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Where is the wealth of millions of children born in the wild to herdsmen, born into the servitude and perpetually slavery of roaming thousands of miles with cattle to earn crumbs? By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo They won’t face reality. They won’t accept facts. In the North, the chickens are coming home to roost. The northern
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This is the concluding part of this piece. The first part which was published yesterday harped on the incompatible association between the North and the South. By Sam Agbesua UNFORTUNATELY for the innocent children of the guard, the landlord came at the time they were coming from school. The Northern elite felt disappointed seeing the children
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By Chinedu Adonu Leader of Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Anglo Abdullahi on Wednesday issued a fresh warning against any form of attack on Northerners resident in the Southern part of the country. The warning was given in Enugu when the Elders met with representatives of Northern groups residents in the South-East. Speaking at the
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By Prisca Sam-Duru In collaboration with Theatrone Media and Whitestone pictures, Native Media, a TV Production company brings to the general public, its Hausa Language feature-length film, ‘Voiceless’. The much anticipated, insurgency-inspired romantic thriller sub-titled in English, opens in cinemas across the country from 20th November 2020. Written by Jennifer Agunloye, directed by Robert Peters,
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By Dirisu Yakubu The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has described the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, a unit of the Nigeria Police Force, by the Federal Government as an ill-thought measure that poses a serious threat to the Northern part of the country and its people. The Forum said what is needed to
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By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin – A Social Development Expert in Kwara State, Mr Akinola Ololade has appealed to the Federal Government to immortalize the late first Lawyer in the Northern Nigeria, Late Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folohunsho AbdulRazaq. Mr Ololade in statement in Ilorin, said the late one time Nigeria envoy to cote d’lvoire deserved to be
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By Azu Ishiekwene JOURNALIST and former Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, wrote a thought-provoking piece last week entitled, “Who speaks for the North?” The article reinforces the need for an important conversation, especially as we reflect on our past, engage with the present and contemplate the future. Who speaks for the North? In
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By Bilesanmi Olalekan Senator Ali Ndume is Chairman, Senate Committee on Army and represents Borno South, the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency. In this interview, Ndume speaks on the recent claim by Chadian President Derby that he led his country’s troops against insurgents on the Nigerian soil while Nigerian soldiers were missing in action
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Emir Sanusi has been dethroned. He lasted six years. Sanusi enthronement sparked hopes. The north had been in cultural handcuffs, detained in illiteracy. The handcuffs had to be unlocked from within. It had seemed that a high profile social activist as emir could hold the key. But many feared for Sanusi. Sanusi was loudmouthed. Where would he find tact? To survive, he had to stay within the bounds of the throne and let many sleeping political dogs lie.
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By Gambo Dori Last week we picked snippets from the book written by Abdurrahman Okene, In the service of my country, showing his beginnings from Okene, to the heights he reached in the Northern Nigerian public service. His career trajectory is a study of the growth of Nigeria’s public service from the difficult days of
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