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Nigerian football at the crossroads: Reforming or recycling?

Nigerian football at the crossroads: Reforming or recycling?

By FAN Ndubuoke “The greatest danger confronting Nigerian football at this moment is not that the reform might fail. It is that we may call something reform while preserving the very people, structures and interests that created the failure in the first place.” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive ordering a comprehensive reform of Nigerian football […]
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As Korean Embassy Intervenes in LADOL’s Shooting Incident

As Korean Embassy Intervenes in LADOL’s Shooting Incident

It will also seriously pose concern to foreign companies wishing to invest expertise and staff into Nigeria, who will already be alarmed at the alleged hostility of the zone manager towards foreign businesses like Samsung Heavy Industries.

Nigerian Army, Boko Haram’s misadventure in Damaturu

Nigerian Army, Boko Haram’s misadventure in Damaturu

By Luqman Bashir Before an international coalition routed the Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) from Syria, the fanatical terrorists had wrongly assumed an aura of invincibility. They carried out daring attacks, intensified their barbarism and did everything possible to court international attention. That quest for international attention was perhaps partly responsible for its adoption of Boko Haram […]

Awolowo, WNTV and the barbarians

Awolowo, WNTV and the barbarians

The current crusade by Farounbi and others who worked at WNTV to mark the station’s 60th anniversary in October 2019 should soar above a one-off affair; they should go the whole hog of restoring WNTV to its old status as broached by Awolowo and his government

Onnoghen: When a judge is too guilty to be innocent

Onnoghen: When a judge is too guilty to be innocent

By Prince Ugo The embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, is a lucky man. Never in the history of Nigeria has a court case wrongly attracted so much national and international attention in favour of the accused like his case of alleged false assets declaration and the abuse of the […]