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Mutallab: The Nigerian Agent Of Al-Qaeda
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Once upon a time in this country, it was fashionable to consider certain things impossible, indeed un-Nigerian. Before the 1960s, many Nigerians considered military intervention in Nigerian politics impossible. Even when the first military coup in Africa occurred: not here, was the refrain on the lips of Nigerians. But then it happened. In [...]
December 27, 2009
Tags: Detroit, Dutch, farouk, Islam, Mutallab, Nigeria, Terrorism, umar, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab Posted in: Reuben Abati 
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Laughing and crying at Xmas
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“YOU gotta cry to laugh” is the title of a book by Peter Enahoro. Looks like that is what Nigerians are going through, this Christmas. There is so much excitement across the land, people trying to enjoy a two-day Christmas holiday and a weekend, but deep down, the people are aching. When the [...]
December 26, 2009
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The Tiger In The Woods
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AMERICANS have been both lachrymose and hypocritical about the private life of Tiger Woods, and now they have forced the golfing genius to lay down his club, as he proceeds on an indefinite leave to sort out his family matters and be a better husband to Elin Nordegren and their two children. It [...]
December 13, 2009
Tags: Elin Nordegren, Eliot Spitzer, Golf, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, xmas, Yar’Adua Posted in: Reuben Abati Comments
Police Protection For Corps Members?
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LAUDABLE as the Federal Government’s resolve to protect corps members on National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) assignment is, its practical implementation is bound to be tasking. This is against the backdrop of the present state of the Nigerian Police as an inefficient and seemingly over-burdened organisation, in the face of a nationwide security crisis.
Yet the [...]
December 7, 2009
Tags: Nigeria, NYSC, police, security Posted in: Guardian Comments
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