Category: Opinion
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Protest? Poor-taste!
…To wage a rage instigated protest is to rake the famished, impoverished of their wealth… …Who are the conveners? Sponsors? What uncritical covert conspiracy? …Are the politicians backing the intended barking going to donate themselves and children to publicly join the biting of the government? What government? Federal, State and/or both?… Adamu Muhammad Dodo They…
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If the Dangote Refinery were a movable item, Dangote could have moved it out of Nigeria by now?
By Zayyad I Muhammad The importation of petroleum products was originally intended as a temporary solution to address the insufficient supply from Nigeria’s four state-owned refineries. However, due to inefficiency and corruption, this temporary measure has become a permanent solution. In Nigeria, the prices of refined petroleum products are heavily influenced by import-related factors. There…
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Telescoping the forthcoming national protest from another lens
By Mohammed Ismail. Let me open my discourse by asking some rhetorical questions for which I believe many Nigerians, home and abroad have ready made answers. Is Nigeria facing an infernal social insecurity? Are Nigerians going through an unprecedented economic turmoil including poverty, deprivations and hunger? Are Nigerians one of the most resilient people going…
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A Call to Nigerian Youths: Uniting Against Cultism for a Brighter Future
Fellow Nigerian Youths, Today, 7th of July 2024, I want to address a pressing issue that has been affecting our society and the future of our nation – cultism. As young people, we are the hope and the future of Nigeria, but the scourge of cultism is threatening to derail our potential and aspirations. Cultism…
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Baba Dan Audu: The Journey Of An Almajiri To Stardom
Muhammadu Rabi’u Rikadawa is one of the few versatile actors the Hausa movie industry has produced. Popular for his multi-dimensional roles in both Hausa and English movies, Baba Dan Audu, as he is called in the industry, has won several awards and his role in the TV series: ‘Beyond The Veil’, has earned him global…
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Assault on hotel staff: Starnews Publisher condemns EFCC’s unprofessional conduct
The Publisher of Starnews Ng, Mr. Akinrinlola Olumide, has berated the assault on a female staff of Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos State, by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akinrinlola also frowned at the incessant unprofessional conduct of the operatives of the anti-graft agency, stressing that it was the same…
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Women aren’t created to work – IK Osakioduwa
Popular OAP IK Osakioduwa has said that women were not created to work but to offer companionship to a man. This is just as he revealed that he has never split bills with his wife and holds any intention of doing so. Osakioduwa made the disclosure when he appeared as a guest on the Toke…
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The New Fraud In Nigeria
By Olumide Benson With the persistent and frantic effort of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission being the apex body of agencies in the Country saddled with the responsibility to regulate trade to protect consumers, one would have thought that the evil days of fraudulent and unethical practises of the Nigerian loan App is…
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EFCC: Akure Raid And The Crudity That Won’t Stop
Lere Olayinka I woke up this morning to another disturbing news of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invading some lounges and event centres in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State Capital at about 1am today. The EFCC operatives arrested over 50 people suspected to be internet fraudsters popularly called…
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IPOB Declares May 30 Sit-At-Home Day Issues Strong Warning to WAEC
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Anambra State against holding its convocation ceremony on May 30. The day has been selected by the group for its Biafra Remembrance Day to honour Nigerians of South-East extraction killed during the 1967-70 civil war. IPOB in an…