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British Media: Friend or Foe?

May 2012 Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u
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One of the key aims of the media is to inform and educate the people. But in recent years there has been a debate on whether the media is fulfilling its role as the fourth estate of the realm. Critics of the media such as Noam Chomsky, Robert W McChesney, John Pilger and other experts have pointed on the role the media has been playing not in promoting good causes, but by serving as th...

 

What happens if Nigeria runs out of oil?

May 2012 Sabella Abidde
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Perhaps, more than any other phenomenon known to humankind, the Pleistocene epoch, sometimes referred to as the Ice Age, has been responsible for shaping and reshaping the construction of the earth. Scientists believed that this era lasted from 2,000,000-800B.C.E. 

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The North that southerners don’t know

May 2012 Mark Amaza
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THE general belief held by most southerners about the North is that the region is not just mainly Muslim, but wholly Muslim. Whenever I meet someone from the South and introduce myself, I am correctly placed as a Christian. But once I am asked my state and I say Borno State, the next question become...

 

General Buhari and political mentorship

May 2012 Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u
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One of the political stories that dominated the pages of Nigerian newspapers in the last few days was the debate on whether General Muhammadu Buhari should contest the 2015 presidential election. Clearly public opinion was divided on the issue between those who support the idea of Buhari contesting ...

 

FIRS boss deserves higher office

May 2012 Bolaji Aluko
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I had never met her before, but had seen her picture gracing the pages of many a newspaper in Nigeria, and seen her on TV, and admired her professionalism from a distance.  So when about three weeks ago, a slightly-built woman walked past my seat in Economy Class in further back on a flight from Abuja to Port Harcourt, I could swear that it was Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, and I made a mental note to “accost” her when we got to Port Harcourt. 

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Much Ado About A Village Church

May 2012 Akintokunbo A Adejumo
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You will probably be wondering why I am writing so late after the news of this issue, but you see, I don’t move with the herd sometimes. It is, in most cases, with my experience, very prudent to back off and watch and be far from the madding crowd, to paraphrase Thomas Hardy.

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Between Terrorism and Corruption

May 2012 Nasir El-Rufai
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I am pleased to share my thoughts about two issues that confront our nation – terrorism and corruption. As a well-known opposition figure, I want to state clearly that the views expressed here are mine, and not of the political party I belong to – the Congress for Progressive Change. Secondly, my op...

 

NEXIM as catalyst for Nigeria’s economic renaissance

May 2012 Bashir Ibrahim Hassan
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The portraits of economic and financial news coming out of Nigeria in recent days are blurring. The House of Representatives’ probe of the country’s oil subsidy regime from 2009-2011 uncovered a cesspool of corruption and brazen thefts and long list of errors, including lack of accounting, overpayme...

 

That New Nysc Posting Policy

May 2012 Gloria Irabor
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The critical post-war challenges accompanied the civil war which lasted between 1967-1970,led to the establishment of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)in 1973 by the then Military Regime of General Yakubu Gowon. The aim of the scheme was to enhance reconciliation, build a bridge across geo-pol...

 
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