By Reuben Abati: People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country. I have heard people insist that there is some form of witchcraft at work in the country’s seat …
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By Eromosele Ebhomele “Sentiments aside, this man has really done well for Agege as a whole. So many roads (including my in-law’s street) built and many folks are empowered! I will always wish him success in all his moves.” That was a short message I got from a journalist and owner of a news medium recently. I had just sent …
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AUTHOR: Ony Kachi After Mrs kumbaya (name changed to protect her identity) lost her husband at work in 2005, she was accused of killing him. The accusation did not come from her husband’s brothers but his sister, who had earlier lost her own husband. It took the combined hard work of the brothers to get their sister off the back …
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By Dele Farotimi The day I died was a good day. It was the day I lost whatever residual fear I might have had for death. It was the very day I learnt to embrace my destiny. It’s funny, the tricks time and perspectives play on a dead man’s memory. I cannot now remember the date. But of what use …
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By Festus Adedayo The most appropriate representation of the impending 2023 presidential election contest for the Yoruba is what is called the Odun e’gunor the Egungun Festival contest. It is a festival cum contest in which masquerades file out in their rainbow colour regalia, with a mammoth crowd gathered to watch them dance. As of today, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Yemi …
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It’s not very often that a sitting central bank governor is lauded by throngs of singing and dancing supporters, but backers of CBN governor Godwin Emefiele may have just made history at this weekend’s APC national convention. The political theatre, whether organic or facilitated, is a quirky tribute to a technocrat whose celebrity status usually doesn’t stretch past the Davos …
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As it is in many other States in Nigeria, tales of insecurity have trailed the administration of Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, a corporate Czar, who made laudable marks in the oil and gas sector before venturing into politics. Pre 2019, governor Makinde had solicited for votes, promising the people of Oyo State through a concise manifesto, “ Oyo State …
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By Femi FUNKE ASHEKUN, I promised to open a file on you through our investigative line to get the facts, and reel out the truth about the fabricated lies and stories you tell on your marriage gone left show. Just the other day, I saw your show that made me feel so sorry for you as I watched and listen …
Continue Reading—By Femi Behold the loudmouth of Jerusalem, a vlogger wanna be, ventilating all sort of nonsense and fuming with unfounded stories and FABRICATED LIES, in the act of pull him and the ministry down, something that a thousand of you will and can never do as long as the lord liveth. As far as you have decided to be a …
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By Babafemi Ojudu I have seen a statement made by me, many years ago, to celebrate the 60th birthday anniversary of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu making the rounds. Yes I did make that statement. And more of such will come in my autobiography. We, together, have seen good days and bad days. I and Bola Tinubu have come a long …
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