From the big man who gallivants in pounds and dollars in Abuja, to the wheel barrow pusher struggling for his daily earnings under the scorching sun of the Kano city market, it is no more than that which was succinctly described by former American Republican politician, Jodi Rell when she …
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By Zainab Suleiman Okino JAMB could well have received kudos from many quarters after the painstaking weeding process and institutionalising sanity under Professor Oloyede in the last few years. Unfortunately, there are still people who are determined to spoil the broth for JAMB, because they are used to cutting corners. …
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After attending the three days Compulsory INEC adhoc staff training at Kano, I returned to Kaduna late in the evening, after a brief rest, I observed the gloomy nature of my brother, on inquiry, he revealed that he lost a friend few days back, a victim of political violence, who …
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A man, with bloodied “babariga” and with head cocked down, perched emotionlessly in the driver’s seat of a Land Cruiser jeep at Kurmin Kare village along Kaduna-Abuja express way in the searing afternoon of April 29. He was the driver of Mohammed Abubakar, chairman of the Universal Basic Education Commission …
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