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  “Let me call names in this article and I careless whoever feels hurt. Today the number one crime in Nigeria is SUPPOSEDLY Fulani, person die na Fulani, them thief money na Fulani , Buhari makes an appointment, it must be a Fulani, so what then are we doing about it?” One of the Nigerian politicians whom I have great ...

  Yes, sing it from Abeokuta to Kaura Namoda, from Isokoland to Brass, from Orlu to Nsukka, Nigeria will survive. To, therefore, continue to wail about disintegration is now bordering on Iberiberism. We need to change our tongue and our song. Nigeria go survive. By Femi Adesina Which one is Iberiberism again o? What kind of English shall we not ...

  Three years ago I warned the Yoruba in particular and the Southerners, in general, to set up their own People’s Militia. How many paid heed to it. Now I am afraid it is now late – too late for the Yorubas. You are surrounded. By Moses Oludele Idowu “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when ...

  If it is done, the whole of Northern Nigeria will become like another Libya. A complete breakdown of law and order. Northern Nigeria will become a killing field with bandits and warlords roaming the country and engaging themselves in a war of supremacy By Dele Obamodi It is now obvious that Sheikh Gumi relishes in publicity and sophistry. The ...

  The only thing missing from what I have said so far here is my HUMANE, SINCERE REGRET that Joshua died. This is especially for the fact that he was, perhaps, the only one of the big Pentecostal pastors in Nigeria with any substance that I appreciate, and I’ll tell you why: He was humble (not so flamboyant) as a ...

  Since only “masters” can have “slaves,” people who call others “Fulani slaves” have clearly accepted the Fulani as “masters,” indicating that they have also internalized their own inferiority before the Fulani. By Farooq A. Kperogi Fears of “Fulani domination” have endured since Nigeria’s founding but, more than ever before, there is now an insanely unhealthy obsession with the Fulani ...

  TODAY’S WORD/PHRASE: “SEVERAL TIMES” VS “SEVERALLY Folks, I’ve got to tell ya, straight up, that the word SEVERALLY does not mean SEVERAL TIMES. It does not mean REPEATEDLY, meeeeeen!!! As I do every once in a while on this series, I will start by stating that I have no intention of talking down on my readers as though I ...

  Should Nigerians, in all honesty, and responsibility, ignore their Minister of Justice and Attorney General Abubakar Malami after he openly demonstrated Arrogant, Wilful and Enlightened (AWE) Ignorance over the difference between cows and motor spare parts? PEGASUS REPORTERS Ignorance! Ignorance!! Ignorance!!! How many times did I call you? In the days of yore, elders and parents emphasized the thrice-call ...

  “So, yes, NIN is very inevitable in a growing Nigeria in a contemporary world. Unfortunately, Buhari’s otherwise correct statement that NIN will enhance security in Nigeria, may be rendered null and void, if indeed war mongering foreign jihadist Fulanis are being registered as Nigerians…” By Harry Agina There are so many great things in this world, but, unfortunately, Most, ...

  It’s to the eternal glory of God that both Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Ambassador Patrick Dele Cole, two of the most formidable Pan-Nigerian political elites, stood firmly resolute, as General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua’s loyalists are still alive. Mallam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi I have never met the former Lagos State Governor, Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu in person, except indirectly by ...