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Go after terror sponsors

THE statement by the Chief of Defence Staff during this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day has deepened the mystery surrounding Nigeria’s counterinsurgency war. On January 15, a day set aside …

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Beyond mourning tanker explosion victims

SATURDAY’S tanker explosion at Dikko, Gurara LGA, Niger State, which claimed 98 lives is another grievous reminder of how the Nigerian government has repeatedly failed its citizens. Scores of people …

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Making sense of speaker Obasa’s plight

When Governor Sanwo-Olu was to constitute a cabinet for his second term around August-September 2023, the Lagos House of Assembly, the official clearing house for such matters, opted to give …

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Presidential monologue – Part 51

Good morning, Mr President. I address the creeping politicisation of religion in the South-west of Nigeria. Two related incidents triggered my alarm bells, and I have been wondering ever since …

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