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Saving DSO from needless controversies, by Okoh Aihe

Writing about the fresh aspirations of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) and FreeTV being prepped for launch on June 17, 2026, we declared our support for the regulator in choosing the satellite option but warned that the process needs to be more transparent and inclusive. Before the afternoon of the very […]

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Take the war to terrorists, their sympathisers and sponsors, by Rotimi Fasan
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Take the war to terrorists, their sympathisers and sponsors, by Rotimi Fasan

In the latest footage released by the Ansaru faction of the Boko Haram terrorists that kidnapped 46 Nigerians in two communities in Ogbomoso Local Government Area of Oyo State, nearly all of them being schoolchildren and their teachers, one of the terrorists can be seen pointing the barrel of his weapon in the face of Mrs. […]

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Jonathan as Tinubu’s toughest challenger, by Dele Sobowale
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Jonathan as Tinubu’s toughest challenger, by Dele Sobowale

‘2027: Jonathan Weighs ADC Option Amid Comeback Reports’ – News Report, October 5, 2025. “All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735. Former President Jonathan is the toughest opponent President Tinubu can face in 2027. The other leading contenders have serious problems deciding who will be presidential or […]

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Ratifying ‘monkey-counting’ party primaries? By Tonnie Iredia
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Ratifying ‘monkey-counting’ party primaries? By Tonnie Iredia

During the military government led by President Ibrahim Babangida, one citizen, Professor Jerry Gana stood out eloquently while canvassing the expedience of value re-orientation of every Nigerian. We all remember Gana’s sermon: If you are a cleaner, you clean well; if you are a teacher, you teach well etc urging everyone to be diligent in […]

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Again, South-West waits for terrorists to strike, by Rotimi Fasan
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Again, South-West waits for terrorists to strike, by Rotimi Fasan

When Nigerians celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha next Friday, it will be exactly two weeks since the terrorists, now identified as a faction of Boko Haram, ended the peace of two communities in Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota, both in Oriire LGA in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. There these terror artists abducted about fifty Nigerians, mostly school pupils, […]

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Telecoms, an industry in search of a modern policy, by Okoh Aihe

The gathering of stakeholders last week in Lagos to look at policy support for the telecommunications industry, suddenly communicated the painful reality that Nigeria has continued to operate the sector with a document of over two and a half decades, whose relevance has since been overwhelmed by the multiplicity of technological developments and nuanced growth in […]

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Africa Day 2026: Nigeria has obligations to Africans, by Owei Lakemfa
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Africa Day 2026: Nigeria has obligations to Africans, by Owei Lakemfa

Six days after the October 1, 1960 independence of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa stood before the United Nations, UN. The historical mission of Nigeria he said,  is to develop  Africa, the continent which gave birth to humanity and modern civilization.  The date was October 7, 1960 in the hallowed chambers of the […]

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Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu (II)
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Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu (II)

By Suleiman A. Suleiman In the first instalment of this series last week, I made three points. First, I argued, against the grain, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent creation of a parallel Special Adviser on “Homeland Security” is not an administrative or operational adjustment. It is, I said, a purely political move that signals […]

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