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Needless NOUN law graduate controversy

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By Zainab Suleiman Okino Ordinarily, doctrinal issues of religion concerning confession and testimony are private spiritual affairs of parties involved, but when a publicly funded educational institution is dragged into such a matter, it becomes germane to interrogate the issue.  Penultimate week, the social media went wild over an incident that occurred at Dunamis
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AMAZING NIGERIA, AMAZING DANGOTE

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By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta Whenever Nigerians discuss their country, they express extreme views – gloomy now, gloomy future; energetic show of happiness and grand hope for a bright and prosperous future.  This conflicting and contrasting attitude makes Nigeria an amazing country, with amazing people.  Life is hardly dull in Nigeria.   When economic,
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Our parlous health system and the Yobe example

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By Hassan Gimba In my last two write-ups, I narrated my sojourn to Saudi Arabia, where I ended up at the Makkah Saudi-German Hospital in search of Medicare. After extolling the virtues and efficiency of the Saudi model, I asked the pertinent question: Why can’t we replicate the model? I went as far as requesting state
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Is the judiciary complicit as charged?

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By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Charges that the judiciary is complicit in the executive rascality that has seized this country since the Fourth Republic began in 1999 never cease to rear its ugly head. The charges are not from aggrieved politicians alone but also from the top echelon of the Bar. Retired judges have […]
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Bello and Enenche: A tale of two lions

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By Tunde Odesola If charisma was a commodity, Pope John Paul II would have been the producer of its purest form. It wasn’t for nothing that the Pope survived an assassination attempt in 1981 and forgave his assailant, Mehmet Ali Agca, an escaped Turkish prisoner. In his time, Pope John Paul II was the global […]