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The Welfare Crisis Facing Nigeria’s Soldiers by Leadership Newspaper
Nigeria marks Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day today amid a troubling contradiction. While the nation honours soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice, those currently fighting on the front lines remain among the poorest-paid military personnel in Africa. The Defence Headquarters recently released impressive operational statistics: 4,375 suspects were arrested, 2,336 hostages were rescued, …
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Jimoh Ibrahim, in broad daylight by Sonala Olumhense
Jimoh Ibrahim I have spent time on the Third Floor of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where the press corps works. It is not a gentle place. The journalists there are seasoned professionals drawn from every region of the world: people who have reported wars, corruption scandals, and the fall of governments. They …
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Not Our War! by Wole Olaoye
Africa does not have a dog in the fight going on in the Middle East. “Operation Epic Fury” is a war between a tag team of a lion and a polar bear on the one hand and a honey badger and its army of unseen Tasmanian devils on the other. What we have learnt so …
South via West to North
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? Airplane No, that’s fly over country and don’t get to see the country. Train, bus public transportation and no control and limiting to particular routes. Bike not an option. Car equal freedom of movement and flexibility of routes and get to meet the …
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