Grailland: Haven of peace, spiritual refuge (Part 1)

By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale Light taps on the door roused me from the half-sleep state I was trying to deepen. Discomfited but not vexed, I was a tad sluggish climbing out of bed, as I wondered who it was this time. Two louder knocks impatiently followed, protesting or, perhaps, chiding that act of hesitation and […]

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At the mercy of ruthless bandits

Gunmen leave trail of death, rape, penury As is the case with most parts of Northern Nigeria and some places down South, insecurity, especially armed banditry and kidnapping, seem to have put everybody’s back against the wall. Gboyega Alaka, who attempts to beam searchlight on this, using two states of Niger and Kaduna, reports. The situation […]

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As Moghalu, Uba, Soludo, others battle for Anambra governorship ticket

Before the release of the timetable and schedule of activities for the Anambra State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, subtle campaigns to succeed Governor Willy Obiano have become an open affair. According to the January 19, 2021 INEC timetable, political parties participating in the election are expected to hold their primaries between […]

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Ikare – Akungba Akoko road turning into Ondo worst death trap

Sympathisers at the scene after the latest accident The agrarian community of Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State was thrown into mourning on Saturday, January 23, 2021, after a road accident which occurred opposite the Adekunle Ajasin University, killing many people, including some students of the institution. The […]

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When and where abnormality is normal, cool! (Revolution notes 2)

By Yinka Fabowale When the inspiration to begin writing these revolution notes came to me on January 25 in a flash, I sensed ab initio that it was not likely to submit or conform to a regular progression or any particular order, form or structure I might intend for it. Not that I had any […]

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Are you normal? (Revolution notes 1)

By Yinka Fabowale That’s a popular witty line that usually cracks viewers up in any of Mr. Macaroni’s comic skits series. It often signals the denouement and comes from the lead character at a point of self-realization, disappointment, or anger at being outsmarted, by another party (Never mind that the experiences were often self-invited, self-inflicted […]

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Tribute to my ‘ill-equipped’ lecturers in Nigerian universities

By Abdulgafar Amoka I got admitted to study Physics at Ahmadu Bello University in 1993 and graduated in 1999. Within those six years, one year was lost to the ASUU strike and another to ABU internal crises that brought Gen Mamman Kontagora as Sole Administrator of the university. I enrolled for MSc in 2001 and […]

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