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Our special bond with London, by Eric Teniola

On Wednesday, March 18, President Bola Tinubu, along with his wife, Remi Tinubu, will be hosted by the British Monarch, King Charles III (77). The state visit will hold at Windsor Castle and not at Buckingham Palace.   Wikipedia informed us that Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about […]

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If or when Nigeria becomes a one-party state…, by Rotimi Fasan

If or when Nigeria becomes a one-party state, Nigerians should hold today’s opposition politicians and their civil society organisations enablers responsible. That is the concluding thought behind the title of this week’s talking point. That being said, Nigeria is not and does not look poised to become a one-party state as the opposition that continues to

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Nearly three years after a N24.2bn contract, MTN and FAAN to the rescue, by Okoh Aihe

There was the news the other day that MTN Nigeria is partnering the Lagos State Government to redevelop the Obalende under-bridge into a modern transport hub to be known as Y’ELLO Bus Park. Transformation would be the right word for a presently degraded environment to wear new colours and bring a new sheen to that part

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Northern Nigeria and the perfidy of politics, by Usman Sarki

“No longer anything but a decoration which is useful for nothing”—  Paul Cambon  The withering description of a once-revered political figure in France by the diplomat Paul Cambon, applies with equal or perhaps greater force, to the state of politics in Nigeria today. Even objects of decoration, no matter how worthless, may still retain some redeeming

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Army launches investigation into killing of Ogun labourer

The 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Alamala, Abeokuta on Tuesday, disclosed that it has launched investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a labourer, Oluwaseyi Adeoye, who was allegedly shot dead on Monday by a military operative during a demolition exercise at Ganic company, around Orile-Imo, along Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu expressway

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