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Last year March, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of our magazine, a milestone by any standard, especially in a country where the attrition rate of publications is quite high.
As we begin our march into the 20th year and beyond, we recognise the formidable challenges before the print media. All over the world, the print media …
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Whoever says poetry is useless? Such people were proved wrong last week when we held our editorial board meeting to determine this week’s cover story.
As usual, there is no deference to rank among the editors during such deliberations. Whenever we have agreed on a given story, each participant would write a headline on a piece …
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When Mike Okiro was appointed Inspector-General of Police he released a nine-point programme, which he tailored after President Umar Yar’Adua’s Seven- Point Agenda. Okiro aimed at impacting in the following areas: Transparency/Accountability; War on Corruption/Crime; Crime Prevention; Intelligence/Crime Data Base upgrade; Training, Police Public Image/Public Relations; Human Rights, Community Policing, and Inter-Agency Cooperation.
At his maiden …
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Nigeria was embroiled in another round of sectarian violence recently. That was when some religious fanatics capitalised on the local government election in Plateau State to foment trouble in Jos, the capital. In the mayhem, over 200 people were killed. Nuhu Gagara, the information commissioner for Plateau State, said: “This figure is just preliminary, as a …
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What would soon happen to Nuhu Ribadu, former Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was predicted on Monday, 3 November by his team of seven lawyers, led by Tayo Oyetibo (SAN). That was during one of the hearings of the case before Justice Abdullahi Mustapha, filed by the former EFCC boss. Oyetibo informed …
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