ABUJA – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) voices concern over the nation’s vulnerability to terrorists, bandits, and criminal groups, labeling the escalating insecurity as reaching “alarming proportions”. In a letter dated February 14, 2024, titled “State of the Nation” and signed by NBA President Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, addressed to President …
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Opinion: BY OLADIPO OLUWOLE Nigerians, particularly the Yorubas, might be overlooking the true nature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) amidst the criticism of his eight-month-old presidency. His sincerity as a politician was largely assumed during the lead-up to the 2023 general elections. Tinubu’s significant role in Lagos State’s politics …
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Opinion: BY ABUSATAR HAMED In the face of economic uncertainties, it becomes imperative for citizens to transcend immediate relief measures and advocate for lasting solutions. Observing Nigerians standing in queues in the name of empowerment for modest handouts, whether a cup of rice, N1-2-3-4-5k, or a bowl of Amala/Semo, is …
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Opinion: My experience yesterday at First Bank, Oba Akran, Ikeja gets me thinking. I was there yesterday to collect a few dollars sent into my domiciliary account by my son I’m helping to supervise his building. I was at the Bank to collect 3.5k dollars but was told that they …
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Opinion: BY OLADIPO OLUWOLE What a pregnant statement, with meanings? What a suspicious disclosure that a government could contemplate the elimination of her citizen? Is it for the purpose of deepening democratic values, ethnic pluralism/dichotomy, or to energize the existing national peace/crises? We live in a wicked world where heartless …
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Opinion: By Olaniyi Ajibola The latest ranking of Ogun State alongside Lagos State as the top states in Nigeria with mobile Internet subscriptions in the year 2023 by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBC, has undoubtedly confirmed the speedy trajectory of digital economy by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun, …
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Opinion: BY AMBASSADOR ALISTAIR The NIDMECORP Organisation UK, has called on the Nigerian government to positioned more career Diplomats for posting as Ambassadors especially those that can play important roles on the investments generated and attracted lately. In a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine and online …
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Opinion: BY CHARLES AYODELE Telecommunication is an essential service in every country. It aids quicker connectivity and transmission of information from person to person, company to company. As a key contributor to economic growth, acting as an enabler of multiple sectors including financial institutions, military and security services, the importance …
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….Fall-outs from the 8th NBC/Yemi Sonde Broadcast Stakeholders Forum BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI The above-named annual ceremony took place on Thursday, November 23, 2023 inside the University Of Ibadan Alumni International Michael Omolayole Hall. The hosts, since 2015, were the Nigerian Broadcast Commission (NBC) …
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BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI On November 26, 1999, I hosted Ambassador Ibironke Vaughan-Adefope, a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Zambia and Malawi and King Sunny Ade, MFR, to a luncheon at our home, “ODUNOLA HOUSE”, Akobo, Ibadan, Oyo State, on the appointment of Ambassador Adefope as Nigeria’s High Commissioner to …
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