Nigerian Army and the price of liberty – Yakubu Mohammed
NIGERIAN ARMY If you live near a Nigerian Army formation; you may probably have become used to the booming voice of the soldier at the sentry; with r...
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Anger of the Big Brother – Yakubu Mohammed
As if he was at his wit’s end, President Muhammadu Buhari, big brother to fellow African leaders, showed his anger in August. He unexpectedly closed his cou...
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Marriage made by social media – Yakubu Mohammed
It is difficult to know how our President feels about the alleged marriage arranged and almost contracted by the country’s ubiquitous social media. But it i...
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Governor Nasir El Rufai and his candour – Yakubu Mohammed
No matter how much you hate Governor Nasir El Rufai – and God knows there are many people out there who love to hate him with a passion – there are s...
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Blessing Stephen: Descent into dark abyss – Yakubu Mohammed
The case of a certain Blessing Stephen is a chilling one to begin with. Indeed, the cocktail of horror and bizarre stories being served daily by the media s...
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Police vs PSC: Matters arising – Yakubu Mohammed
Calling it a cold war may not be the best description of the disturbing altercation that has been going on in the last one month between the Police Service...
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Island of phantasmagoria – Yakubu Mohammed
Island of phantasmagoria You don’t necessarily have to be hit by high fever to be transported, as if in a trance, to the island of phantasmagoria whe...
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Karl Marx’s opium to the rescue – Yakubu Mohammed
In 1843 Karl Marx, a German philosopher, economists and historian, wrote what later became his celebrated dictum: “Religion is the opium of the people.”...
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AMCON’s VIP debtors – Yakubu Mohammed
AMCON Old Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet is right after all. He counsels his son, Laertes, who is about to embark on a trip to France. The old man says t...
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Bandits & herdsmen’s mystery – Yakubu Mohammed
The terms bandits and herdsmen – used casually, sometimes thoughtlessly but often interchangeably – have continued to pose a riddle of sorts. Like Russ...
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