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I am Not a “Politician” By Leonard Karshima Shilgba

Politics is defined as activities associated with governance of a country or area. From etymological enquiry, the word politics derives from the Greek word “politikos”, which means “of, for, or relating to citizens.”

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The hypocrisy of yesterday’s men

A loosely bound group of yesterday’s men and women seems to be on the offensive against the Jonathan administration. They pick issues with virtually every effort of the administration, pretending to do so in the public interest; positing that they alone, know it all.  Arrogantly, they claim to be better and smarter than everyone else in the current government. They are ever so censorious, contrarian and supercilious.

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The Orchestrated Distortion Of Recent Commentaries Of General Muhammadu Buhari

Our attention has been drawn to the recent call by Pastor Ayodele Oritsejafor, President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN ), for the arrest of General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) – the national leader of the Congress

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Nigeria: Change, accountability and bank accounts’ ability

Guest Columnist by AL-AMIN ABBA DABO

The concept of change is one that has no outright definition. Change is affiliated and arguably inseparable with factors like subjectivity, opinion and intellectual capacity. The nebulous categorization of change into positive change and negative change is still subject to what one considers positivity and negativity to be. Like many things in this world, Change is based on opinion.

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Senate c’ttee okays 6-year single term for President, gov’nors •Cancels state creation and state police, etc

A nod of approval for a switch from two maximum tenures of four years each to one of a single six years for the President and state governors is one of the highlights of the report of the Nigerian Senate’s Ad-hoc Committee on Constitution Review presented to the Senate in session yesterday.

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Between Jonathan and Yar’Adua

Soon, President Goodluck Jonathan’s handlers will dredge up the gumption from only-God-knows-where and begin to insult our intelligence with words about how their champion has changed Nigeria. Perhaps, that would not even be as bad as the wrong lessons that would be learnt from the present Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crisis – the court sacking of the party’s National Secretary,

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