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Amotekun: Chipping away at the granite of unreason – Dan Agbese

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|Date: January 17, 2020
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Amotekun: Chipping away at the granite of unreason – Dan Agbese

It would have been a huge surprise if the launch of the South-West security outfit; Amoteku ...

It would have been a huge surprise if the launch of the South-West security outfit; Amotekun, had failed to generate a swirling dust of blinding controversy. The attorney-general of the ...

January 17, 2020
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Nigeria: Why are we like this? – Dan Agbese

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|Date: January 10, 2020
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Nigeria: Why are we like this? – Dan Agbese

Nigeria My friend, Henry, was a Cameroonian. We were classmates at the ...

Nigeria My friend, Henry, was a Cameroonian. We were classmates at the University of Lagos eons ago. He was a voluble man. But each time something surprised or shock ...

January 10, 2020
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Oga at the top syndrome: The obverse side of pleasing the master – Dan Agbese

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|Date: January 03, 2020
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Oga at the top syndrome: The obverse side of pleasing the master – Dan Agbese

It is in nature of human societies for minions to feel morally bound to please the oga at t ...

It is in nature of human societies for minions to feel morally bound to please the oga at the top. This is called loyalty. It obliges the minions to hunt for the enemies of the oga at th ...

January 03, 2020
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Power: The conqueror of presidents – Dan Agbese

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|Date: December 27, 2019
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Power: The conqueror of presidents – Dan Agbese

POWER Mr. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, was recently quoted as s ...

POWER Mr. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, was recently quoted as saying that only a magician could fix the power problem in the country. He probably meant it as ...

December 27, 2019
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Democracy and the kia-kia mentality – Dan Agbese

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|Date: December 20, 2019
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Democracy and the kia-kia mentality – Dan Agbese

President Buhari said at his 77th birthday reception given him by his aides that; “this sys ...

President Buhari said at his 77th birthday reception given him by his aides that; “this system (democracy) which is supposed to be more accountable, is too slow for my liking.” I thought ...

December 20, 2019
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Buhari: Legacy of a good electoral system should matter to the President – Dan Agbese

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: December 06, 2019
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Buhari: Legacy of a good electoral system should matter to the President – Dan Agbese

In his reaction to the howl of painful protests over the war that passed for the con ...

In his reaction to the howl of painful protests over the war that passed for the conduct of the Kogi governorship election on November 16; President Muhammadu Buhari told those wh ...

December 06, 2019
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Godfathers: The untouchables – Dan Agbese

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|Date: November 29, 2019
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Godfathers: The untouchables – Dan Agbese

Godfathers Out of so many, at least one woman’s political murder pricks the c ...

Godfathers Out of so many, at least one woman’s political murder pricks the conscience of the Nigerian state. By the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari; the killers of Mr ...

November 29, 2019
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Chief Alex Akinyele: The guru takes a bow – Dan Agbese

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|Date: November 22, 2019
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Chief Alex Akinyele: The guru takes a bow – Dan Agbese

I first met Chief Alex Akinyele sometime in 1984 when we were shopping for investors in our ...

I first met Chief Alex Akinyele sometime in 1984 when we were shopping for investors in our admittedly ambitious news media project; publishing a weekly newsmagazine, Newswatch. Our ambi ...

November 22, 2019
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The curse of paradox – Dan Agbese

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|Date: November 15, 2019
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The curse of paradox – Dan Agbese

Nigeria is swaddled in a fine, if painful, paradox. We are an independent nation with 59 ye ...

Nigeria is swaddled in a fine, if painful, paradox. We are an independent nation with 59 years of post-colonial experience of minding our own business under our belt. But truth be told, ...

November 15, 2019
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Evil spirits in Govt House? We need the devil – Dan Agbese

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: November 08, 2019
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Evil spirits in Govt House? We need the devil – Dan Agbese

In case you missed the story, here it is. The secretary to the Anambra State governm ...

In case you missed the story, here it is. The secretary to the Anambra State government, Professor Solo Chukwubelu, insinuated the Devil is afoot when he publicly admitted late la ...

November 08, 2019
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