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Falana demands prosecution over deaths of 37 Niger detainees, 48 Ondo victims

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NNPC Ltd: An all-round asset to Nigeria, By Olufemi Soneye

BarandbenchAugust 5, 2024August 5, 20240

In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian…

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We condemn the repression of the peaceful protests of Nigerian youth, by Femi Falana, SAN

BarandbenchAugust 4, 2024August 4, 20240

Recently, Nigerian youths announced their wish to protest against bad governance in the country from August 1-10, 2024. Various organisations…

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Lethal illegitimacy and the right to protest in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchAugust 3, 2024August 3, 20240

             115 years ago, in 1909, Walter Egerton, the Barrister-turned-colonial administrator, and then Governor, introduced the Sedition Ordinance into the…

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Prostate: At 58, God has given me a second chance, by Yusuph Olaniyonu

BarandbenchJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240

Perhaps I should not be alive. But I am… I am still frail and fragile. But now, I can stand…

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August 1, 2024: Much ado about nothing, asks Bola Bolawole

BarandbenchJuly 31, 2024July 31, 20240

Those threatening to stage nationwide protests are badly heating up the polity. The government that is fretting about it is…

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Why August 1 hardship protest should not hold, by Dr Bode Gbore

BarandbenchJuly 30, 2024July 30, 20240

I remember that, while the EndSARS 2020 protest was being planned, the Northern Elders held a meeting and agreed on…

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The man in Wole Soyinka has not died, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR

BarandbenchJuly 30, 2024July 30, 20240

Till date, I have not still been able to finish reading this enigma’s epic, “The Man Died”, since I picked…

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The hardship protests and a nation on edge, by Kazeem Akintunde

BarandbenchJuly 29, 2024July 29, 20240

Nigeria is presently a nation on the edge. The reason is quite glaring for all to see. The masses, especially…

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Protest, Dangote and other stories, by Lasisi Olagunju

BarandbenchJuly 29, 2024July 29, 20240

Nigeria is a drama, an entertainment. Listen to the ‘Wahala’ singer, Portable, as he wonders why anyone would want him…

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Of minimum wage, tortoiseshell and Akpabio’s threat, by Hassan Gimba, anipr

BarandbenchJuly 28, 2024July 28, 20240

“Unlike the stomach, the brain doesn’t alert you when it’s empty.” – Arabic proverb. There are many tales about how…

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