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When the voice of humanity reverberated in a man, by Owei Lakemfa

When the voice of humanity reverberated in a man, by Owei Lakemfa

Across the world, countries, movements and groups on Thursday    August 13, 2026 marked the centenary of Fidel Castro Ruz, the iconic    Cuban revolutionary. That was yesterday. But Fidel is not yesterday’s man.    Although he marched into the full embrace of history    on November 25, 2016, he is a man of today as […]
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What does Lamido want?

What does Lamido want?

I ALMOST did not want to believe that former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, had said what he was reported to have said recently on the Hausa Service of the BBC; and which was something to the effect that ‘much worse than the like of the evil of Boko Haram, he (Lamido) was prepared to work with any evil, including from the bottomless pit of hell- if it would lead to unseating Buhari’s government and the APC’.

‘Who is the presidency?’

‘Who is the presidency?’

LAST week the Muhammadu Buhari administration took a major step in shaking off the odour of corruption that has been swirling around it since Babachir Lawal, erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation, was implicated in a scandal surrounding the award of grass cutting contract in the Internally Displaced Persons’ camp.