Category: Article
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By Stephen Angbulu Back in primary four, my Social Studies teacher, Aunty Toyin, told us a story about a little girl who got punished by her father for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper he had saved for Christmas presents. Let’s call her Aimee. Times were hard. Finances were tight. And many families were…
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By Federal Ebiaridor In the twilight of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the theft of the nation’s oil resources had assumed a suffocating dimension. The effect of the daily theft of barrels of crude oil on Nigeria’s economy made the reality frighteningly stark in the extreme. The then Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva,…
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By Sheriffdeen Tella The state governments have a way of suffocating the third tier of government, the local government. Of course, that is not unexpected as the local government chairmen and other officials are handpicked by the state governors. The local government is expectedly the third tier of government in Nigeria with constitutional rights. To…
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By Abiodun Komolafe Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name) fell ill and was admitted to hospital. At a point, his condition became so critical that help had to be sought from public-spirited individuals. Eventually, former Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State heard about it and took up the challenge. Nigerians remain grateful…
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By Leroy Chuma Edozien My eyes welled up as I listened to the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in the appeal filed by distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi (SPON) against his conviction by the Court of Appeal on trumped up charges of money laundering and fraud. Why? Two reasons. Firstly, thoughts of the injustice…
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By Emmanuel Ogebe NIGERIA’s Supreme Court sparked near universal outrage when it recently awarded senatorial candidacies to two powerful politicians who had not participated in party primary elections. The verdicts simply didn’t make sense to the average citizen who understands that democracy does not mean a non-contestant wins. Incidentally the Nigerian Supreme Court is not…
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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku There are two well-known local examination bodies in West Africa. The one is the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which started operations in 1952, and the other is the National Examinations Council (NECO), which started conducting exams in April 1999. While the WAEC oversees the regulation of exams in Anglophone countries…