By Farooq A. Kperogi As I have stressed repeatedly, I have no partisan emotional investment in the political brawl between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, or in who is and is not president of Nigeria. My only partisan affinity is with the truth or, to reecho iconic Washington Post reporter […]
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Africa’s first Nobel laurate in Literature, Prof Wole Soyinka, has dared those challenging his academic records giving them a 30-day ultimatum to provide evidence of their allegations to the relevant investigative bodies in Nigeria. Soyinka attended Leeds University from 1954 to 1957 and received an honours degree in English Literature. He stayed in the city […]
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By Fola Ojo “For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it; nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, then I could hide myself from him. But it is you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend…” In our twice-a-day prayer […]
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The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday, officially swore in members of the reconciliation committee established to resolve the political impasse between Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The development is coming barely 24 hours after the embattled deputy governor wrote the Chief Judge […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Deputy National Publicity, Yekini Nabena, on Friday, mocked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar whom he urged to start preparations in earnest ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The development is coming barely 24 hours after the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party denied betraying President […]
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Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s wife Cathy has passed away aged 84 leaving behind her husband and their three sons, Mirror reports. “We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing yesterday of Lady Cathy Ferguson, survived by her husband, three sons, two sisters, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The family asks for privacy […]
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As Chicago State University confirms that President Bola Tinubu graduated from the school, Stephen Angbulu reviews the ongoing legal battle between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February poll, Atiku Abubakar, and the former Lagos State governor. Chicago State University’s release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to the People Democratic […]
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By Banji Ayoola The time when a cycle matures for closing could not be arbitrarily determined by any human being. This is left alone to the forces and events which work together to bring the cycles about. In other words, this is determined strictly in and by the unfailing outworking of the Natural Laws Which […]
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Over 500 specialist doctors are reported to have left the country to practice in other countries. The development is said to be affecting Medicare in the country’s hospitals such that some departments in many hospitals have been closed due to the depletion of specialists. Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State chapter […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, convicted and sentenced two of the four defendants alleged to have kidnapped Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to a 20-year-jail term each. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgment, held that the prosecution had been able to establish the counts preferred against Kelvin Ezeigbe and Frank Azuekor, who were […]
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