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In the theater of Nigerian politics, words are rarely just tools for communication; they are weapons of mass distraction, instruments of alignment, and structural shields. Few contemporary figures understand this dynamic better than Senator Adams Oshiomhole. From his days as a fiery labor leader to his tenure as Edo State Governor, APC National Chairman, and …
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There is a persistent Nigerian belief that whenever government owns something, every Nigerian automatically becomes a director, auditor, procurement officer and forensic accountant of that thing. This belief is currently being tested by the lawsuit filed by SERAP seeking to compel the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion reportedly …
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Fatmata Bio, Bob Crow, and Frank Dobson What do Fatmata Bio, Bob Crow, and Frank Dobson have in common? On the surface, very little. The late Bob Crow was a firebrand white British trade union leader. Frank Dobson was a heavyweight white British Labour politician and former Health Secretary. Fatmata Bio is a Black woman, …
There was a time when buying a car meant owning a machine. You received keys, a logbook, and the freedom to fix it with a hammer, a spanner and questionable confidence. Today, buying a modern hypercar increasingly resembles acquiring a long-term software licence with leather seats. That reality exploded into public view with the ongoing …
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