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Friday, October 14, 2016

Perception baggage of the Buhari presidency

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Those who prophesied that then General Muhammadu Buhari would win the presidential election did not see beyond their nose, and Nigerians wer...
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National assets sales and elite conspiracy

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Just because the richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote proposed the idea of selling off national assets to stave off economic recessio...

Dame Patience: Back with a bang!

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The former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan obviously enjoys the glitz of life in the limelight, even if such publicity is negatively skew...

Ondo primaries:Bloody nose for the money bags

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The Ondo All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election has come and gone but it has, to some extent, left sour taste in the mouth. By the...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Part-time legislature: IBB’s belated panacea and lawmakers’ baggage

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Religious subsidy, budget padding in a nation of frivolities

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The Nigerian political elite has a way of diverting people’s  attention from serious developmental defects to mundane matters that sometime...
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Friday, July 22, 2016

The mess gets messier

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These days, events are unfolding at such a dizzying pace; there is hardly sufficient time and space to x-ray them. In the last two weeks, I ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Another bailout for governors to squander?

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Even when the controversies engendered by the last bailout are still simmering, the Federal Government has begun the disburs...
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Zainab Suleiman-Okino
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
I am a wife, mother, and journalist. I hold a bachelor's degree in English and History from Bayero University, Kano and a master's in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Since 1987 after my bachelor's degree, I have worked as a reporter, staff writer, production editor, editor, and managing editor at various newspapers in Nigeria. I was Editor-at-Large at the Sun Newspapers, and currently the executive editor of Blueprint Newspapers, in Abuja.
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