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An ultimatum telling Nigeria’s Igbo minority in the north of the country to flee their homes is of “grave concern”, a group of United Nations human rights experts* has warned.The experts also deplored a hate song and audio message being circulated on the internet and on social media. The Hausa-language audio message urges northern Nigerians …
Editorial When the Panama Papers leaked, the Nigerian senate president, his wife were named as using illegally the facilities of Panama money laundering scheme. A country as corrupt as Nigeria, Pakistan is doing something about it. Yet our senate president is sitting sweet in Nigeria and in position. Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister …
Editorial After the Nigerian civil war official records showed not a single solider died as all salaries were signed for. Now no government high office holder has been jailed for corruption as there is no probable and proven evidence of corruption. Yet governments funds are gone and project unaccounted for. Nigeria is a land of …
There are many ways to evaluate the Trump presidency at the six-month mark. What I am struck by is the path not taken, the lost opportunity. During the campaign, it was clear that Donald Trump had many flaws, but he tapped into a real set of problems facing the United States and a deep frustration …
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It was either a function of generosity or that of miraculous upsurge or even both that he survived in office beyond June 22, 2017. Not many people had expected it. To say that he ruffled a few feathers on that day is to be tacit with words. In fact, to many people, Professor Usman Yusuf, …
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