Op-Ed

2022 REUNION: Command Day Jos Old Students Celebrate

The Prestigious Command Day Secondary School, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba, Jos, Plateau state (formerly Rukuba Military Cantonment) Old students association, Lagos state chapter is set to celebrate the 2022 reunion in grand style as they honour old teachers, students and distinguished personalities in various walks of life at the weekend.

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SEC Restates Commitment To Proper Regulation

  The Securities and Exchange Commission has again stated that it is committed to sound and proper regulation that would engender growth and development in the capital market. Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Lamido Yuguda stated this at a meeting with market stakeholders organised by the Debt Management Office in Lagos, Thursday. Yuguda assured stakeholders that …

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FG’s Twitter Ban: Another View

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I first heard about Twitter during my Final Year at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 2011. I neither knew how it worked nor how to even be a part at the time. I only knew of Facebook which I rarely used since Twitter users made themselves appear like an elitist, members-only club. I won’t open a Twitter account until …

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Know Your New Chief Of Army Staff, Maj Gen Yahaya

The appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday became necessary following the unfortunate death of the former COAS, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru in the Nigerian Airforce plane crash last week in Kaduna.

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Nigerian Police Brutality: Why Many Victims May Not Get Justice

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By Princess Ekwi Ajide On 26th October, 2020 when 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), constituted judicial investigative panels of enquiry to look into allegations of police excesses in Nigeria, occasioned by the #EndSARS campaign, many felt respite was coming at last but that seems to be far from the truth as Nigerians tend to forget too soon. …

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Road from Kigali to Mogadishu

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Nigeria has been described in many ways in bad lights which to some extent is the true reality on ground, successive regime is worse than the previous, system decay, widespread corruption now, banditry, kidnapping, wanton killings, Boko Haram, insurgency and ethnic agitation is the order of the day. Now, there is a government which body language is aloofness and self …

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Authority Stealing

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By Kayode Akinrimisi II   Authority stealing, authority stealing a song popularised by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the root cause of the #ENDSARS project rocking Nigeria at the moment. It is a situation where education sub sector is taking N40bn in the national budget and National Assembly is taking N120bn, this is not tenable. Some analysts will say Nigeria actually …

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