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Opinion: Ivory Coast’s Ouattara and Guinea’s Condé: Two Presidents Becoming Regional Security Threat
By Jones Nhinson Williams A few years go,Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara and Guinea’s President Alpha Condé were in the political opposition of their respective countries crying wolf and deceptively promulgating how fair, democratic, transparent and accountable they were as progressive politicians who not only wanted to better their respective countries but also to set […]
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Opinion: New Kano Emirates and 2023 Gubernatorial Election
By Abba Ibrahim Gwale To the new emirates and their beneficiaries, the creation of the new emirs in Kano by the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is a good development especially for people who used to find it difficult to reach the main Kano Emirate. There are both positive and negative sides to the creation […]
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Uwheru Honours Distinguished Personalities
By Amos Okioma The UDU primary School Main field, Uwheru venue of the grand reception in Honours of five illustrious distinguished personalities was filled to rafter as sons and daughters of Uwheru Kingdom and their well wishers converged to give Honours to whom Honours is due and therefore correct an age long impression that a […]
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Borno Gov Flags off Construction of Flyover Bridge
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state; has flagged off constructionof N4.3 billion flyover bridge to ease traffic flows in Maidugurimetropolis. The project was awarded to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) onDecember 4, 2019 and to be completed in 18 months. While commencing the construction of bridge Monday in Maiduguri, hesaid that N1.3 billion has been paid […]
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Bayelsa Outage: PHEDC says N16.6bn debt Crippling the Firm
By Amos Okioma The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) says the power outage in Bayelsa since Dec. 23, 2019 and its adverse impact on economic activities is regrettable. The electricity outage occasioned by the face-off between the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) has entered the 15th day […]
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Governor Decries Extortion by Soldiers
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has accused securitypersonnel of Army and Police of alleged extortion of travelers andmotorists who do not have national identity cards. Zulum made the accusation Monday, while traveling along theMaiduguri-Damaturu road; where thousands of travelers and motoristswere stranded at three checkpoints, as security personnel shut themdown. The highway is relatively […]
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Captain ‘Hosa: 62 years of Audacious Service
By Ainofenokhai Isa On the issue of birthdays and growing older, Lucille Ball, famous American actress, model and producer held that, “The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” But Abraham Lincoln, the far more famous US statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the country […]
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2023:Buhari should not sit on the Fence-Bakare
Barely six months after Nigerians went to the polls to elect a president for the next four years, some politicians are already talking about plans for the next election. The latest is the controversial Senior pastor of the Latter rain assembly and former vice presidential candidate, Tunde Bakare who’s called on President Muhammadu Buhari not […]