Yakubu Dogara, Former Speaker, Nigeria's House of Representatives

Positive religious freedom can integrate diverse, heterogeneous communities in Nigeria, by Yakubu Dogara

I count it great honour and privilege to be invited to deliver the key note address at this all-important gathering. Permit me to profusely thank the organizers: Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria with the support of Christian Solidarity Worldwide UK and all stakeholders present here for making out time out of your over crowded schedule in…

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Foundation asks El-Rufai to reduce tuition fees, offers scholarships to indigent students

The Kaduna based Marshall Katung Foundation (MKF) has asked  Governor Nasir El-Rufai to reduce tuition fees in state government owned tertiary institutions to enable indigent students to acquire education. Founder of MKF, Mr. Sunday Katung, a former member of House of Representatives and the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state…

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Bandits shoot down airforce jet in Zamfara

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its fighter jets has crashed in Zamfara state. There was reports of the crash on Sunday, but the NAF, had in a statement by its spokesman Edward Gabkwet, denied the reports of the crash. However in a statement on Monday, Gabkwet confirmed the incident, disclosing…

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The guise of strangeness

Until his sudden demise in a plane crash two years ago, my friend and kindred poet, Professor Pius Adesanmi, had a way of prodding me back to memory – that uncontested space where reflections become a burden and a necessity. A few years ago, during our telephone conversation in which we threw banter at each…

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A dictator’s diagnosis

Paranoia makes governance costly under dictators. This personality disorder trait, which makes a dictator delusional, compels him to chase shadows where there is no light, enemies where there is none, to the extent that his self-repressed personality becomes the mirror that expresses his fears and anxieties. A paranoid dictator always stands in front of the…

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