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By Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun The accountability examples highlighted in this essay are in the context of countries with democratic governments that require elected political leadership teams to take responsibility for the outcomes of their actions and decisions. And the examples relate specifically to the management of the coronavirus crisis that has been ravaging almost every
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By Patrick Dele Cole ABOVE is a photograph of Chief Obafemi Awolowo with naked children. People have all kinds of reactions to Nigerians being naked in 1952 – get over it; in most parts of Nigeria, at that time, being naked was common. I started primary school in Enugu in 1946. We lived at the
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By Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi THE rapid outbreak of the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic presents an alarming health crisis that the world is still grappling with. In addition to the human impact, there is also significant economic, business and commercial effects being felt globally. As viruses know no borders, the impacts will continue to spread. In fact,
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By Eddie Mbadiwe EVERYDAY Nigerians wake up with a jolt. All you have to do is pick up the papers or listen to the radio and the rest of your day is almost ruined This piece is not about Magu neither is about the horrendous billions been flung around at NDDC. My advice is that
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By Chris Egbuna TWO Anambra-born candidates came tops in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, last April. The brilliant top-fliers are Miss Egoagwuagwu Agnes Madufokwa and Master David Okwuchukwu Nwobi. They scored 365 and 363 to emerge overall first and second respectively among 1.9 million
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Ladipo Adamolekun The accountability examples highlighted in this essay are in the context of countries with democratic governments that require elected political leadership teams to take responsibility for the outcomes of their actions and decisions. And the examples relate specifically to the management of the coronavirus crisis that has been ravaging almost every country across
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By Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Today, 14 years on, we reflect on the brutal assassination of Funsho Williams, one of the foremost indigenous politicians Lagos has produced. Eight years after his assassination, Justice Adebajo released the six suspects accused of his murder most of whom were security attachés and domestic servants of the deceased. Justice Adebajo held
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By Ike Abonyi IN 2010 Dr. Emmanuel Okwesilieze Nwodo was 60 years old. He was then the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He had tapped me soon after he became National Chairman to be his media adviser, a position I tried to resist because I didn’t want to leave the newsroom. But
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By Ray Umukoro Early this year, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, predicted a rash of pay cuts in global public finance amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The prediction has come true across the world. Okowa’s Delta State, one of the top oil-producing states in Nigeria, recently announced a pay cut for political appointees and civil servants
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By Michael Veritas POLITICAL regicide tends to degrade and sometimes disfigure the thrust and tenor of politics in Edo State. Its severest expression might have been attained under the administration of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, when a new rejectionist mood gripped the land. Under its massive fervour, old icons, who had long controlled the resources of
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