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Ilé ò gbàá, ònà ò gbàá
“I did not mention it to you. The lady that was among the trio recently freed from the Kaduna train ...
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Are terrorists now our government?
Will there be elections next year? Across the 19 northern states, tell me, apart from certain parts of Kwara and ...
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Tobi Amusan, Ozuah and Buhari’sN1.14bn vehicles for Niger
To understand the profligacy, indiscretion and misplaced priority in the purchase of N1.14bn ($2.7m)-worth 10 luxury vehicles by the MuhammaduBuhari ...
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How Nigeria turbaned its terrorist Ada Alerus
At a time when Nigeria thought it had seen the zenith of pain and agony from its unhealed wound, with ...
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The controlled demolition of APC in Osun
The argument is simple and you can agree or disagree with it. Months before APC lu’le (failed) in Osun governorship ...
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Ariwoola and the curse of Onnoghen (III)
In its August 30, 1999 edition cover story “Crooks on the Bench”, then high-flying The News magazine eventually unveiled the ...
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Security of life and property: Foremost duty of government (3)
IN the previous articles on preservation of life and property, I narrated different measures adopted by man to safeguard life ...
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Security of life and property: Foremost duty of government (2)
LAST week, I started my examination of the time-honoured phenomenon known as human life and how over time man had ...
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![Rising insecurity: What Buhari Government, bandits 2023: The president Nigeria President Kaduna Brace up Nigerians Kyari, pigs Kyari, pigs Osinbajo’s homily Subsidy Capital punishment President’s prayer Blessing Okagbare borrowings Baba-Ahmed Debt VAT Ortom Media, government YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state... Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report... [ICYMI] Lekki Shootings: Why We Lied About Our Presence — General Taiwo The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the killings at Lekki Toll Gate, on Saturday resumed viewing of the 24hrs footage of the October 20, 2020 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by personnel of the Nigerian Army… ICYMI: How We Carried Out The 1993 Nigerian Airways Hijack —Ogunderu On Monday, October 25, 1993, in the heat of June 12 annulment agitations, four Nigerian youngsters, Richard Ajibola Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Razak-Lawal, did the unthinkable! They hijacked an Abuja-bound aircraft, the Nigerian Airways airbus A310, and diverted it to Niger Republic. How did they so it? Excerpts… ICYMI: What North Will Not Accept About 2023 Presidency —Prof Mahuta, UDU Don And Kebbi Dev Foundation Chairman Sahabi Danladi Mahuta, a community mobiliser and APC chieftain. Mahuta spoke to select journalists at the sidelines of an Islamic cYOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state... Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report... [ICYMI] Lekki Shootings: Why We Lied About Our Presence — General Taiwo The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the killings at Lekki Toll Gate, on Saturday resumed viewing of the 24hrs footage of the October 20, 2020 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by personnel of the Nigerian Army… ICYMI: How We Carried Out The 1993 Nigerian Airways Hijack —Ogunderu On Monday, October 25, 1993, in the heat of June 12 annulment agitations, four Nigerian youngsters, Richard Ajibola Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Razak-Lawal, did the unthinkable! They hijacked an Abuja-bound aircraft, the Nigerian Airways airbus A310, and diverted it to Niger Republic. How did they so it? Excerpts… ICYMI: What North Will Not Accept About 2023 Presidency —Prof Mahuta, UDU Don And Kebbi Dev Foundation Chairman Sahabi Danladi Mahuta, a community mobiliser and APC chieftain. Mahuta spoke to select journalists at the sidelines of an IslamicRestructuring country Agberos Dangote leaders Nigeria poverty times Nigeria President insecurity Nigeria unemployment Nigeria tragedy police WHO Nigerian Buhari Anti-corruption war presidential Kukah Dream COVID-19 President Buhari tribune workers Enugu-Okigwe times revolution borrowings Nigeria Labour 1967 Subsidy Nigerian Amotekun doctors youths loans prophet anti-corruption NDDC NLC Security Nigeria, employment, ondo, Farouq, sani Abacha, covid-19, of, workers, wealth creation, poverty alleviation, poor, poverty, Nigerian politicians, south africa, Xenophobic attacks, education, Buhari, RUGA, poverty, education, governors, Ngige, rich, will of God](https://tribuneonlineng.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/borderless-logo-150x150.jpg)
Rising insecurity: What Buhari should do before bowing out
Although President Muhammadu Buhari never fails to make it abundantly clear to Nigerians that he is overwhelmed by the burden ...
