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1.2KCoup Rumours and Buratai’s Warning
When did it become the tradition of the Nigerian Army to warn coup plotters rather than arrest and prosecute them? Nigeria’s chief...
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668A defender’s head on a platter
Nobody ever insults the Igbo race without getting a commensurate response from this column. So when a Yoruba man who usually flaunts...
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612For Peace in Niger Delta, FG Reopens Maritime University, Set to Legalise ‘Illegal’ Refineries
Here’s a release from the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria: In a clear effort to further the Niger Delta New...
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746Nnamdi-Ogbue Denies Ownership of Discovered N15bn Cash
Initial reports claimed that the $50million (N15billion) uncovered in a residential building located at 16 Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, by the EFCC on...
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1.8KMorocco to Join ECOWAS?
By ABBA MAHMOOD – During the visit of King Mohammed VI of Morocco to Nigeria in December 2016, the two countries signed...
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1.1KBritain Will ‘Build Relationships with Old Friends and New Allies’
A speech by Theresa May* A little over six months ago, the British people voted for change. They voted to shape a...
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693‘Yes We Can. Yes We Did’
United States President Barack Hussein Obama’s farewell address delivered in Chicago It’s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I...
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825Mugabe Retires in 2023
Robert Mugabe, the only president Zimbabwe has had in 36 years of independence, will contest in the country’s 2018 election, and, if...
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1.0KThe Thing Around New Head of Enugu Judiciary’s Neck
One past judgement delivered by the acting chief judge of Enugu State, Justice Ngozi Emehelu, seems to soil her qualification to head...
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863Obasanjo, Creator of Billionaires, Under Fire
Olusegun Obasanjo, a man who has ruled Nigeria as a military dictator and as a democratically elected president, has stirred the hornet’s...