“We have an image problem abroad and we are on our way to salvage that.”~ President Muhammadu Buhari, 2016 Sometime in December, 2015 I went to the ticketing office of a Travel agent in Abuja to procure a ticket from Abuja to Ottawa in Canada. The Sales Officer checked his system for available flight and…
Dear Mr. Shakabula, I herein acknowledged the receipt of your letter and also seek your forgiveness for making my reply viral. You know,some of us in the academia can be very overbearing. I have perused the said letter and without any equivocation reject your organisation’s offer to award or if I may use your exact…
People accuse me of many things. But one thing they never accuse me of is corruption. They never accuse me of mediocrity, or of lying. People accuse me of many things. I have led this country and I have a record. We were not perfect, but we were effective; we solved problems, and we made…
The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has condemned in strong terms the decision of the federal government to abstain from voting for the freedom of the people of Palestine. The secretary-general of NSCIA, Prof Ishaq Oloyede made the position of the body known at a news conference in Ilorin, Kwara State yesterday. While…
PRESS RELEASE: NIGERIA’S ABSTENTION AT UN VOTE ON PALESTINE: LONG IN IMPUNITY, SHORT IN PRINCIPLE Nigeria yesterday abstained from voting during the United Nations deliberation on whether Palestine should be recognized as a full-fledged state. The abstention cost Palestine denial of the recognition just when it needed only one vote to scale through.Eight votes were…
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