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FG declares June 12 public holiday to mark democracy day
The federal government has declared Wednesday, June 12, a public holiday to commemorate 2024 Democracy Day celebration.…
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EXTRA: Rule by the gun? Never again!
By GBEMIGA OGUNLEYE The year was 2002 and we were seeing off Mrs. Bola Thomas, the…
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France promises to return $150m Abacha loot
Paris made a commitment in Abuja on Friday to return 150 million dollars of deceased Gen. Sani…
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Oladunjoye initiates support fund for families of late journalists
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, Tunde Oladunjoye, has initiated funds…
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Task before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu …(1)
By BOLANLE BOLAWOLE On Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, I was at the University of Ibadan where I…
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A time not to be sick, By Tope Adaramola
When the then Brigadier Sanni Abacha, in justification of the 1983 military porch that overthrew the civilian…
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Remembering MKO Abiola: Thirty years after
By BOLANLE BOLAWOLE My June 12 day was hectic as usual; it started very early in the…
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Buhari commiserates with Abacha family over death of Abdullahi
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the former First Lady, Marayam Abacha, and family…
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Buhari’s rabid personalization of power, By Bolanle Bolawole
Mother, mother/Why/Why was I born Black? – Okot p’Bitek in “Song of Lawino” As I woke up…
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The West must return Africa’s stolen assets, as well as its artefacts
By MUHAMMADU BUHARI Nigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the…