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2027: Vote ‘right’ or be banished? By Ikechukwu Amaechi

2027: Vote ‘right’ or be banished? By Ikechukwu Amaechi

As should be expected in this political silly season, politicians will maximise the window to test wild narratives and launch personal attacks aimed at distracting voters from the substantive issues that confront them. There is nothing particularly wrong with that as long as such antics are within the ambit of the law. But most Nigerian politicians like […]
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Musdapher: The voice not heeded (1)

Musdapher: The voice not heeded (1)

IN his suave, genteel, self-effacing stride, and maybe even in his judicial worldview, he seemed like a judge who preferred that ‘settled judicial waters’ be left undisturbed. And why, by the way, should ‘settled judicial waters’ not be left undisturbed?

Rumbles in Warri and determination in Onitsha

Rumbles in Warri and determination in Onitsha

WARRI was always a vibrant town. Its use of pidgin language is unique and you could see glimpses of what it might have been if the oil companies had not pulled out. The result is a town nearly going to seed. It is consumed by internecine politics among the Itsekiris, Urhobos and Ijaws, all of whom own or claim various parts of Warri. The few oil workers remaining there are heavily protected by Police and the military, whose presence is massive.

‘Corrupt judges’ and DSS overzealousness

‘Corrupt judges’ and DSS overzealousness

WHEN Femi Lawson in the dead of the night on Friday posted the newsflash on Core Federalists ,a group of finest minds on Federalism discourse in Nigeria,that DSS operatives were ransacking homes of some High and Supreme Court judges,I found it hard to believe and I asked him to provide a link.Pronto he brought Sahara Reporters.