is in accordance with the provision of section 8(1) (2) of the CBN Act …
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“The tragic chapter of violence is just ended. We are at the dawn of national reconciliation. Once again we have an opportunity to build a new nation. My dear compatriots, …
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It is remarkable that the church of Jesus Christ, as originally constituted in the initial centuries of its existence, was an organization of tremendous power. It transfigured the old world. …