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By Oby Christie Ndukwe The 2019 Governorship election in Rivers State was a peculiar one. APC lost its place on the ballot due to an internal crisis fuelled by external interlopers. Within 2 days, it adopted another party, AAC with a…
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The Nigerian mainstream news media and the blogosphere were awash with the comments credited to Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (hereafter called "the EFCC"), illegally giving Bankers in…
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THE ALTERNATIVE With Reno Omokri Last week, a video surfaced in which a repentant herdsman, of Fulani origin, alleged that he and other bandits were given AK-47s by the present administration so that they could kill Nigerian…
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Islamic cleric and a top negotiator with bandits have revealed that bandits believe they are being sent to be killed by Christian soldiers and hence, positioning bandits and other criminal elements as agitators. This is dangerous even…
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Over the last week, millions of Nigerians have expressed concern about which direction I am going politically, and much has been said. Some have gone out of their way to reach out to me and offered their counsel out of genuine love and…
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Photostory: Sheikh Abubakar Gumi meets suspected kidnappers of Kagara students in Tagina Forest, Niger State. For an Islamic cleric, his ability to track bandits and negotiate with them will make FBI salute, except there's more than…
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The Black Man and His Money: The Cause of Poverty Do you know why poverty keeps increasing in Nigeria? The Value of Money!!! I had written to a UK based NGO recently and they were pleased with my project unfortunately, they could not…
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Dear Kadaria Ahmed, I am confounded at the manner in which you pointed your pen at your partners, indeed, that is, if you are a journalist in the first place. Your article, "My message to the Nigerian media" is a disgrace to the…
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It is common for people to Stand as Guarantors for Loans and also for Employees in a Company. It is also rife to see that there are cases where those loans are unpaid and the Employees engage in Stealing and the Guarantors are arrested…
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The Nigerian Police is a security organisation that has the constitutional responsibility of ensuring internal security in the country. The Army is embedded by law to ensure that Nigeria's territory is not encroached by any country.…
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