By Abdu Rafiu Three subjects have dominated headlines in our country in the last few days, about 10 days now. These are the bombshell dethronement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of the revered throne of Kano, the devastating Lagos explosion which rocked Abule Ado close to Festac Town, and the Coronavirus pandemic. The explosion […]
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Failure of the former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola to consult widely, would cost the state more millions of naira, despite its lean resources, as the current governor, Gboyega Oyetola, embarks on the reversal of some of the educational policies made by his predecessor, Ujunwa Atueyi reports. Prominent among the issues that have been […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe This is the continuation of an earlier essay that invited us to measure our faith by Mathew Chapter 5. We now proceed to Matthew Chapter 6. Maybe we will also learn something here as well. 1. Have you been taught to pray with many words or repetitive words some of which you […]
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By Joba Akinpelu For I the LORD your God I am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.(Exodus 20:5 RVS). This verse has brought many a disquiet, many a worry, and many an anxiety. Yet, there is absolutely […]
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By Akinpelu Olujoba “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”(Matthew 4:4) With these words Jesus sternly rebuffed the Tempter, Lucifer! After baptism in the Jordan, the bandages fell from the eye of the Christ. He […]
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Senator Biodun Olujimi’s capacity to sustain her political career is remarkable. She has been active since 1999 when she was an ally of the senior Saraki, the late Chief Olusola Saraki. She was the national Publicity Secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) until 2003 when she joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
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Youths and facilitators under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria on Monday, August 4, defied threats of security agencies to hold the ‘Revolution Now’ protest in four states of the country and Abuja States where the Revolution protests took place are Lagos, Osun, Ondo and Cross River. It would be recalled […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Among reporters of his generation, he was the “primus inter pares,” the first among equals. Whether in diligence, application to duty, indeed unremitted commitment, he was in the forefront. He was daring and he was brave. I am referring to no other than Olusegun Osoba. It is not for nothing that he was […]
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Residents cry for help as estate sinks below sea level Neighbourhood taken over by drug addicts LASURA courts private investors, adopts N288 billion high-rise building technology Bintu Rahman dreads thunderstorms. The early drizzle pounds fear through her roof into her fragile frame. When it pours, the 86-year-old feels a rare chill to the bones; rivulets […]
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For years, the Niger Delta witnessed armed struggles, which only abated after the introduction of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). But, activists have pilloried the programme for marginalising women— an allegation refuted by the programme’s coordinator. Hannah Ajakaiye reports. On a dry dusty road in Agarha-otor, Delta State, a frail woman pushes a rickety bicycle […]
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