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By SUNNY IKHIOYA The Orire school kidnapping ended on a happy note for the whole country, although a sad one for the family of the slaughtered maths teacher, Oyedokun. Overall, we give thanks; it could have been worse. For once, in a long time, the terrorists’ campaign ended in a total loss for them, with […]
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Nigeria should press ahead with finishing its national identity project, and fast. No modern state can govern, plan, or protect a population it cannot properly count. After nearly two decades of fits and starts, the country is finally within sight of getting this right. The numbers tell part of the story. More than 137 million […]
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Nigeria and the world are bleeding biodiversity at an alarming rate. Globally, the United Nations (UN) reports that 420 million hectares of forest, which is roughly the size of the European Union, have been lost since 1990, with mangroves vanishing even faster at 35 per cent of their original extent. In Nigeria, the Niger Delta’s mangrove […]
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Nigeria’s absence from the 2026 World Cup is not fate. It is the bill finally arriving for years of reckless housekeeping at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and those responsible must be made to pay for it. Our football history shows that Nigeria rarely loses to better teams. It loses to itself. Rabat, en route […]
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