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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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The gains of the FG/Jumbos of Bonny parley

The gains of the FG/Jumbos of Bonny parley

Monday, November 6, 2017 was a special day in the Jumbo Major House of Grand Bonny in Rivers State. It was the day the Federal Government, though the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, interacted with the Major House in Port Harcourt.

The Avengers and the fortunes of the Niger Delta

The Avengers and the fortunes of the Niger Delta

The  sing-song by stakeholders in the Niger Delta  that external forces are behind the activities of the Niger Delta  Avengers is no breaking news. The only difference is that it is now being said by stakeholders who may themselves have been shortchanged within the racket.

Ambode’s slip roads, multiple lay- bys and Lagos traffic

Ambode’s slip roads, multiple lay- bys and Lagos traffic

For residents of Ketu, Owode Onirin, Mile 12 and Ikorodu, last week commissioning of the expansive lay-by in Ketu by Governor  Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State  would go a long way in solving the traffic problem in that axis.

Selling your birthright? Think again!

Selling your birthright? Think again!

Ancient communities in Abia North, especially, Abam, have always been at home with maternal lineage. If an Abam man marries from outside his own community, the wife inherits his estate.