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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as false allegations that the party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are inciting Nigerians to civil unrest. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan,…

By BISI FAYEMI Kumolu managed to move away from all the pushing and shoving, clutching the bag of Semolina and small bag of salt she had managed to catch from the moving truck. She felt very lucky to have something, she knew that most of…

STEVE NWOSU Until a friend of mine posted the photograph (on this page) on her Facebook wall last Friday, I had resolved to stop sounding like a cracked vinyl disc over my PVC nightmare, even with the general elections kicking off this…

Steve Nwosu Since my last outing on this page was on the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on NTA’s ‘The Candidates’ interview series, I have no desire to return to that programme. However, one is…

Not being a great debater myself, I have learnt not to judge people’s intelligence and competence by how they perform in public debates. From the days of our secondary school, we have come to know that the stars of the literary and…

Steve Nwosu For a change, I have decided to steer off the in-fighting in APC, the saboteurs of the PDP, the malaria-induced optimism of some of the smaller parties and the fact that the president is just setting up a presidential…

By Steve Nwosu These are not the best of times to give your opinion on any national issue. Elections are around the corner and the authorities are on edge. Similarly, the opposition is also looking for who to blame for their inability to…

Xpress Lane (Backpage) The first thing that came to the minds of many of my Lagos friends, when I told them I was going to Bauchi was Boko Haram. I did not help my case much when I informed them that I could not get a seat on a direct…

Sifting through my documents a few days ago, in the vain hope of finding my missing school certificates –  yes, like President  Muhammadu Buhari, I actually can’t find most of my certificates. In the course of the several armed robbery…