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How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers

How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers

By AKINDELE ADEGEBO For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched, followed, and intercepted by men who know the roads, the settlements, and the forests better than almost anyone. For criminal gangs operating […]
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Buhari and the numbers game: US$ 2.8, 10, 12, 29, 49 billion

Buhari and the numbers game: US$ 2.8, 10, 12, 29, 49 billion

I am not going to give Professor Jega a pass mark, he has fallen for the trick. Many Nigerians now employ lets actually count you, your eyes, fingerprints, etc. Do not worry about people who have studied facial recognition techniques, your PVC will prove once and for all that you cannot cheat a scientifically based system. It is like accountancy.

Oshiomhole’s Wedding: Age is never a limit to love

Oshiomhole’s Wedding: Age is never a limit to love

Apart from the superlative media coverage, glamour and the vastly dignified personalities which coloured the high profile wedding, between 63 year old, Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole, and an amazingly young Lara Forte from Cape Verde Island, now Mrs. Oshiomole, there is something more captivating about their nuptials and it is the manner at which ‘His- Excellency’ dazed his public as a newly rejuvenated governor, who is as fit as ever, even in the affairs of running the race of love.

Bola Tinubu’s place in history

Bola Tinubu’s place in history

TODAY, we rejoice in the unfolding of a new dawn as Nigeria is on her way to becoming the choicest jewel of Africa; crown of stars would soon sit on her head, stars twinkling in our eyes, a big smile is gradually forming on parted lips.

Ndigbo and 2015 elections: The correctness of a mistake

Ndigbo and 2015 elections: The correctness of a mistake

THE 2015 general elections have come and gone but the echoes are getting louder by the day with parties celebrating, taunting, warning or even blaming one another depending on the side of the divide one belongs to. This trend has not been limited to the principal actors of the elections; it has also taken the dangerous and unhelpful dimension of tribal diatribes among citizens.

The story of non indigenes in Lagos

The story of non indigenes in Lagos

Lagos or Eko, apart from being cosmopolitan, is the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa, whose population is as large as that of Ghana. Apart from being the business hub of Nigeria, it is the Second fastest growing city in Africa and the Seventh in the World.