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Osun 2026: Litmus test for INEC, others
The political atmosphere in Osun State is increasingly becoming combustible, six days to the governorship poll. Fears of possible…
NYSC reform: Matters arising
The 53-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is mutating from a para-military scheme into a wholly civilian set up going by…
‘Fake’ DG saga: Unraveling the puzzles
The whole fuss about the allegedly factitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and Presidential…
Mystery death in Umahi’s house: Let truth be established
The death of 26-year-old nurse, Mary Habila, in her prime and in mysterious circumstances is both tragic and mind-numbing. That…
Soldiers’ new pay as a metaphor
It is very amusing to listen to the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, literally gloating as he pontificated about a new…
Anti-terror toll-free line: Matters arising
The military authorities have struck the right chord in its long-drawn war against terror by dedicating a toll-free line, 193, for…
Marketers and one-sided petrol pricing trajectory
One of the enduring frustrations of Nigerians is the seemingly one-sided trajectory of petrol prices. Whenever international crude…
General Rabe’s fate: The more you look …
The tragic fate that befell Major-Gen. Rabe Abubakar (rtd), a former Director of Defence Information, is to say the least,…
Xenophobia: Retaliation against S’Africa in order
At last, the first batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa landed last Thursday. They were part of the 1,000 Nigerians who…
Oyo schoolchildren’s fate: Their excellencies’ loud silence
The insouciance or seeming indifference of the South West governors and other political leaders as well as traditional rulers to…