Tag: republic
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Towards the Federal Republic of Illiteracy – By Owei Lakemfa
EDUCATION Minister, Adamu Adamu, after presiding over the N5.6 trillion Education Budget in the last seven years and the N1.3 trillion intervention fund in four years, announced he has failed. It is not that as Education Minister, he has failed to preside over spending about N7 trillion in seven years, but, has failed to deliver…
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Barbados cuts ties with Queen Elizabeth II, becomes world’s newest republic
Barbados has become a republic, replacing the British monarch as its head of state and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after
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Hunger Republic, By Dakuku Peterside
Every day, ordinary Nigerians from Maiduguri to Oyorokoto- Andoni in Rivers State, Okerenkoko- Delta to Wamako in Sokoto state make difficult decisions.
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Vendetta killings and our Republic’s future – Hope Eghagha
Our country has gradually, before our eyes, descended into the pit of senseless and endless killings. Lives are lost daily to kidnappers. Extrajudicial killings by security men have become routine. Bandits have a field day in all parts of the country. Sometimes we miserably console ourselves with statistics from America, how 400 people are shot…
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How the Federal Republic of Nigeria runs _ Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, who was a darling of the opposition when he was in the House Of Representatives has been embroiled in controversies. But perhaps because he was once accused by the Federal Government of sponsoring the Boko Haram terrorists, he has been like a missionary…
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Court finally fixes date to hear suit seeking Biafra Republic
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has fixed February 25, 2019, for the hearing of a suit seeking the actualisation of a sovereign state of Biafra. The suit originally began in the Owerri division of the court before it was transferred to Abuja at the instance of the Federal Government. The suit…