The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday lamented that the country had been witnessing what it called escalated despondency, depression and misery since the conclusion of the last presidential election. The party urged Nigerians to support one another at this trying time, in order to check the rising social degeneration, …
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Dr Chima Amadi Typical of the Nigerian body politic, the political cloud has gathered around the semantic of one word: restructuring. This word, to the undiscerning is being portrayed as holding the keys, indeed, the Midas-touch-solution to every ill that has bedeviled the Nigerian nation (Vanguard’s Ochereome Nnanna holds this view too). We have been here before. During the period of …
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A new grand plan by an Aso Rock cabal led by the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, to weaken the constitutional authority of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has taken off at the presidential palace in Abuja, with a meeting held in London last week. The new scheme comes after an …
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By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is now leading the long awaited quest to find the soul of the North. He is willing to risk the throne to get there. But will he succeed? Will the factors that stopped reformers before him stop him? For …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been commended on the success of the just conducted gubernatorial election in Ondo state. A monitoring group, INDEPENDENT SERVICE DELIVERY MONITORING GROUP (Centre for Transparency and Advocacy) that deployed observers to all the Local Government Areas in the state,praised INEC on the initiative. …
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By Femi Aribisala Let me re-introduce myself in case you have forgotten. I have been an implacable critic of the politics of Bola Tinubu. Among others, I have written articles against Tinubu entitled: “What Does Tinubu Want?” “Time to Get Rid of Tinubu’s Cronies;” “Time to Disgrace the South-West Godfather;” …
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What a sad day for Nigeria! One of Nigeria’s most iconic sports personalities, former Super Eagles captain and former coach of the team, Stephen Keshi, has died. According to his family, he died in the early hours of today Wednesday June 8th of Cardiac arrest in Benin, Edo state. …
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