Five years after the Federal Government lost a whopping $1.6 billion to some of its influential citizens through the sale and revocation of a controversial oil block, known as OPL …
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*As Senate rejects Magu helping corruption fight back From SKC Ogbonnia Before assuming the presidency in May 2015, Muhammadu Buhari rightly proclaimed that “corruption will kill Nigeria, unless Nigeria kills …
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“The President – whoever he is – has to decide. He can’t pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That’s his job.” From …
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From Olalekan Adigun On my way to work this morning, one man asked: “What does this Soyinka want?” Sitting beside him in the same bus, I couldn’t immediately provide a …
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*Zenith Bank in complicity From Ayo Balogun Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) under the leadership of Amaju Pinnick may want Nigerians to buy its story that paucity of funds is responsible …
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*Theatre of war, deaths and terrible things On Saturday, 10th December, 2016 Rivers state citizens went out to vote those who will occupy the State and National Assembly seats that …
Read More »Is Nigeria like a knocked engine? Part 2
*We have just one nation to project, protect From Emmanuel Onucheyo “A society will collapse unless it has one basic truth on which to lean” The Courier – No. 120, …
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*If our judiciary is in shambles, where do we go from here? From Emmanuel Onucheyo “African countries often consist of 20 to 30 tribes, a mishmash of mini-nations, while many …
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By Folu Olamiti In the wee hours of 4th November 2016, I got a pop up on my hand set alerting me that Pa Olaniwun Ajayi had passed on. My …
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From Dele Oguntimoju “The worst rigged election in African history” is how the British Foreign Secretary, David Milliband, described the elections in Zimbabwe. Judging from BBC Radio 4’s recent report …
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