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FFK And Pantami: What Fraud Has Joined Together…
Farooq Kperogi I normally don’t read, much less respond to, anything Femi Fani-Kayode writes because he’s clearly an emotionally and psychologically disturbed man whom I once described in an October 7, 2006 column titled “Fani-Kayode: Ministerial Rascality Taken Too Far!”
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CBN: Pioneering A Resilient And Sustainable Economy In Nigeria
Rev Solomon Semaka The banking system as we have it now has evolved over time from ancient times shortly after the era of trade by barter. The use of cowries, shells, copper, bronze, brass, silver and gold required a system
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NYSC Trust Fund: Supporting The Biggest Employer Of Labour In Nigeria
By Fidelis Fater The South Africa apartheid regime was one of the most tragic events of the 20th century right next to the Second World War (no offence intended for victims of the Nigerian, Congo and Liberia Civil Wars and
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For The Record: Full Text Of President Buhari’s 2021 Independence Day Speech
“I am very delighted to be addressing you today as we conclude the activities marking our sixtieth anniversary celebration as a Nation. Looking at the activities lined up for today’s event gives me a great deal of comfort that no
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Banditry Or Terrorism? Law And The Language Of Politics (II)
Jerry ‘Obans’ Obanyero The Act, particularly Section 1(2)(a)-(h), defines a terrorist as a person or body corporate who knowingly within and outside Nigeria directly and indirectly does, attempts, threatens acts of terrorism, participates or facilitates, assists, incites or promises act
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Banditry Or Terrorism? Law And The Language Of Politics
There has been a raging debate in several fora as to the appropriate designation or labelling, so to say, for armed robbers and kidnappers who have mercilessly and with temerity been incessantly launching attacks on a number of states in
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TY Buratai: An Encounter With A Master Strategist
Kolawole Anthony The name Ambassador Tukur Yusufu Buratai, Lieutenant General (retd) sure rings a bell in the annals of the country. Take it or leave it, it would continue to resonate for a long time, especially at the mention of
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Global Voices And Criminalization Of Chinese Entrepreneurs
By Dr. Austin Maho In the August 31, 2021, article in the “Global Voices” an online publication. there was a piece by one Nwachukwu Egbunike title: “Chinese firms in Nigeria face widespread labour abuse allegations, tainting bilateral relationship” This piece
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A Call To My Fellow Millennials
The major news that trended on Friday 20th of August 2021 was the wedding of the only son of President Buhari, Yusuf Buhari, to Zarah Nasiru Bayero, the daughter of His Royal Highness, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of
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NYSC: Patriots And Insurgents
By Uji A. Iliyasu Any Nigerian graduate youth who had passed through the gamut of national youth service love to tell their experiences with nostalgia. The national service, though faced with its challenges, its prospects far outweigh those challenges. Recently,
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