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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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It was a short post from Isiaq Ajibola, former COO of Media Trust, on the WhatsApp platform of the Northern Media Forum, that drew attention to the passing of Sam Nda-Isaiah, just a few minutes past midnight, today, Saturday, 12th December 2020. To say that I was stunned, was to understate my emotions! I placed […]Continue Reading
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… Presents cheques to retirees  … N3b earlier released in 2019  Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday announced the release of N12 billion to clear gratuities owed 4,862 retirees who left the state and local government civil service from 2013 to 2017. Before today’s, Zulum had released N3 billion in June and September […]Continue Reading
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In the world, imitation became a trend. If there is one country that tends towards invention, not imitation, it is precisely the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, something that contrasts with this reality. A few years ago, Pyongyang hosted an exhibition of machinery and equipment, which displayed an 80 hp tractor, a 115 hp diesel […]Continue Reading
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Taraba State Governor, Ishaku Darius has declared support for Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request that the federal reengages mercenaries to join the Nigerian armed forces in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents terrorizing Borno in particular, and some parts of the northeast. Darius spoke on Tuesday in Maiduguri when Governors of Adamawa, Ahmadu Fitiri, […]Continue Reading
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By Fr. Williams Kaura Abba Introduction The Wall Street Journal published an article in December 2019 wherein Bernard-Henri Levy, a French Philosopher, filmmaker, journalist, and public intellectual described a trip he made to Nigeria during which he privately investigated Fulani attacks on Christians. Levy recounts thus:   A slow-motion war is underway in Africa’s Continue Reading
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… Gov. shares N11m to 83 attacked families, inspects projects Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Chibok on Monday, during which he assessed and ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Government Secondary School, Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. Although the defunct presidential committee on […]Continue Reading
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By Edwin Madunagu  What actually happened in Nigeria, from October 8, 2020 to the last week of that month? Did we see a protest, a revolt, an uprising, a rebellion, a nihilist – anarchist self-expression, an insurrection or a revolution? But why have I decided to put “revolution” last? Is it because it is the […]Continue Reading
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Time Tested Tradition. Notwithstanding the glory, reverence and extreme privilege bordering on deification that comes with ascending the throne of the Attah Igala, the contest for the stool has over time been devoid of the desperate, acrimonious, and cutthroat competition that is often associated with the tussle for royal stools in other lands. The reason […]Continue Reading