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Gratuities: Zulum approves N12b to clear 4,862 unpaid retirees

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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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Lesson from North Korea: Invent rather than imitate

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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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A Systemic Persecution of Christians and the Church in Northern Nigeria: The Church’s Response

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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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Study Notes on Nigeria’s Youth Revolt

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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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Tussle for Attah of Igala – a Return to Sanity

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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
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President Buhari: disbanding of SARS first step to extensive police reforms

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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared that disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the first step to extensive police reforms by his administration. Speaking at the launch of the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme (P-YES), aimed at creating 774,000 jobs across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country, President Buhari also directed Continue Reading
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How do Nigeria and Saudi Arabia compare for poverty and unemployment?

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After Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari controversially compared oil prices in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia as justification for repeated petrol price hikes since June 2020, some people in Nigeria have taken to social media with other comparisons between the two countries. A well-shared message posted on Facebook on 1 October makes a number of economic comparisons, […]Continue Reading
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Nigeria @60: Tafawa Balewa’s failed prophecy

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By Theophilus Abbah During a debate in 1959 at the threshold of Nigeria’s Independence, the late Tafawa Balewa had to respond to a question about the ominous ethnic division and rivalries that permeated the political space. The man who was to become Nigeria’s first prime minister, like a star-gazer, replied thus: “I’m confident that when […]Continue Reading
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