As innocent lives in Kaduna State continue to contend with dangerous forces beyond their control, Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s shifting stance on negotiation with Boko Haram members and killer herdsmen as opposed to bandits and kidnappers has come under criticism. The words uttered on December 3, 2016 by Governor Nasir El-Rufai, the then one-year-and-six-month-old head of […]
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Photo Credit: Tunde Adeniyi By Taiwo Obe It was the last big day of track and field at Olympics ’92. Carl Lewis, one of the world’s greatest athletes, had not been billed to be in the United States of America team for the 400-metre relay race because he had finished sixth in the open 100 […]
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The current state of desolation of what was once the pride of Ogun State, the Gateway Hotel, Ota, owing to a political war among the state’s gladiators, is the subject examined in the following report. Enjoy… Despite its strategic location and proximity to Lagos, the commercial centre of Nigeria, the Gateway Hotel, Ota, one of […]
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By Tony Afejuku Many of Nigeria’s Vice Chancellors are unquestionably perfect islands of distinguished academic administrators. So long as their islands remain islands many of their colleagues who constitute the rank-and-file outside their respective islands will forever need bridges and bridges across the Channels to be constructed and reconstructed to get to the islands. The […]
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This August makes it 20 years of telecommunications revolution in the country. This revolution stirred up many changes in the history of the country. Notably, Nigeria moved from meager 400,000 NITEL lines in 2001 to 297 million connected telephone lines within the space of two decades. This feat, among others, made the sector a ‘star […]
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Liberty Oneshiagbe had ridden bikes practically all his adult life. About three years ago, he got employed as a pilot (bike rider) with Gokada (which started as a commuting service but now is into last-mile delivery in Lagos). The second day after joining Gokada, he had an accident with his bike. But, today, he is […]
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Since the Chibok Girls kidnap in Borno State in 2014 by the dreaded Boko Haram insurgent group, it seems kidnapping of young people in schools has become the latest money-spinner among rogue groups. But how do parents deal with the emotion of raising and paying huge ransom money and yet not get their children back? […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu Liars are humans in diversely different shades and tones of contortions…. they all share common characteristics denominators of dishonesty, disguise, intrigue, greed and so on… which connect countless human vices in a chemistry of densely dark entanglement. Humans may lie for several reasons better known to them. For whatever reasons, no reasons […]
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Thousands of cases of cholera have been reported in Nigeria between January and June 2021. The northern states of Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Plateau and Zamfara are among those affected. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria. It is passed on from faeces through contaminated food, drinks and unhygienic environments, and causes […]
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