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![Rising insecurity: What Buhari Government, bandits 2023: The president Nigeria President Kaduna Brace up Nigerians Kyari, pigs Kyari, pigs Osinbajo’s homily Subsidy Capital punishment President’s prayer Blessing Okagbare borrowings Baba-Ahmed Debt VAT Ortom Media, government YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state... Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report... [ICYMI] Lekki Shootings: Why We Lied About Our Presence — General Taiwo The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the killings at Lekki Toll Gate, on Saturday resumed viewing of the 24hrs footage of the October 20, 2020 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by personnel of the Nigerian Army… ICYMI: How We Carried Out The 1993 Nigerian Airways Hijack —Ogunderu On Monday, October 25, 1993, in the heat of June 12 annulment agitations, four Nigerian youngsters, Richard Ajibola Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Razak-Lawal, did the unthinkable! They hijacked an Abuja-bound aircraft, the Nigerian Airways airbus A310, and diverted it to Niger Republic. How did they so it? Excerpts… ICYMI: What North Will Not Accept About 2023 Presidency —Prof Mahuta, UDU Don And Kebbi Dev Foundation Chairman Sahabi Danladi Mahuta, a community mobiliser and APC chieftain. Mahuta spoke to select journalists at the sidelines of an Islamic cYOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state... Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things you’ll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report... [ICYMI] Lekki Shootings: Why We Lied About Our Presence — General Taiwo The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the killings at Lekki Toll Gate, on Saturday resumed viewing of the 24hrs footage of the October 20, 2020 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by personnel of the Nigerian Army… ICYMI: How We Carried Out The 1993 Nigerian Airways Hijack —Ogunderu On Monday, October 25, 1993, in the heat of June 12 annulment agitations, four Nigerian youngsters, Richard Ajibola Ogunderu, Kabir Adenuga, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Razak-Lawal, did the unthinkable! They hijacked an Abuja-bound aircraft, the Nigerian Airways airbus A310, and diverted it to Niger Republic. How did they so it? Excerpts… ICYMI: What North Will Not Accept About 2023 Presidency —Prof Mahuta, UDU Don And Kebbi Dev Foundation Chairman Sahabi Danladi Mahuta, a community mobiliser and APC chieftain. Mahuta spoke to select journalists at the sidelines of an IslamicRestructuring country Agberos Dangote leaders Nigeria poverty times Nigeria President insecurity Nigeria unemployment Nigeria tragedy police WHO Nigerian Buhari Anti-corruption war presidential Kukah Dream COVID-19 President Buhari tribune workers Enugu-Okigwe times revolution borrowings Nigeria Labour 1967 Subsidy Nigerian Amotekun doctors youths loans prophet anti-corruption NDDC NLC Security Nigeria, employment, ondo, Farouq, sani Abacha, covid-19, of, workers, wealth creation, poverty alleviation, poor, poverty, Nigerian politicians, south africa, Xenophobic attacks, education, Buhari, RUGA, poverty, education, governors, Ngige, rich, will of God](https://tribuneonlineng.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/borderless-logo-150x150.jpg)
Government, bandits, media and the truth
There is a bond between the terrorist and the reporter. Globally, the reporter is viewed as the terrorist’s best friend ...
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Social Objectives
In Nigeria’s efforts to attain to these objectives, one of two paths are open to it: the capitalist or the ...
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Social Objectives
It is their duty to provide for those coming after them, in the light of their prevailing circumstances. In any ...
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Nigeria, where government toys with its aviation sector
To say Nigeria’s aviation sector is gradually collapsing like a pack of poorly arranged cards is not an understatement owing ...
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Nigeria’s aggrieved passengers and matters arising
IT’S no longer secret that all is not well with the country’s domestic airlines, no thanks to the myriad of ...
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When the character is not federal
Under and by virtue of section 2 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), ...
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A lifeline for judges
ABOUT a week ago, the National Industrial Court, sitting in Abuja, directed the federal government of Nigeria to increase the ...
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Why Peter Obi may become President in 2023 by default
FACTS I have uncovered from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show that Labour Party’s Peter Obi may become Nigeria’s ...
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Kuje prison attack shows Boko Haram-bandits merger
This week’s notes are from Atlanta because I am on summer vacation with my family until the end of the ...
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How society views women’s wealth
As days grew into weeks, the concern of whether she’s not going to marry started to live rent-free in Lola’s ...
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Women’s wealth and societal ethos
More than half of female billionaires inherited their wealth either by family ties or by divorce. (A research according to ...
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Women and the threat of burnout
More and more, women are making giant strides across the world and the COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed down the ...
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Is women’s presence in Nigerian governance and therefore gender equality on the increase?
Women are not hugely represented in the Nigerian Senate. Only 8 out of 109 seats are filled by women. Also, ...
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Court Decides Baba Ijesha’s Fate
Sample 1: “Princess maintained that allowing the law court decide what Baba Ijesha’s faith would be was the best decision.” ...
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Visiting the Site
Sample 1: “The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, had visited the sight on Thursday morning and expressed his disappointment about the ...
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INEC’s daylight disenfranchisement of Nigerians
The supposedly Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ended the registration of (new) voters despite the fact that there were ...
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How June 12 became Democracy Day
Last week as I re-arranged books and old newspapers in my library, I stumbled on a piece of historical evidence ...
