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The Battle For Land Rights and Agony of Displaced Lagos Residents
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow He squats with his family on a parcel of land where the house in which he once lived was built. Overlooking his new makeshift structure, some metres away, are high rise buildings that are still under construction in what used to be Badia […] More
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Uganda: The Land of Big Titles
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow It was one of those moments when one eagerly looked forward to arriving home to have some rest. Home in this instance was Sir Jose Hotel, off Gaba Road, in the outskirt of Kampala, Uganda. For nearly four hours, I and five other […] More
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Lagos’ Blind Street Lights
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Despite huge budgetary provisions for its maintenance and sustenance, the Lagos Light Up Project is plagued by poor service delivery Time was 6.35pm, October 19, 2017, at Ojodu-Berger pedestrian bridge, one of the projects of the Akinwunmi Ambode administration in Lagos […] More
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in EducationFor the Love of St Patrick’s
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In the last twenty-seven years since graduating from St Patrick’s Secondary School, Emene, now St Patrick’s College, Emene, I had, prior to this moment, visited the school two times. The first was in 1998 when I came to collect my certificate on my […] More
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For The Love Of Motherland
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In the past couple of decades, Africa has lost many of its brightest talents to Europe and America. Many of its sons and daughters who moved abroad either to study or work, ended up staying back in the foreign countries. In opting […] More
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Climate Change And The Need For Policy Change In Lagos
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The impact of the flooding was huge and devastating and after an assessment of the affected areas Babatunde Adejare, Lagos State commissioner for the environment, aside showing his disappointment, made a commitment that things would change. This would happen through concerted efforts by […] More
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Diezani, EFCC And The Fear Of Arraignment
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow It remains one of the biggest corruption cases in Nigeria’s history. Even with the mind boggling corruption tales that have, for decades, been associated with many Nigerian public officials, the one allegedly involving Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister in Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, stands […] More
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Shakespeare Quits Leicester
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow With just eight matches played in the premier league, Leicester City, 2015 champions, have, for the second time in the last eight months, sacked its manager. Craig Shakespeare, who succeeded Claudio Ranieri after he was relieved of his duties in February for poor […] More
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South Africa In Trouble As FIFA Cancels World Cup Match
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow South Africa In Trouble As FIFA Cancels World Cup Match Just a day after suffering a humiliating home defeat against Cape Verde in a World Cup qualifying match, FIFA compounded South Africa’s misery when it cancelled an earlier match in November last year […] More
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Eagles Arrive Cameroon, Optimistic of Victory
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Super Eagles arrived Cameroon this afternoon after a 55 minute flight from Uyo. They are billed to play the second of their two leg World Cup fixture against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon tomorrow. The first leg ended 4-0 in favour of […] More
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Ibrahimovic Signs New United Contract
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ibrahimovic Signs New United Contract Manchester United have added more verve to their attacking force by re-signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Swedish striker. Aged 35, the tall, menacing pointsman, was United’s star player last season with 28 goals in all competitions before injury cut […] More
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Buhari Lands In Abuja
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Buhari Lands In Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, this afternoon, arrived Abuja from London where he had been on medical leave since May 7. The Nigerian Airforce plane conveying the President arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 4.35. On hand to welcome […] More