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ABATI on ALAMS
THE UNDIGNIFYING THINGS A MAN HAS TO DO FOR SURVIVAL
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Politics
Delusions of Social Media Campaign by Macdonald Nwajagu
In 2008 Barack Hussein Obama took the world by storm when he in an unprecedented manner, won an election with the use of the conventional and social media. This feat sold a dummy to opposition […]
World
NJC INVESTIGATIONS: Axe dangles over six corrupt judges…..Vanguard
ABUJA—The days of six judges, considered to have fallen short of the standard required of them in the temple of justice, appear to be numbered as the National Judicial Council, NJC, has concluded investigations into […]
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Fresh worry over PDP’s unity as peace tour ends…….THE GUARDIAN
UNLIKE a fresh sense of hope that the reconciliatory tour of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was expected to engender, it rather raised the fear of a persistent crack in the party Sunday. This fear […]
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Akpabio admits rigging primary election…..Punch
Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has confessed to manipulating the result of a 2007 Peoples Democratic Party senatorial primary election in the state by single-handedly replacing the winner with the name of his preferred […]
Sport
Laila St Mathew Daniel at THE DISCOURSE
LAILA was born in LAGOS 60 years ago and has lived here ever since and even got married to a Nigerian..She got her first passport 42 years ago.In a bizzare episode an Immigration “oga at […]
Sport
LAURA JOHNSON at THE DISCOURSE today
THE DISCOURSE WITH JIMI DISU this Sunday tells the story of LAURA JOHNSON who survived an aircrash in ’96 in which 16 people died .Very moving story you just must not miss!
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All my donations fall within the law- Governor Akpabio……PREMIUM TIMES
The Governor alleged that the attacks on him in the media are politically motivated. Governor Godswill Akpabio has defended his controversial donations to individuals and organisations, saying that they fall within the ambit of law […]
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Jega opens up on controversy ‘INEC has not registered any APC’….VANGUARD
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said that no political party with acronym “APC” has been registered. . Speaking on a live audience participation Radio Nigeria Hausa programme […]
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PDP Raises Alarm over Campaign to Discredit Akpabio…..THIS DAY
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over alleged plots by opposition governors to use the media to discredit the chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Godswill Akpabio, and cause disunity among the […]
Politics
All Progressives Congress may change name……PUNCH
There are indications that mega oppposition party, All Progressives Congress, is considering a name change should the African People’s Congress beat it to the APC acronym. Both political associations are laying claim to the acronym […]
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Sport
Chinua Achebe: What Nigeria Means To Me…….THE GUARDIAN
NIGERIAN nationality was for me and my generation an acquired taste like cheese. Or better still, like ballroom dancing. Not dancing per se, for that came naturally; but this titillating version of slow-slow-quick-quick-slow performed in […]
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Man harrased for having female organs….TRIBUNE
T Have you ever seen someone with both male and female organs? Well if you have not, Saturday Tribune ran into one last Wednesday at Sapele, Delta State. A man in his late 40s, who […]
Government
Governor ‘Generous’,……THIS DAY (An analysis on Akpabio)
To say that the public is no longer comfortable with Governor Godswill Akpabio’s somewhat obscene display of tax payers’ money is alluding to the obvious, writes Shola Oyeyipo Amongst the governors that enjoy widespread acceptance […]
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Governor Dickson Proposes Draconian Law Against Rumor Mongering…..SAHARA REPORTERS
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has added to his notoriety by asking the state legislature to pass a bill that seeks to punish so-called malicious rumor mongering and public misinformation. Our correspondent reports that […]
Government
Africa’s Leading Novelist Chinua Achebe Dies At 82…SAHARA REPORTERS
Professor Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead. SaharaReporters learned that Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature […]
Politics
Letter toJonathan in 2011………Onyeka Okofu
Hello Jimi…this is a piece i wrote in 2011 while sourjourning in Abuja during the Goodluck Sambo campaign period. i guess for many of us…what we are seeing today in terms of the quality of […]
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Joel Brinkley: Nigeria's squandered opportunity…Joel brinkly L A Times (A MUST READ)
JD:This piece by Joel Brinkly of the LOS ANGELES TIMES is a must read for all.read and please leave a comment here so we can discuss the issue to the fullest. “Egypt has lost its […]