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Is Rivers State Wike’s Cattle Ranch? By Ugoji Egbujo

Wike is boastful. The temptation is to take his claims with a pinch of salt. But unlike other loud and garrulous politicians, friends and foes alike say it is perilous to ignore Wike’s rants, even when he sounds inebriated. Who would have believed he was bred by a pastor? He is brash and ferocious. And […]
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Buhari’s government and the NNPC contract mess by Obi Nwakanma

For a long time, when voices opposed to the listlessness, corruption, and lack of clear direction of the current Buhari administration spoke out about it, administration spokespeople – Lai Mohammed, Femi Adesina, and Garba Shehu; and, to a large extent, the former Constitutional scholar, Dr. Itsay Sagay – earned their daily broth by bombarding Nigerians with hokum.

The phenomenon of Biafra (12) By Douglas Anele

Anyway, Gen. Yakubu Gowon in the 1960s  as a young military officer was a handsome, charismatic, prim-and-proper product of British military training who, according to Prof. Achebe, deliberately used his personal skills to curry favour from influential people, including Maj-Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi.

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