OPINION
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1.4KThe Dead/Dying Children of Bama
Pictures don’t lie. The photos of starving children at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp at Bama, Borno State, which were taken...
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1.1KMarket Forces at Work
It’s a bitter medicine we’ve been forced to take. The Central Bank of Nigeria and many Nigerians (including me) have been uncomfortable...
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1.4KDrumbeats of War in the Niger Delta
When I read that former presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan had travelled to London to meet with President Buhari, in a bid to...
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1.3KThey Murdered Them for Nothing
Incidents reported since last Sunday indicate that tempers are flaring up among the poor of northern Nigeria. When people get desperately poor,...
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2.0KOne Year of Buhari
Nigeria is unlucky to be led by Muhammadu Buhari at this time, and Buhari is unlucky to have come to office at...
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9 Key Milestones in President Buhari’s First Year
—By GARBA SHEHU— Twelve months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as the President and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of...
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991Police Staffing: The Red Flag
Well over a million Nigerians have applied to work in the Nigeria Police. The applications have followed an advertisement of vacancies for...
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912The End of a Scam?
Which labour union plans to protest the recent hike in the price of petrol? In his address on Wednesday, minister of state...
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1.1KBefore the Mass Sack of Civil Servants
Finance minister Kemi Adeosun seems to have caught the bug. A characteristic of Nigeria’s public officeholders is repetitive behaviour – they say...
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1.1KNaïve Governor
A lot was happening on the night of April 24: Mercenaries (now widely called “Fulani herdsmen”) were meeting at Odolu (Kogi State)...