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Jonathan, Kukah, Amaechi, Yusuf Ali, others for unveiling of “The Letterman”

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Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, is expected to literarily come alive on Thursday as former President Goodluck Jonathan and other top dignitaries converge on the city for the public presentation of The Letterman, a book on the ‘secret’ letters of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The book, written by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed, will be Continue Reading
Bishop Kukah
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Seventy years of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

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By Theophilus Abbah   In the years and seasons that I farmed and cultivated sources under torrential rains and harsh sunshine for seductive headlines that would turn the heads of newspaper adherents and squeeze few hundreds of Naira from the pockets of those who could part with money for stories, I hunted for Father Mathew […]Continue Reading
Pauline-Tallen
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Conflict, climate change and COVID combine to create a breeding ground for sexual and gender-based violence

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By Helen Clark Rape is being used in conflict as a deliberate military strategy, and is feared most by women and girls as soon as the shooting starts. They are right to be afraid. It is vital to highlight just how shockingly common rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence have become in […]Continue Reading
Borno
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Media aides mark Zulum’s 53rd birthday with “3rd Verdict”

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By Daniel Adaji Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, announced the unveiling via a statement. Gusau Continue Reading
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Yusuf Alli @60: Unveiling an Investigative Journalist Par Excellence

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By Yushau A. Shuaib He is one of the finest gentlemen of the press that I have ever encountered. A courageous, fearless, humane, and humble editor, Mallam Yusuf Alli has come a long way in redefining investigative journalism from his decades of experience in the coverage of various beats in the Nigerian media. Born on […]Continue Reading
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Book review: Remaking Nigeria: Sixty years, sixty voices

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By Mahmud Jega This compendium titled Remaking Nigeria: Sixty years, sixty voices edited by the indefatigable journalist, author, and anti-corruption fighter Chido Onumah is a monumental work that is guaranteed to add rich insight and perspective into our search for a better, more efficient, fairer, and more inclusive Nigeria. As the editor explained in the […]Continue Reading
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Governors snub Routine Immunization and endanger children – Report

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The World Immunization Week 2021, meant to emphasize the value of vaccines in preventing diseases that were previously life-threatening, was commemorated last week. However, a report by the Partnership for Advocacy in Child & Family Health at Scale (PACFaH@Scale) shows that state governments are not committed to Routine Immunization, as seen in sloppy budgetary Continue Reading
Bishop Kukah
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Here is Bishop Kukah’s misinterpreted 2020 Christmas Day message

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A Nation in Search of Vindication: Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death:   Let me paraphrase the holy prophet Isaiah who said: “For Jerusalem (Nigeria’s sake), I will not be silent until her vindication shines forth like the dawn…..No more shall people call you forsaken, or your land desolate, but you shall be called […]Continue Reading
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‘How media abandoned IDPs’

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(A review of ‘Managing Internal Displacement Crisis in Nigeria’)   By Theophilus Abbah, PhD Introduction: An African proverb says ‘pregnancy can never be hidden with bare hands.’ Springing from the imagery and significance of this proverb, and in the context of internal displacements in Nigeria, one could say it corresponds with the society’s attitude to this […]Continue Reading
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Omole’s ground-breaking approach to literary linguistics

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BOOK REVIEW   Title:                            LINGUISTIC CRITICISM OF THE AFRICAN NOVEL Author:                        Kayode Omole Publisher:                    Bloom Media Network Ltd, Abuja, Nigeria Year of Publication:     2019 Number of Pages:       161 Reviewer:                    Prof Gbenga Ibileye   DISINTERING THE STYLISTICIAN’S PERSONA FROM HIS Continue Reading
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