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1 month ago | 
gwg.ng | Taiwo Adisa |GIDEON AYENI |Benjamin Abioye |Imman Onyero
For most of last week, Senate President Godswill Akpabio was in the eye of the storm as his traducer, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, was relentless in getting her voice heard loud and clear. Though the matter eventually culminated in the suspension of the Kogi senator for six months on Thursday, it is clear that the drama has not ended yet. The whole saga, as we have seen in the last few weeks, smacks of many wrongs and few rights.
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1 month ago | 
newspotng.com | Taiwo Adisa |Hassan Gimba
AdvertisementBy Taiwo AdisaMore than a week ago, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) dropped something on our laps. Somehow, the information escaped the required scrutiny of a majority of Nigerians, who were apparently overtaken by the political drama in Lagos and Osun States, amidst their daily challenges.
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2 months ago | 
newspotng.com | Hassan Gimba |Taiwo Adisa
AdvertisementThe Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has described the late Oba Adeleke Adelekan Idowu-Basibo, the Alaperu of Iperu, as a dependable, reliable, and quintessential monarch. Governor Abiodun stated this during a condolence visit to the palace of the Alaperu on Saturday night. Prince Abiodun, who described the death of the monarch as a personal loss and a significant loss to the entirety of Iperu and Remoland, said it is a void that will take several years to fill.
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2 months ago | 
newspotng.com | Taiwo Adisa |Festus Adedayo
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By Taiwo Adisa(Published in the Sunday Tribune, February 2, 2025)Lagos is a special location and a special city in Nigeria. Apart from being the former Nigerian capital, it is the nation’s commercial capital. Eko o gba gbere-Lagos doesn’t take nonsense, is a common parlance on the streets of that ever bursting city and its metropolis. When you are on the streets of Lagos, you must be perpetually alert from thieves and pickpockets.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
newspotng.com | Taiwo Adisa |Hassan Gimba
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By Taiwo AdisaIn the aftermath of the national elections of 2023, a good number of political watchers in the country easily concluded that the much talked about “Third Force” in Nigeria’s political firmament had arrived the scene following the strong showing of the Labour Party (LP) in that election.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
newspotng.com | Hassan Gimba |Taiwo Adisa
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Operatives of the newly launched security outfit, Agunechemba, have allegedly uncovered 30 graves and a shrine within the premises of a popular hotel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The discovery was reportedly made on Saturday following a tip-off from a public-spirited individual. Videos of the hotel premises, captured by the operatives and now viral on social media, show well-partitioned graves and a shrine within the compound.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
tribuneonlineng.com | Taiwo Adisa
Hon. Francis Waive represents Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency of Delta State and currently serves as Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Business. In this interview with TAIWO ADISA, he speaks about the performance of the 10th Assembly, the controversy that rocked his Constituency following an invasion by the military, the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
tribuneonlineng.com | Taiwo Adisa |Bola Badmus
THE Federal Government may have instituted a covert probe of suspicions about certain religious activities capable of breeding religious tension in parts of the South West of the country. Investigations by Nigerian Tribune confirmed at the weekend that the government was getting concerned about reports linking groups and personalities to extremist activities and religious tension.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
tribuneonlineng.com | Taiwo Adisa
IN a publication released in 2006 with the title, Parliament and Democracy In the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Good Practice, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) identified what it called the “democracy paradox,” which it said, agrees with the postulations of Italian political theorist, Norberto Bobbio, who recognized what he called “the broken promises of democracy.” In that publication, the IPU stated that democracy, as both an idea and a set of political institutions has triumphed in...
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
tribuneonlineng.com | Taiwo Adisa
SECURITY operatives working on the trail of extremist elements and insurgents have foiled a plot by terrorists of Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) to establish a strategic base in Oyo State for the coordination of their activities in Oyo, Osun, and Kwara States.
