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The Otta deal

VIEWFOCUS By Al-Bashir

When he was President and, some say, cum dictator-in-chief of the Nigerian State , he was a committed power drunk. Deserted by reason, he struck friendly association with misuse of power with classical deception and pretence in tow. Between his preachments and actions was a distance longer than that between the North and South poles.

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The Rafindadi I knew

By Emmanuel Yawe

When I wrote last week about my encounter with the management of the Civil Aviation Training Centre in Zaria, I never knew that one of the principal actors I met in the on that occasion would soon pass on.

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Humbling bashers of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe

THE BISIBEE with Bisi Olawunmi

The take-off of Zimbabwe's unity government must have humbled all those strident bashers of President Robert Mugabe.  After protracted negotiations, President Mugabe and arch rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, the new Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on  Feb. 17, 2009 sat together at the first cabinet meeting of the country's unity government.

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NNPC – a presidential honey pot

Emmanuel Yawe

Three of us shared a table for an unusual meeting at the Police officers mess in Kaduna early 1985. We were all reporters. The unusual thing was the fourth person in our company - a police officer and the convener of the meeting.

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An x-ray of Babangida Aliyu’s servant leadership (I)

By Musa Garba Adamu

Let me make some quick confessions. I am not an admirer of any of our leaders. Before you brand me an incurable pessimist, let me also say that I have hope in the infinite potential of Nigeria; that the successor generation will do better than the present crop at the helm of affairs.

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