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This new-found government passion for livestock should be extended to the fisheries industry too
By Ayo Akinfe (1) This sudden federal government passion for livestock production has caught most of us by surprise. For decades, the Nigerian government has shown no interest whatsoever in the expanding cattle numbers, opening ranches, locating...
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UK report says Nigeria is one of seven countries where Christians are persecuted and killed
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's government has been indicted by a report recently put together by a group of British clergymen for persecuting and killing Christians and being one of seven countries that pays scant regard to the security of its...
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US warns its citizens living in Nigeria amid fears that Shiite protests could escalate further
WASHINGTON has warned Americans living in Nigeria to avoid large crowds and particularly steer clear of demonstrations organised by the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) as the tension between it and the government...
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Christian Association of Nigeria defends Adeboye saying he is not a government minister
CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (Can) leaders have defended the embattled general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye saying he is not to blame for government failings. Of late, Pastor Adeboye,...
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Nigeria needs a robust foreign policy that will involve a reduction in the number of African nations
By Ayo Akinfe Today in July 11. Do you know that on this day in 1960, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger Republic all declared their independence from France? That year 1960 was the one which most African nations achieved...
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Digital rights body asks NIS to pay Ewohime Apkovweta N10m for releasing his passport details
DIGITAL rights organisation Paradigm Initiative has written to the comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) demanding compensation of N10m ($27,500) for Ewohime Apkovweta after his passport details were made public in response to...
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Waiting for perfection from our rulers is just an excuse to shy away from doing your bit
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Today is July 10. It was on this day in 1940 that the Battle of Britain began with Nazi German forces attacking shipping convoys in the English Channel (2) Britain officially recognises the battle's duration as being from...
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This myth that the federal government is the panacea to all our woes is a recipe for perpetual under-development
By Ayo Akinfe I will forever keep making the point that nation states are built by the actions of daring and audacious men and women and not by "good governments." One of our biggest problems in Nigeria is that we have this naive belief that...
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