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Olumode Samuel Adeyemi. Photo: Ministry of Interior A grand motorcade escorting the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Olumode Adeyemi, through his home state of Kogi has ignited widespread online debate over resource allocation in emergency services. Video footage circulating on social media on Monday shows a convoy of FFS-red emergency vehicles, including Toyota pickups, …

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The most difficult subject in War School was Iran, you know why? No one, even my Professors who were former intelligence operatives couldn’t tell Irans military strategy. Militarily, Iran did what no country has done. The decentralization of it Forces, a well organized a formidable units with its own brain around defense. You can embed …

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Nasir El-Rufai and Abubakar Malami are suddenly the objects of public pity in some corners of Nigeria’s political commentariat. Yes, my default ideological temperament is to empathize with and fight for the underdog. But El-Rufai and Malami are no underdogs. They are merely (temporarily) subdued top dogs whose canine viciousness is only momentarily at bay …

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FILE PHOTO: Cranes and containers seen at APM Terminals at the gateway port in Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria July 30, 2019. Picture taken July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo Nigeria is committing nearly $1 billion to overhaul its busiest seaports, betting that modern infrastructure and faster cargo clearance can reverse years of costly inefficiencies that have …

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