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680Publisher Withdraws Controversial Book on Mandela
Penguin Random House South Africa announced in a press release Monday that it has withdrawn a controversial new book, Mandela’s Last Years,...
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‘Abuja Is Neither North nor South’
Being a speech by the president, Original Inhabitants Development Association of Abuja (OIDA), Pastor Danladi Jeji, at the Townhall meeting by FCT...
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712The Trouble with Nigeria, by Atiku
Former vice-president of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has identified the shift from regional government to a 36-state structure as one of the reasons...
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1.3KCoup 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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740A 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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680For 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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827Nnamdi-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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1.9KMorocco 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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787‘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...