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Valentine Obienyem I read the release by the Agulu youths yesterday, and by this morning, no fewer than fifteen people had already forwarded it to me, each expressing delight and…
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Valentine Obienyem One of the greatest enemies of swift justice in Nigeria is the police. Too often, men and women intoxicated by malice or ego storm police stations with lies…
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Valentine Obienyem Recently, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, made a remark during his campaign that stirred quite some debate. He said, with his usual abandon, that…
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By Enyinnaya Appolos The dream of an Igbo presidency in Nigeria’s Second Republic suffered a major blow in 1983, not merely due to electoral defeat, but because of a sophisticated,…
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