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Why Reporting Terrorism Is An Unsavoury Beat In Nigeria By Ahmad Salkida

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A beat reporter provides much more than the what, who, when, where and why of reporting his or her corner of the world. If the reporter is good, indeed diligent at what he does, it shows in the steps he takes to go beyond the superficial, delves in deeper, enriching the reader, the viewer and the public who are invested with the right to know. Journalism is a service that promotes understanding of issues. That was what I aspired to be when I started my journalism career over 17 years…

DELE MOMODU WRITES ANOTHER OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUHARI

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‘PLEASE, I BEG YOU…DON’T RUN FOR A SECOND TERM. GO HOME WITH YOUR HONOUR INTACT’ *’THOSE POLITICIANS ASKING YOU TO RUN AGAIN ARE DOING SO FOR SELFISH INTERESTS’ ‘…Kindly permit me to be as brutally frank as possible. As a stakeholder who made his modest contribution to your emergence as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I owe you nothing but the truth. I was not a member of your party when I volunteered to support your mission and ambition in 2015. I was elated when Nigerians succeeded in…

Boko Haram boys will surrender and come back home but… —Aisha Wakil

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Barrister Aisha Wakil is an Igbo woman married to a Kanuri man. She is reputed to be extremely close to some leaders of the Boko Haram, a feat she achieved while undergoing her conversion to Islam. As a matter of fact, Boko Haram leaders reportedly call her “Mama” because she knew them way back while studying the Qur’an to become a Muslim. She is also the only lady on the Kabiru Saminu Turaki committee set up by the Goodluck Jonathan government to make peace with the Boko Haram insurgents. In…

Atiku: When Lies Fail Test Of Reality By Phrank Shaibu

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The ready assumption by some writers and public commentators is that most Nigerians are gullible and have short memories. As such, some of these self-acclaimed political analysts churn out falsehood as facts in an attempt to manipulate the mind of well-meaning Nigerians. Sadly, the consequence of keeping quiet to such writers is that, if their lies are allowed to travel far and unaddressed, the truth will easily be sacrificed on the altar of lies. With the seeming public hysteria ‎since former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku defected from the ruling…

Happy 55th Birthday Anniversary To The People’s Senator: Dr Bukola Abubakar Saraki By Emmanuel Ajibulu

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Despite fleeting fallacies and crafted controversies inordinately crated to fall him from grace, one can only accept, in the face of hard facts, that the Bukola Saraki-led Nigeria Senate is the best the Nigerian nation has known since independence. Even when one considers the highly dynamic and effective leadership he currently offers the country as the President of Senate and the listed of laurels and achievements recorded during his reign. Saraki’s fame, fortune and forthrightness didn’t begin only yesterday. It’s being well ingrained in him right from the formative and…

At 55: Saraki most vilified, Yet The Best By Chuks Okocha

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The President of the Eighth Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is constitutionally the number three citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yet, he is, perhaps, the most vilified by organs of the government. He is hardly allowed to settle down to direct the affairs of the Senate and, indeed, the National Assembly. But Saraki is undaunted. He has continued to move the Senate from one height to another. The eighth Senate under his leadership has broken many grounds when compared to other times in the National Assembly. Saraki means…

OGBOMOSO : The Home of the Brave

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OGBOMOSHO was generated from ‘Ogbori Elemọshọ’ when Sọun Ogunlọla, a great hunter, who later became the first Sọun of Ogbomọshọ, helped the old Ọyọ Empire to kill Elemọshọ and brought his head to Alaafin. People began to refer to the settlement of Sọun Ogunlọla as ’Ibi ti wọn ti gbe Ori Elemọshọ’. Like any history of a people that began before the invention of writing and printing, history was passed from generation by word of mouth. Such history was bound to have some contradictions. Ogbomoso’s history is not peculiar. The…

Buhari at 75: Why God kept him alive By FEMI ADESINA

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Let me begin by telling a story. On June 1, 2015, the day I resumed work as adviser on media to President Muhammadu Buhari, he had admonished me: “Adesina, always tell me the truth. That is what I want from you. In this type of position I have found myself, it is very easy not to be told the truth. People will just tell you what they think you want to hear. But from you, I want the truth. As a General, I may argue, but please argue with me.…

COMMUNIOUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN UYO AKWA IBOM STATE FROM WEDNESDAY 13 TO SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER 2017

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Preamble NEC was officially declared opened by His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the Goremor of Akwa Ibom state. It was attended by the national officers, 32 state councils of the union and FCT. The theme of the meeting was: The Media, Democracy & National Development. NEC deliberated extensively on issues affecting the Union and the Nation and resolved as follows: STATE OF THE UNION 1, All Councils are charged to remit check-off-dues to National Secretariat as at when due. The National Secretariat was directed to compute dues payable by each…

NIGERIAN GOVERNORS & THEIR EDUCATIONAL CAREERS

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36 State Governors, The Courses They Studied & The Higher Institutions Attended (1st Degree) ABIA STATE Dr. Okezie Ipkeazu, the governor of Abia state gained admission into the university of maiduguri in 1980 to study clinical biochemistry and graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) second class upper division in August 1984. ADAMAWA STATE Bindo jibrilla, the governor of Adamawa state is described as a successful business man who enrolled for a certificate program in business studies at the city college of higher education, London from 1984. by 1985, he proceeded to…