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A Misgoverned Governor—Wole Soyinka
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The Role Of The Writer In Troubled Times—Kole Omotoso
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Gazette : Quotes; 01 september, 2008
3 days ago

There is no crisis and I want to assure you that there is none.
— Senator George Akume, dispelling rumours of a rift between him and Senator David Mark.
Citizen diplomacy is all about rights and responsibilities and not about breaking constituted laws.
— Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Minister of Foreign Affairs explaining that government cannot use citizen diplomacy …

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Gazette : Quotes; 25 August, 2008
2 weeks ago

I have confidence in the Chinese doctors. I hope I will get well as soon as possible and get to report more Olympic activities.
­Edwin Diala Akalonu, a Nigerian journalist covering the Beijing Olympics in China who suffered paralysis, voicing his confidence on the ability of Chinese doctors to give him the right treatment.
Now that Nuhu …

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Gazette : Quotes; 18 August, 2008
3 weeks ago

The National Assembly appears confused on what they want to do. They are confused about the meaning of review and amendment. Some of them talk about amending the Constitution. Others talk about reviewing it. They have to be very clear about what they want to do because Nigerians are confused.
— Sylvester Odion-Akhaine, Executive Director, Centre …

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Gazette : Quotes; 11 August, 2008
4 weeks ago

We are guided in law and in logic to fight for our right and by the grace of God, we shall overcome someday. The Federal Government said that we should not involve the private schools in our struggles…They should tell the private school teachers to go and mark the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and …

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Gazette : Quotes 4th August, 2008
July 28, 2008

This preparation is just too poor and to know that we are going for the Olympics Games makes it worse. We were on tour for two months before the 2003 All Africa Games, and now we are still in Nigeria preparing for a global event. It is bad.
– A distraught athlete bemoaning their fate as …

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