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Opinion: Al-Mustapha’s release – The conspiracy theorists insult our intelligence

by Abubakar Sa'ad Bakori Contrary to these funny theories linking Al-Mustapha’s freedom to President Jonathan’s 2015 ambition, the Major got his freedom through a painstaking legal battle, lasting for 15…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Al-Mustapha – The colour of justice

by Olusegun Adeniyi “The Don often quoted the saying, ‘Rather a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be punished,’ then added, ‘What a beautiful country.’” The foregoing…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Egypt’s coup and the danger it portends for Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi “Like most human follies, military coups sound good at the time; and always fail. They sound good because what they replace is usually bad: riotous civilian leaders,…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: The recent craze for Dubai weddings

by Olusegun Adeniyi  But no society can develop when you have, as Nigeria evidently does, a preponderance of people with such warped values in critical positions in both the private…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Akwa Ibom and its much touted ‘uncommon transformation’

by Olusegun Adeniyi  But whenever I finally do visit and can spend some days, I will not only look at what the governor has done, I will also try to…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Politics of insecurity – The vindication of Vincent Azie

by Olusegun Adeniyi Because the report was so thorough and comprehensive, the  Federal Government resorted to technicalities to rubbish Azie who was unceremoniously eased out of the system. On February…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Boston bombing – 8 critical lessons for Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi The ultimate lesson is that whenever some citizens nurse morbid grievances, the state should be able to confront such challenge by using the instrumentality of the law.…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Sometimes the ‘devil’s alternative’ is the best alternative

by Olusegun Adeniyi The bottom-line in all these is that granting amnesty to Boko Haram, if that is the option eventually recommended, should not be construed as a sign of…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Message from Kenyan chimpanzees

by Olusegun Adeniyi President Jonathan must also lead on the issue. And he can only do that if he sees himself as the President of Nigeria, and not that of…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Nigeria, 2013 and the lottery of life

by Olusegun Adeniyi If a society is not compassionate, it is futile to expect the government to be. Profound wisdom can be found in the most unusual places and it…

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Olusegun Adeniyi ‘kills’ it today! “The President and his social media friends”

“Your Excellency, I scan the Nigerian media everyday and I also do same for American and British media and I am aware our media is not as cynical and contemptuous…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Megawatts of controversy

“I understand that Prof. Barth Nnaji is going to man the power sector. He is a man for whom I have tremendous respect (and he comes with impeccable credentials for…

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Live in Lagos: ‘War By Other Means’ reading at Terra Kulture tonight

by Isi Esene There will be a reading of the book War By Other Means authored by Idiare Atimomo and published by AuthorHouse Publishers at the Freedom Hall, Terra Kulture,…

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#InCaseYouMissedIt “Stop making Jonathan a tribal president” – Segun Adeniyi in Thisday yesterday

Culled from ThisDay Live What was my sin? I had joined the Mrs Turai Yar'Adua 'cabal' that was preventing his Ijaw-kinsman from becoming the president of Nigeria!   At the height…

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