Month: August 2022

The ‘Satanic Verses’ Of Sam Omatseye

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By Tony Okoroji Between 1988 and 1989, one of the most momentous events in the history of literature, took place. The publication in the United Kingdom of “Satanic Verses”, a novel by the Indian born British author, Salman Rushdie, almost set the world on fire. A significant number of Muslims across the world had accused Salman Rushdie of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in his book. This set off a chain of reactions and demonstrations leading to Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issuing a worldwide fatwa for the killing of Rushdie anywhere…

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SAM OMATSEYE: MUCH ADO ABOUT A BEGGAR AT THE GOLDEN GATE

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By Chief Chuka Odom There is an adage in Igboland, which loosely translated, says if you send a slave on a demeaning errand, he has no choice than to deliver same as a slave, since in Igboland slaves don’t speak in proverbs. However, if you send a freeman on a demeaning errand, he has a choice to deliver same as he deems fit without losing his self-esteem or for other considerations deliver the message like a slave, which is considered in our culture a great tragedy to befall a man-…

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2023 Polls; Obi/Baba-Ahmed Best To Support

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By Babangida Kakaki  As the 2023 elections gather momentum,  all presidential candidates ought to be assessed on their performance records whether they can be supported or not. The ruling party, APC has fielded Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the so-called Muslim-Muslim ticket that is still generating mixed reactions from across the country. For PDP, it is Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and his running mate Gov. Okowa of Delta State. The NNPP, a seemingly new party has former Governor of Kano state, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, and his running mate Pastor…

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Lagos top PDP stalwart, Gbadamosi declares support for Peter Obi

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By Mandy Park Strong stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP )in Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi, popularly called BOG, on Friday, defected to the Labour Party (LP), declaring support for its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Gbadamosi, a former governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party and a former Lagos East Senatorial Candidate of the PDP, made his intention public in a statement in Lagos..Part of the statement reads “I had completely lost hope, especially in the youths of Nigeria, considering how the senatorial bye-elections panned out, after…

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Kizz Daniel summoned by Police for taking law into his hands

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Kizz Daniel allegedly seized a dry cleaning outfit’s bus and the owner of the business subsequently reported the ‘Buga’ crooner to the police By Kehinde Okeowo Ace Nigerian singer and songwriter, Daniel Anidugbe, better known as Kizz Daniel has been invited by the Lagos State Police Command for questioning. Kizz Daniel is expected to be quizzed by the police over an allegation that he took the law into his hands by seizing a bus belonging to a laundry company. The artiste is believed to have taken such drastic action because…

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Charly Boy Explains How Peter Obi Is Indeed ” Obituary”

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Popular Nigerian activist for governance and musician, Charles Oputa better known as Charly Boy has berated controversial Nigerian Journalist, Sam Omatseye over his sensational writeup about Peter Obi.Sam Omatseye was intently tongue-lashed by Nigerians over his sensational article in which he nicknamed Peter Obi “Obituary” and described his supporters as members of proscribed secessionist group in the country, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In his reaction to Sam Omatseye distasteful article about Peter Obi and his supporters, Charly Boy through his Twitter handle, questioned the sanity of the controversial…

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2023: Tinubu’ll only become President if… — Femi Aribisala

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Renowned social critic and Nigerian International Affairs expert Femi Aribisala has said that, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will only win if APC rigged the election massively for him. The veteran international affairs scholar stated this via his official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Aribisala said, no political party with disastrous track record like the ruling APC in its 7 years of maladministration, has ever been re-elected in a free and fair Democratic poll. “In the history…

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Lagos accounts for 33% drug abuse in Nigeria — Marwa

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…Marwa commended the efforts of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos in assisting the agency on war against drug abuse. Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) on Thursday said Lagos accounts for 33 per cent of drug abuse cases in the country. Marwa disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu-Toyi 1, in Lagos He said, “I think it is very important that drug abuse in Nigeria is stopped by all stakeholders. “I implore his Royal Majesty, Akran of Badagry, to…

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Don’t gag media, Sanwo-Olu tells politicians, others

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…As NGE urges journalists to uphold ethics, ensure quality content Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the media, saying press freedom remains important in a democracy. He made the appeal, yesterday, at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and digitalisation: the imperative of good corporate governance” at Ikeja, Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu, who was Special Guest of Honour, said ensuring good corporate governance and self-regulation of the digital space would completely eradicate false and fake news.…

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2023: Atiku, Wike meet, pledge  to resolve PDP crisis in 7 days

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For the first time after the presidential primaries and selection of running mate which resulted in a crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, met, yesterday, to hammer out solutions to the logjam. Atiku and Wike are the two arrow heads in the crisis.   The duo, Vanguard gathered, held their long awaited, face-to-face meeting behind closed doors at the private residence of Professor Jerry Gana, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, and pledged to…

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