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The Arbiter: Re-readers’ comments

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By Hassan Gimba From time to time, we give our readers a chance to make their voices heard through their input. Well, it has been quite a while since we did that. We will start a serialisation of such inputs beginning with this. Why should Nigeria not break up? (March 31, 2024) You expressed
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Of Stupidity, Show Of Shame And Shenanigans 2.

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By Prof Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr It has been a full week of listening to Politricktians struggling to defend the indefensible. I have watched some struggle to present purely self-seeking and egocentric predilections and decisions as altruistic and popular. The usual lie told when politicians decamp from one Party to another was rife in the […]
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Lessons for Nigeria in Real Madrid’s impunity

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By Tunde Odesola I’ll beat about the bush because a hunter beats about the bush for reasons, which include awakening the bush, calling attention to his presence, or coordinating an attack. By name, I’m a hunter; by profession, I’m a newshound – two synonyms for go-getter. If you’re a wine connoisseur, do you mind coming […]
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Atiku, Not Tinubu, Is the Wrecking Ball

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By Azu IshiekweneThere’s a concern that Nigeria could soon become a one-party state, not by law, like in China, but through subterfuge – or in legal terms, de facto – similar to Cameroon, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, or even Rwanda, where the ruling parties are inflicting a slow, painful death on the opposition.Those who express this […]
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Open Letter To Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

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By Agbonson Adesuwa Esq My Dear Colleague, This letter is borne out of my indulgence for national consciousness and undeservingly directed to you with the cravings of an enfant terrible. Regardless, I believe you are effectively utilising the period of your suspension to study the Senate Standing Orders, public decorum and ethical integrity so that […]
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APC Will Impregnate More Stray Brides

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“Soon and very soon, APC will impregnate more stray brides, enlarge its harem and the rest will be history repeating itself all over again, if you get my drift.” By Funke Egbemode The woman advertised, the man bought. Willing buyer, willing seller principle is at play in Nigeria. Look. If you push the bosom of a full-breasted woman […]