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Senator Barau Jibril: A Legislator Par Excellence By Abu Mahmud

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The race to occupy the number three political position in Nigeria has started in earnest. Expectedly also, many senators-elect have thrown their hats in the ring; both the serious and otherwise.Those interested have revved up their campaign machinery to ensure they become the next Senate President. .Even though the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not made any decision on the zoning of positions or offices of the 10th Assembly. APC won a majority in the Senate with 60 seats, while the PDP has 32 seats. The Labour Party has…

The Royal Tapestry of Ankpa: HRH Sadiq Ahmed By Haruspice

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He was barely a lad when he started to throttle on the saddle of royalty, while others jive afar from the dance hall of the palace, he buried himself in the art.. This he did with dispassionate interest, to him, it was a responsibility for a child to hold the bowl while the king feast. Nature with her way of giving what you give her decided to throw this lad to the throne. Today, he sits in magnificent majesty on the throne he was once a manservant. Indeed for every…

The Algeria Imam and the Metaphor of Jihad in Islam By Haruspice

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You don’t need to climb the tower to preach Allah’s words, your deeds and sayings are enough to catapult God’s words. There exist many verses about kindness to animals in the Quran and these have been preached repeatedly but none has penetrated the hearts of many like the action of this imam who allowed a cat to rest on his shoulder and even kissed him on the cheek while performing tarawih.   A live broadcast showed the heart-warming moment a cat interrupted an imam in Algeria as he was leading…

Biography of Majek Fashek

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Majekodunmi Fasheke , popularly known as Majek Fashek (pronounced as Ma-je-ko-dun-mi Ifa-kii-she-eke ), was a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist.   He was best known in his home country for the 1988 album Prisoner of Conscience , which included the multiple award-winning single “Send Down the Rain”.   Also known as The Rainmaker , he has worked with various artists worldwide, including Tracy Chapman, Jimmy Cliff, Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, and Beyoncé .   Fashek was born in Benin City to an Edo Old Bendel State mother and a Ijesha father,(Osun…

David Mark: Otukpo homeboy turns 75 By Paul Mumeh

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David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, a retired Army General and President of the 6th and 7th Senate (2007-2011 & 2011-2015), Federal Republic of Nigeria is 75, (April 8, 2023). He is unarguably an accomplished soldier and a successful politician.   As a soldier, he rose to the commanding height of his profession; a Brigadier General and Director of Signals, Nigerian Army and as a politician, he rose to the position of President of the Senate; ranking number three citizen in Nigeria then.   They are very few men and women in…

The Story Of Nigeria’s Most Famous Magician Professor Peller and How He Was Assassinated in 1997

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Professor Peller The magician was one of the Nigerians that opened Nigerian to what magic was. He is the father of Shina Peller the popular socialite, he always moved with huge and electrified crowd thronging after a his slowly-moving convoy. At the center was a white limousine and from the sun roof, was a man full of charming smiles, waving to the frenzied crowd, he looked very smart, handsome and he was also wearing white, all white, the hat too was white. It was quite a dazzling spectacle. The limo…

The fiction of an interim government By Festus Adedayo

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Some huge, evil men surround a big, black pot. It is apparent that a food is being cooked. The men strung round their waists black cloths like priests of a dreadful god. Their torsos are naked like the day of creation. Their countenances are scary, with eyes dilating like pebbles immersed in crimson syrup. The sweats that glide down their barrows are crimson-red too. Underneath the black pot are logs of firewood with billowing charcoal-black fumes and red flame. As one of the men heaves the lead off the black…

The day we will be driven in a van… By Haruspice

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One day, we shall be driven in ambulance, the day our exotic and exquisite cars would be parked for it is useless to us. That day shall come and we shall be helpless as our weak body is conveyed to our abode of care- sometimes permanent resting abode.   I fret at the vain nature of life when man all life and zest suddenly become weak and all vegetable. A friend died some years back and she was conveyed not in her finest car to the burial ground but a…

10 Things To Know About Hypertension

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Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide, including in Nigeria. Unfortunately, not many people know they have the condition because they are not diagnosed and remain untreated.   People with high blood pressure may not feel symptoms and the only way to know is to get their blood pressure checked.     Below are the 10 things to know about hypertension:     1. Hypertension also known as high blood pressure is when the pressure in your blood vessels is too high -140/90 mmHg or higher. Blood pressure…

WHEN MEMORIES BECOME HISTORY , by Abdullahi O. Haruna Haruspice

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The ghost of my yesterday keeps haunting me Endlessly as I struggle in mitigated perspiration To erase the memories of you. Every echo reminds me of ur suppressed giggles, As they flutters like butterflies .   Some pasts are better not lived As they become a nagging stare to the present Show me a man without a past And I will withdraw from the anguish of my yesterday Destiny and fate conspired To create two separate abodes for its inhabitants But the pulse of love Refused the limitations of fate…