When the khaki boys struck on the 15th of January, 1966, expectations within the populace, who had grown tired of the political class, were initially sky-high. The jackboots were hailed …
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The “collapse” (officially, it is a merger with Access Bank, or maybe we should say, it was saved from collapse in the nick of time) of Diamond Bank is inevitable; …
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One of the most iconic sculptures in the world today is that of the Boadicea group, strategically placed by the crossing into the Westminster Bridge from the Parliament square; it …
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If there is anything suggestive and/or indicative of the fact that the Ambode-led Administration had underperformed, it will definitely be the seemingly odious and unending traffic congestion that had become …
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Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the amended Electoral Act, as passed by the Saraki-led National Assembly. The President gave enough reasons for withholding his assent and has communicated …
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Dearest PMB, Happy birthday Mr. President! As you add a new year to commemorate your birthday tomorrow, and to commence a new journey into another more years of your life …
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“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion” — JIM ROHN. I want to unequivocally congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal of Nigeria for his general anticipatory victory …
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Unsolicited Oga Jona’s Book Review: “After the kidnap, as if on cue, protests broke out within days. They were neatly choreographed and nicely distributed around the country. I believe …
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…Calls on the international community, particularly the US, UK and EU ambassadors to buckle up A frontline Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State Prince Tonye Princewill has …
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Since the one term tenure of Late Senator Evans Enwerem from Ikeduru in Owerri senatorial zone as the governor of Imo-State, the zone has seen its chances of producing the …
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Dear Mr. Yinka Odumakin, I refer you to a publication on page 34 of the November 12, 2018 edition of the Vanguard, in which one Awonuga Olajide Williams, in a …
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Sometime in November, 1996, an undergraduate University student made a call and pretended to be George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah, the current President of Liberia, who was then the …
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The Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation, TCCO, said it received with shock the reported public reprimand of traditional rulers by the governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike at the 108 …
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“History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we make today.” – …
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“SPECIAL REPORT: The men who embezzled Nigerian Airways to death, October 29, 2018 by Nicholas Ibekwe, PREMIUM TIMES” A friend who sent the link to this report was very considerate …
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A second aid worker held hostage by Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, was executed after a negotiation deadline purportedly expired. Hauwa Mohammed Liman, 24, was kidnapped by Boko Haram in …