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Time to end ASUU’s fraud
A caveat: this intervention is not about Nigeria’s university lecturers as individuals. As a product of the system, I am ...
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Tobi Amusan and the racist rabble
This week, the sensational sprinter and track queen, Tobi Amusan, won the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 100 metres ...
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Data is oxygen
A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength” —Proverbs 24:5 In the world of information technology, ...
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A falcon and a branch
Once upon a time, a king paid another king a visit. As a mark of appreciation for the visit and ...
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Keep your cool (I)
Like computers, everything in life runs according to the rules of its operating system. There isn’t any area of our ...
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Roadmap to prosperity
People become what they consistently hear. Most of what we teach to 3rd world people cannot be taught in 1st ...
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Edo partners American physicians on telemedicine, free medical outreach
The Edo State government has disclosed plans to launch telemedicine services across the 18 local government areas in partnership with ...
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Beyond Fayose: The future of Ekiti
I spent the better part of last Tuesday, October 16, focusing on developments in Ekiti State. It was the day ...
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Questions to ask before Choosing a Forex Trade Provider in Nigeria
Are you new to forex trading in Nigeria? Choosing a forex trade provider can be challenging. There is no one-size-fits-all ...
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Financial Resilience
Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. It is dependent on one’s ability to adapt and ...
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Obadiah Mailafia dies three months to 65th birthday
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, is dead. The celebrated economist, until his ...
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Why do states fail?
In this column, we have tried to meditate on the concept of state failure in relation to the Nigerian predicament ...
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FG cannot use our resources to pay bandits —Yinka Odumakin
The Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, succumbed to death recently. In this interview by ...
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Decoding ‘no fly zone’ over Zamfara
Editor’s Note: Reproduced here is the last article Comrade Yinka Odumakin submitted for his column, ‘Voice of Courage with Yinka ...
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You are born for a purpose (II)
Last time we began looking at the fact that each one of us is created for a purpose. “Thank you ...
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Getting it right in the second half
WE are in the second half of the year . . . how time flies. We have just six months ...
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Youths lament exclusion from Buhari’s ministerial list
YOUTHS under the aegis of Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA) on Tuesday, lamented their exclusion from President, ...
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“Soapy” dance: Prison care advocate slams Naira Marley
Prison care advocate and musician, Yinka Lawanson a.k.a Lamboginny has condemned Naira Marley’s new song and dance, ‘Soapy’ as it ...
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Naira Marley as template of a failed nation
I accept friend requests of people younger than I am after taking a trip to their walls on Facebook. If ...
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Forcing your child to become foreign
Whatever an average Nigerian copies he overblows it, he cries more than the bereaved and he is often more catholic ...
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Lagos completes 2022 hajj operation
THE Lagos State government, on Wednesday, completed the 2022 hajj operation with the arrival of the last batch of pilgrims ...
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UN scolds France over hijab ban
A United Nations (UN) committee has ruled that France violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from ...
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The accented sacrifice and other distractions
Globally, it is the stock in trade of administrations to find the right bones to throw at the mob to ...
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What You Should Know Before You Buy A Musical Instrument
Everyone loves good music with a matching instrument. Buying a musical instrument encapsulates a whole lot of stuff but most ...
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Re: Where is my Mummy?
Kemi, your case is very simple. All you need do is to send your mum’s details if you have any ...
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Re: I want to end it all!
Olufunso,I will advise you to approach the Pastoral team for a job and a house. Also, you can either file ...
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What is the implication of long abstinence from s*x?
Dear Yemisi, Please, what happens to a man without s*x over years? I equally want to know the remedy for ...
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Let’s crash this culture
A sister just left our parish and RCCG completely. She is a spiritual mother of sort. Her sudden absence at ...
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As I take a bow…
ON Thursday, June 6, I clocked 16 years of active service both as an insider and observer at the chambers ...
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Industrialist canvasses for low cost of building materials
THE need to facilitates a conducive environment where ease of doing business would be enhanced has been canvassed by industrialist, ...
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Wale Adebanwi on Mama HID (63)
WHILE her children and grandchildren were meeting in Efunyela Hall, someone suggested that H.I.D should go to Efunyela Hall to ...
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Dayo Abatan at 79
ON May 15, Chief Dayo Abatan will turn 79. Dayo is one of my very close friends. We are also ...
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Wale Adebanwi on Mama HID (62)
PUNCTUALITY, THE “DISEASE” OF THE conscientious, was still “tormenting” HID at 99. Almost nine decades of “setting forth at dawn” ...
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Kwame Nkrumah: 46 years after
ON this day, 46 years ago, the torch-bearer of African revolution, Kwame Nkrumah, died in Bucharest, Romania. He was said ...
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Wale Adebanwi on Mama HID (61)
WHILE all the adherents of the Awolowo were feuding, the dominant conservative coalition which had ruled Nigeria in one guise ...
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