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Nigeria at COP28: Separating the facts from fiction

By Temitope Ajayi The number of delegates from Nigeria attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai otherwise called COP28 has generated a lot of controversies and strong social media conversations…

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Akpabio, National Assembly and Judicial Intergrity

By Edward Usoro The legislature has a crucial role to play in checking corruption and breaches of integrity in the judiciary. And, beyond politics, it is now committed to see…

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Matters arising in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Off-Cycle Polls

By Tunde Rahman Former President Goodluck Jonathan last weekend opened the debate on the propriety or otherwise of off-season elections. Speaking in an interview with journalists after voting at his…

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Monday Lines: Helen Paul and other bastardy stories

By Lasisi Olagunju Everyone has a history; how you act and tell your story defines you. Ace comedian and celebrity, Helen Paul, trended wildly last week. Men and women with…

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Kick-starting the Tinubu’s food security agenda

By Temitope Ajayi During the electioneering, President Bola Tinubu promised Nigerians to increase agricultural production to ensure sufficient food in the country and guarantee food security. One of the priority…

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Monday Lines: Abobaku, japa and Tinubu ‘haters’

By LasisiOlagunju “We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it.” I do not know under what condition Bob Dylan wrote that song line. All I…

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Monday Lines: Between Wike and Gumi, who really owns Abuja?

Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju Before Abuja, there was Lagos as our Federal Capital. And this is where I would want to believe that there is something about our North…

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CBN amendment bill scales 2nd reading in Senate

A bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007 has passed the second reading at the Senate. This followed the consideration of the bill at plenary…

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Why Tinubu is big on Policy Coordination

By Temitope Ajayi One thing that has become a refrain in Nigeria for decades is that our country has never been in short supply of beautiful policies. What seems to…

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INSIDE BUHARI’S CATTLE FARM By FEMI ADESINA

I spent three days in Daura, Katsina State, about a fortnight ago, visiting with our former President and my principal, Muhammadu Buhari. I got more than an inkling into how…

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