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THE MERRY FROLIC OF VOTE BUYING: HOW GAA TRADES GOVERNANCE FOR CASH
By Abdullateef Ishowo What is unfolding in Kwara today is increasingly difficult to describe as governance. It is a…
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Beyond Donations and Handshakes: AbdulRazaq’s Cultural Responsibility to Ilorin Emirate
By Abdulyekeen, Mohd Bashir. The absence of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq from the centenary celebration of Az-Zumratul Adabiyyatul Kamaliyyah, the…
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Reformers and Educational Modernisation: Reflections on the Legacy of Sheikh Kamaludeen Al-Adabiy
By Hassan A. Saliu Reformers emerge only occasionally in history. They operate within specific sectors of the political economy, and…
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Abdulrazaq’s N50,000 Gift to Corps Members: The Politics and the Missed Opportunity
By Adeniyi Ìṣhọlá The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, last Friday, announced a donation of N50,000 support grant to each…
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SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BENIN AND OPOBO
BY ERIC TENIOLA Opobo Kingdom in Rivers State now has a new King. He is King Charles Douglas MacPepple Jaja,…
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Two Suns in One Sky: The Ronaldo-Messi Phenomenon and Its Lessons for the Young
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 Ladies and gentlemen, gather around the campfire of our collective obsession, for I…
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OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU
My dear brother, Welcome home. Today, as Nigeria marks the anniversary of her independence, we are reminded that the…
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141 Days in Captivity: How Mohammed Baba Salihu Escaped Two Bandit Camps, Survived Nine Days in the Bush
By Omowumi Omotosho For 141 days, Mohammed Baba Salihu’s life was reduced to a struggle for survival. Abducted from Tsaragi…
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The Scalpel and the Pen: A Review of Dr. Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri’s “Essays through the Lenses of Life Experience”
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 In the grand theatre of Nigerian letters, a new voice emerges, not from the…
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Healthcare delivery system in Nigeria: Why I hate what I hate!
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 Let us speak of the Nigerian hospital, that monument to our collective, shimmering incompetence.…
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