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By JUSTICE FALOYE In the interest of cultural harmony and enlightenment, ASHE Foundation deems it necessary to answer questions raised by Ochereome Nnanna’s article, ‘Southern Rulers Council by who, for who? Though Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi responded that the Southern Nigeria Rulers Council is optional, it is necessary to answer some pertinent questions to […]

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* As Afreximbank steps up with South Africa’s full membership By KEHINDE OLAOSEBIKAN There has been growing buzz over the past few weeks after Afreximbank cut ties with Fitch Ratings. Rather than relapse into emotions or unhelpful speculations to drive responses, it is both advisable and expedient to first look at the facts on the ground. […]

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By YUSHAU SHUAIB Disu has saved many lives, especially those of youths and young graduates who could have found themselves either as victims or engaged in fraud and other criminal activities.” Those words were not written today. They are a direct quote from my August 2021 article, “Abba Kyari: The Celebrated Super Cop and the Unsung Heroes.” […]

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By MOHAMMED DAHIRU  A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has given the opposition a voice at a time when it seemed muted. But his gradual descent from interrogating policies to attacking personalities risks diminishing that role. In a recent interview with DCL Hausa, El-Rufai accused the NSA Nuhu Ribadu of allegedly directing security operatives to […]

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By BANJI OJEWALE In the distant past, you wouldn’t talk about Chinua Achebe without instant reference to his mountaintop novel, _Things Fall Apart._ He was inseparable from this literary creature that outstripped its creator. But Achebe was lucky: he was spared the tragedy of bringing forth a monster that would fatally prey on its Frankenstein god. Achebe’s […]

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 By Ovie Edomi, PhD Nigeria’s 14th indigenous Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dr. Wale Adeniyi, who is also the Chairman of the World Customs Organisation, is one man who has seen it all with respect to how the Customs operate seaminglessly in highly developed countries. In Nigeria, Frank Onyeka, the Comptroller of Tin […]

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