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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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By Michael Eboh The northern part of Nigeria has joined the league of oil-producing regions, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Friday, announced that it has discovered crude oil, gas and condensates in the Kolmani River region at the border community between Bauchi and Gombe states. In a statement in Abuja, the NNPC, disclosed
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Magnafaith Krimi, a Northern Nigerian community advocate based near Washington, has announced her displeasure and condemned the murder of an aid worker by Boko Haram militia in Borno State.
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The northern Nigerian state of Zamfara is “at the mercy” of armed bandits who have killed at least 371 people this year, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Read MoreAlthough the food of the region is not considered as the primary reason for its popularity, one cannot ignore the fact that the Northerners have contributed richly to Nigeria’s national food identity.
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In about ten years, what will become of our monthly revenue sharing routine? There may be nothing to share! The call for devolution is a call to secure the future of Nigeria as a united country. Today, it is unpopular. What shall we do when no one will buy our oil anymore? Arewa youths, what will you “enjoy”?
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