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Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping: Timeline
This screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural...
View ArticleWinnie Mandela: Exit of a colossus
The curtain was drawn on the chequered life of Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela, more widely known as Winnie Mandela. It was a turbulent life; it was a life of trials and struggle, the height to...
View ArticleThe crack in the Mandela’s marriage
The crack in the marriage of the Mandelas must have given the anti-marriage campaigners a potent new weapon last week, even if in their shock they have not remembered to load their guns. The news the...
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Northern traditional rulers should caution Bayero don — HRM Eze Eberechi Dike
Bayero UniversityHis Royal Majesty Eze Eberechi Dike, chairman of South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, has appealed to his counterparts in the northern part, especially the Emir of Kano, to help...
View ArticleCriticisms trail Cross River’s ‘fake’ N1.3trn budget
The N1.3trillion 2018 budget signed into law recently by Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, has come under intense criticism, with analysts describing it as fake and containing a hidden deficit of...
View ArticleThe mace as a symbol of authority
At nearly all levels of life, there are symbols of authority and power which are closely associated with the bodies they represent. For example, the Ada kevbe Eben which started out as weapons of war,...
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In Search Of Sustainable Peace In Niger Delta
Amnesty Office Parleys Traditional Rulers, Stakeholders.Wednesday last week, influential Niger Delta indigenes, including traditional rulers, religious and opinion leaders, intellectuals, community and...
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Aguleri / Umuleri: Still a long walk from peace
• As Anambra Communities Return To Trenches Will there ever be an end to the face-off rocking Umuleri and Aguleri communities, Anambra East Local Council over the Aguakor land? This is perhaps, the...
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Suppressed constituency: Orolu indigenes accuse INEC of flouting court order
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Ahead of the 2019 general elections, indigenes of Ifon-Orolu and communities under the Orolu Local Government of Osun State have accused the Independent National...
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Obas are prisoners to culture and tradition – Olubaka
It was celebration galore in the ancient town of Oka-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, as the people celebrated the 2018 Oka Day, penultimate Saturday.It...
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Chronicle of Adeosun’s certificate saga
[FILE PHOTO] Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. PHOTO: CNBC AfricaPART OF The Guardian’s Editorial Of July 25 … Adeosun was never entitled to an exemption because, in the words of a former...
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Billions down the drain as flood destroys livestock, farmlands in Bayelsa,...
FloodWith over 70 per cent of Bayelsa State’s landmass submerged under devastating floodwater, residents, especially farmers are counting their losses, which is running into billions of naira. The...
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Delta communities count losses, as flood ravages farmlands
Flooded homesThe unrelenting flood wreaking havoc on farmlands across the country portends food security crisis. Already, affected communities in Delta, one of the four affected states declared a...
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Ogbozinne-Akpugo, Enugu community unsettled by monarch’s murder
One of the burnt houses Four months after many indigenes of Ogbozinne–Akpugo Autonomous Community in Nkanu West Council of Enugu State fled their homes for safety, following the crisis that climaxed...
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‘We need ethical revolution to get things right in Nigeria’
SalakoProfessor Felix Kolawole Salako, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (FSSSN), joined the university in...
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Cross River: Communities demand compensation after super highway havoc
Damaged farmlands Three years after the Cross River State government bulldozed forests and dredged swamps for the proposed $3.5b super highway and deep seaport, affected communities are agonising over...
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Infant/maternal mortality: How oil spill impacts on Ogoni
Devastated farms, water in OgonilandIn the past, when rivers and lands in Goi, K-Dere and Bodo communities in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State were free from oil spill, the environment...
View ArticleOgoni cleanup delay: Denying people good drinking water
The Federal Government’s intention to clean up and restore Ogoni land still looks like a mirage, as there is no clarity of purpose and transparency in executing the assignment 17 years after the UNEP...
View ArticleChristmas: Clerics admonish on security, moderation
As Christians all over the world prepare to celebrate birth of the Lord Jesus on Tuesday, clerics have urged Christians to emulate the sterling qualities of the Saviour, one of which was showing love...
View ArticlePeace returns to Gulf of Guinea as Bakassi Strike Force surrenders
With the laying down of arms and acceptance of a Cross River State government–brokered amnesty programme by the dreaded Bakassi Strike Force (BSF), led by Benjamin Ene... The post Peace returns to Gulf...
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