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1 month ago | 
premiumtimesng.com | Awaal Gata |Ololade Bamidele
The dominant narrative of Nigeria’s regulatory crackdown on Binance challenges the integrity of Nigeria’s institutions while attempting to shield those complicit in economic sabotage. At the centre of this controversy is Tigran Gambaryan, Binance Holdings Limited’s head of financial crime compliance, who was detained alongside Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance’s Africa regional manager, on 26 February 2024.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Dakuku Peterside |Ololade Bamidele
Posted On: 2025-02-25 Posted By: Ololade Bamidele Health & Lifestyle Education Employment Politics Real Estate & Construction Premium Times Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Do people follow titles, or do they follow courage? What role does integrity play in the essence of true leadership?
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1 month ago | 
premiumtimesng.com | Dakuku Peterside |Ololade Bamidele
Do people follow titles, or do they follow courage? What role does integrity play in the essence of true leadership? And can the pursuit and defence of justice serve as a harbinger of outstanding leadership? These are timeless questions, their answers woven into the fabric of history. While titles may bestow authority, they do not define true leadership. History reminds us that it is not rank but resilience, not position but principle, that carves a leader’s place in people’s hearts.
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2 months ago | 
htsyndication.com | Chidi Odinkalu |Ololade Bamidele
Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- In the aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and leaving the regional bloc "without delay", reactions spanned the spectrum from hubris to hyperbole.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
htsyndication.com | Niyi Osundare |Ololade Bamidele
Nigeria, Jan.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Niyi Osundare |Ololade Bamidele
BOLA IGE (Remembering December 21, 2001) History Never Forgets And enter the gunmen one sad and ominous night murder’s mandate in every bullet Paymasters waiting in the crook of night’s arms, eager for a convoy of corpses And a rude shot put out the star in our Christmas sky and the shepherds lost their way To the Bethlehem of our re-birth carols blackened into dirges seething every line with the anguish of our rage A pall fell on the yuletide feast streets emptied into horrified silence...
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Toyin Falola |Ololade Bamidele
8 December, 2024: Professor Nuhu Yaqub was with us in Abuja, in the company of great minds — Jibrin Ibrahim, Yakubu Ochefu, Chris Ogbogbo, Aisha Maikudi, Chido Onumah, Tunji Olaopa, Paul and Paula Edeh, Adagio, Okello Oculi, John Odah, and many more. We did a mini-seminar on Jibrin Ibrahim. I invited Nuhu Yaqub to speak, and he gave a great speech, starting with his introduction to Marxism. Days after, we spoke twice on the phone.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Ololade Bamidele
Niger Republic Head of State, Brigadier-General Abdourahmane Tchiani, on Christmas night, 25 December, 2024, accused Nigeria of conspiring with France to destabilise his country. France, he claimed, is working with terrorist groups to undermine Niger’s security, adding that: “Nigerian authorities are not unaware of this underhanded move.” He also claimed that the Nigerian government had been paid huge sums by France to establish a military base in Northern Nigeria.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Ololade Bamidele
I was one of the freshly-minted medical doctors serving my one year of mandatory internship (housemanship) at the Military Hospital, Myhoung Barracks in Yaba, Lagos. The year was 1998, but I can still vividly recall how they came in boatloads.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Ololade Bamidele
One bright afternoon, some years ago, I decided to make a quick stop at my favourite shoes-and-bags shop on Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos. As I approached the shop, I noticed an armed guard at the entrance. He was carrying a familiar gun – the intimidating but innocent-looking big thing only a certain agency in Nigeria bears. Oh, a SSS (State Security Service) personnel was on the premises. A DSS guy shopping for his lady or a SSS lady taking time off to buy high heels and a nice clutch?
