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A fight to the finish in Osun, by Rotimi Fasan

A fight to the finish in Osun, by Rotimi Fasan

In concluding my piece here two weeks ago on the Osun State governorship election that is scheduled to hold on Saturday this week, I had suggested that Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke had successfully skirted around the political landmine represented by the federal might that could have been deployed against him to threaten his chances in […]
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Nigeria’s elusive World Cup chase

Nigeria’s elusive World Cup chase

It’s both a matter of shame and incredulity that in a country of about 200 million football-loving people, we cannot find eleven or at the very most twenty-two fully fit and talented men to represent us

Buhari’s stone that killed two birds

Buhari’s stone that killed two birds

But who does not recognize the Buhari move for all it is worth as a political move? Show me that individual who does not see this move as also self-serving and political and you would have seen a fool

Buhari’s water bill as an act of corruption

Buhari’s water bill as an act of corruption

Buhari’s water bill is a polarising document that can only serve to widen the gulf that has kept Nigeria as a country without a soul, a polity of about two hundred million people that is stuck in time