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By Rasheed Sobowale Most people last year were looking forward to the 2020 New Year, catapulting some resolution they were unable to achieve with a determination and promise of commitment to see them through. Unknowingly for all, 2020 has a different plan for the world. The year 2019 left a mark in the world such
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The leader of Africa’s first Economic War, Charles N Lambert, in a recent video of the Economic War show, has said that focus on politics is what is keeping Africans poorer. Lambert blames poverty in Africa on too much obsession in politics which is not productive but rather borrows to feed people instead of empowering
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A democracy campaigner, Yinka Popoola, on Wednesday, said the controversy over the distribution of palliatives to indigent Nigerians during the COVID-19 lockdown exposes the crisis of trust in Nigerian politics. He spoke against the backdrop of the controversy over the distribution of palliatives, especially the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT, scheme. The founder of the global
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By Tonnie Iredia For the first time in many years, Nigeria has in the last few days operated like most countries of the world where day to day happenings are premised mainly on what government is doing. Earlier, the only thing that was happening in Nigeria was politics, politics, and politics, without governance. As at
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South Africa came under a nationwide lockdown on March 27, 2020, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across the continent. With Botswana’s head of state and Ivory Coast’s prime minister in self-quarantine and many government ministers infected across the continent, African
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A Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, has called on politicians (irrespective of party affiliation) to use their campaign structures to spread awareness about the dreaded novel coronavirus as part of efforts to prevent the pandemic from spreading to our villages and local communities. Chidoka made the call in a statement issued by Mr
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Tasks South-West govs to review framework By Esther Onyegbula A coalition of Yoruba groups under the auspices of Yoruba Appraisal Forum, yesterday, alleged that politicians with ill intents have hijacked the recently launched Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. Speaking during a peaceful rally in Lagos, the spokesperson of the organization Oloketuyi Ojo, called
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By Bobson Gbinije Father, let me be able to fulfill the expectations of my friends and disappoint the hopes of my enemies —Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865) LIKE Zeus on Mount Olympus, Nigerians were transported with celestial joy and they soared on the wings of ecstatic delight following the eight wonder world visit of the then President Bill Clinton
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Mr Ketil Karlsen, European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, has urged politicians to show restraints in their quest for power. Karlsen gave the advice on Thursday in Benin during a visit to Chief Dan Orbih, state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and leaders of the party. He also appealed for peace and non-violence in
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—Says Politicization of Security ‘ll not be of benefit to anyone By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Presidency on Saturday raised the alarm that a group of politicians and beneficiaries of the Boko Haram insurgency are paying people to join in a planned protest against the service chiefs. The Presidency also cautioned the political class against misleading
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