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Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release

Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release

When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
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A worthy associate — Samson Oluyemi Shoyoye

A worthy associate — Samson Oluyemi Shoyoye

This will be the shortest tribute ever written by me. The reason is obvious. I am pained by the death of a friend, brother and worthy associate, Mr. Samson Oluyemi Shoyoye, an outstanding legal mind, brilliant advocate, amiable and benign gentleman, in whom I reposed significant confidence.

Atiku: Why Igbo Leaders’ Endorsement was Right

Atiku: Why Igbo Leaders’ Endorsement was Right

Igbo leaders from all walks of life gathered at the region’s ancient city of Enugu on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, “to consider Ndigbo’s place in the polity especially in the light of the forthcoming 2019 elections”.

GEJ’s finest hours and the rest of us

GEJ’s finest hours and the rest of us

Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has somewhat proved a contemplative leader both in and out of office, although public appreciation of that elemental grace was lost in the haze of the    presidential power politics and electioneering for the 2015 poll.

Western Delta: The Idea of a University

Western Delta: The Idea of a University

Do you, whenever you visit a city, get magnated by an unknown force to its university, such that if until you achieve what you feel you have not actually visited that place? Some people are simply like that. The universities call out to them with silent voices that enchant their very souls.