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Amnesty For The Boko Haram Insurgents/Terrorists

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NwabuezeTHE criminal acts of violence and terrorism perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents/terrorists since 2009 have seriously endangered the life and property of Nigerians as well as the safety of the state. As if this is not tragic enough, the issue...
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Sorting Out Sundry Questions About Emergent Matters

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Language on parade

AS the Government tries to sort Boko Haram out by prosecuting its emergency rule in the three northern states, a.k.a. BAY states, and as the governors try to sort themselves out after their bizarre chairmanship election in...
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The Last Parade Of The African Deity

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Chinua-Achebe-Caricature-copy(At the African Command Headquarters of the Combat Regiment… Enter the top Brass, Officers and men; The GSO, Col. Tongue Cutter, Biko Harum, Major Olakankita Olakampo, Major 419 Utueke, Brigadier One Leg Atamuna, the Prince from Igalla...
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‘What We Are Doing Now (In Space) Is Just A Joke!’

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Daniel-leoDr. Leo Daniels—a launch vehicle consultant for both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA)—is Provost at Kwara State University, where he is developing Nigeria’s first degree programme in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

J.K. Obatala met...
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Okechukwu: We Shall Put This Democracy To Real Test In 2015

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Osita Okechukwu, national publicity secretary, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) writes on 14 years of democracy.

ONE of the famous definitions engraved in stone and which many of us memorised about democracy is the one by one...
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Oseh: We Have Not Learnt From The Past

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Olusegun Oseh is a political scientist and the deputy Organising Secretary of the Edo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He spoke to ALEMMA-OZIORUVA ALIU in Benin City.

 

We have had 14 years of uninterrupted civilian rule since 1999, what...
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Osoba: How We Handle 2015 Will Determine Future Of Nigeria

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OsobaAs the nation celebrates yet another year of unbroken civil rule, former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, said the fact that the nation is still forging ahead after 14 years of democratic rule is not due to the effort of the...
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Amaechi: A Loner’s Battle Of Wits

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BY taking on his party, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in his headlong rush to be the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi may have lost faith in the admonition by the...
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Ondo: Mimiko’s Explanation And A Bewildered Audience

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MIMIKOAS the people awaited the arrival of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko at the Babafunke Ajasin Auditorium Akure, venue of last week’s May Day lecture, attention shifted to the video footage of the NGF election of May 24 and many people were seen showing the...
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Rivers: Bruises In The Aftermath Of A Disputed Election

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AMEACHI-29-5-11ONE major characteristic of politics is how prone it is to disagreements. Disagreements are sometimes so strong and persistent that it becomes problematic to really resolve them as exemplified by the disputed outcome of the Nigeria Governors’...
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Akwa Ibomites: We Are Proud Of Akpabio’s Role

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Akpabio-14_10_12POLITICAL observers in Akwa Ibom State said what happened in the Governors’ Forum is a ‘cool war’ that had beclouded the body for months, if not years. They blame it all on 2015

To them, the man at the center of the storm, Rotimi Amaechi is...
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Nigeria Governors Forum, The Story Of Power Mongering

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Amaechi-and-other-govsGOING by the sheer amount of ink, broadcast airtime and valuable man-hours that have been dissipated in analysing the outcome of the recent chairmanship election of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum, close watchers of the polity will no doubt be...
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A Tall Order For Frail Jang

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Jang-25-5-13THE script is still playing and Governor Jonah Jang, factional chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum is not joking at all. Last Friday, he commissioned a new office for the AGF, in company of 14 anti-Rotimi Amaechi governors. Thereafter, they...
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Fayemi: NGF Will Bounce Back Under Amaechi

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Fayemi-pixEkiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi was a key player in the intrigues that have dogged the politics of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), which culminated in the disputed election of May 24. In this interview with the Head, Southwest Bureau...
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One Kingdom Two Kings

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Governors-Forum-Photo-1RIVERS State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi stands out as one of the state governors who promote reading culture in the country. However, becoming the centre of the buzz, nay whirlwind of the NGF commotion, questions his power of...
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