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By Aminu Isa Early this morning I received a call from my brother announcing the death of Alh. Danasabe a brother and a close family friend. By Providence, I happened to be very close to Alh. Danasabe because of my addiction to newspaper reading early in my childhood. Alh. Dansabe is news freak and always…
He was a terror, but his killing on a day he was to embrace peace has raised eyebrows. The late Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana, graduated from being a bully to freedom fighter and ultimately a gang leader with a wide territory. By UJA EMMANUEL and SANNI ONOGU Terwase Akwaza, popular known as Gana in mind,…
I read on one of the social media platforms an open letter to Malam Adamu Adamu, the Honorable Minister of Education by our Ambassador in Mexico, to which I think I should make a contribution that may interest the minister in addressing the issues at stake. In February 1971, almost 50 years ago, I became…
Dear Professor Ibrahim Gambari CFR, I write this piece with a heavy heart; my mind is troubled with the current happenings in our dear country. Prof Sir, I specifically write to you because of the high respect I have for you, and indeed with the hope that our dear president would listen to you as his…
By Justine John Dyikuk With this caesarian section on General Buhari’s 1984 speech, the reader would agree that we seem to be trapped in the same water. Perhaps the problem with President Buhari is that while the local choir has metamorphosed into a Cathedral choir, the orchestra cannot sing in unison because the choirmaster is…
By Adnan Mukhtar Tudunwada With the increase in fuel price amid closure of borders due to COVID-19, increase in electricity tariff, insecurity, lack of access to good roads, hospitals and other basic amenities; it’s an understatement to say that Nigerians are suffering. President Muhammadu Buhari was the last hope of the common man in recent…
Liberals would argue that Populist policy such as subsidy grants are hardly sustainable and that when desirable they should be targeted at production and not consumption. Proponents of this view have used this argument in support of the deregulation of petroleum products neglecting the characteristic nature of the product . Petroleum product belong to the…
EBIRA PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION (EPA) UNITY IS STRENGTH EPA wishes to felicitate with His Excellency, Gov Yahaya Adoza Bello and the good people of Kogi State for his victory at the Supreme Court. The victory which has been consistent from election tribunal, Court of appeal and finally the Supreme Court is an affirmation of the yearnings…
by Odimayo Olatunde Many prominent Nigerians have continued to shower encomium on the exemplary leadership of a former lawmaker representing Kogi West senator Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha as he marks his 73rd birthday today 1st September 2020. Prominent citizens in the country who took turns to celebrate the living legend described him as a man for…
A nine-point agenda to be executed in three short years? This was the question on the minds of many Nigerians when President Muhammadu Buhari listed on Tuesday last week nine priority areas that he said his administration would pursue in its remaining three years in office. The aim, he said, is to improve the livelihood of…
