LEAD STORIES
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747Have the Jonathans Been Granted Immunity?
Asks Umar Hassan— The decision by the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption and breach of due process in...
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985Happy Days Are Here Again
I’m spending the Easter break in a quiet town called Bergen in western Norway. Three days have passed since we touched down...
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772The Cancer Is Spreading
By ABBA MAHMOOD – Our issue with this Nigerian Senate’s leadership is the fact that it came to office using fraudulent Senate...
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1.2KThe Thief Catcher’s Challenge
By ANIEBO NWAMU — Last week must have been an awful one for Nigeria’s anti-corruption crusaders. Amateur whistle-blowers, who have been salivating...
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1.4KThe Politicization and Destruction of the Nigerian Foreign Service
By ABBA MAHMOOD — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) began as a department in the office of the prime minister, Sir...
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922Power in the Hands of the Unemployed
If the conditions appear right for me to vote in 2019, I will be going to the polling booth with one of...
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745Nigeria Is Better Off as Senate Battles Presidency
By UMAR SA’AD HASSAN — The eventual winner in the war between the Presidency and the Senate will be the average Nigerian...
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724Another View on the South African Attacks
By ABBA MAHMOOD — The post-apartheid South African constitution is perhaps the most liberal constitution in the whole world. It reflects the...
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8592019: Political Permutations (IV)
By ABBA MAHMOOD – In the defunct Northern Region, now 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory, there are over 300 ethnic...
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880Achebe: There Was a Countryman
In Igbo-land of old, the death of a great man – say, a titled man – was not announced until some necessary...