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Opinion

Opinion : Nigeria And The Poor
February 23, 2010 (3 weeks ago)

By  Bisi Lawal
Nigerians should condemn strongly the activities of the Federal Capital Territory Development Authority (FCTDA), which led to the repatriation of the so-called destitute, the needy, the poor, the homeless from FCT recently. These less privileged Nigerians were repatriated to an unnamed location in what the FCTDA described as re-branding of the Federal Capital, [...]

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Opinion : Olohunwa Tourney In AprilTourney
January 28, 2010

FO Football Association has concluded plans to organise the Under 23 Olohunwa Soccer Championship which will kick off in April at the Ajele playground, Campos Square, Lagos Island..
The competition is sponsored  by Alhaji Rafiu Olohunwa, the incumbent chairman of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council.
Chairman of the Association, Afolabi Onanaike told [...]

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Opinion : Legal Opinion On The Case Of Onwuekwe V. Attorney-General Of The Federation (Suit No: Fhc/Abj/Cs/10/2010): An Open Letter To Senate President, David Mark

By Femi Falana
Following the disclosure that President Yar’Adua had embarked on medical vacation on November 23, 2009 without transmitting a written declaration to the leadership of the National Assembly, I filed a suit at the Federal High Court on December 15, 2009. In the suit I sought an order compelling the President to transmit the [...]

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Opinion : How Some Landlords Ruin The Economy Of Lagos
January 26, 2010

By Joe Igbokwe.
I have just read a report in the newspapers that a bill that will check the excesses of landlords in Lagos is on the floor of the hallowed chambers of the Lagos State House of Assembly for consideration and when passed into law it is going to be a landmark achievement that [...]

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Opinion : Terrorism Not Alien To Our Country
January 14, 2010

By Odunayo Joseph
Anyone that read the report in one of the Nigerian Tribune newspapers in the early part of 2008 where Nigeria was described as a nation of fakes and the more than factual Viewpoint at the back page of the Punch edition of Wednesday, 6th January, 2010 would neither blink nor raise an eyebrow [...]

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