THE Federal Government’s troubled $4.6bn Ajaokuta Steel Complex has attracted fresh attention as the privatisation and commercialisation of public enterprises face scrutiny at the Senate.
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LAST Friday was civil-military relations scholar, Professor J. ‘Bayo Adekanye’s 70th birthday. Unlike my Egbons who had written birthday tributes before me – Eghosa Osaghae (The Guardian, August 19 ) and Segun Ayobolu (The Nation, August 20).
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Thousands of people world over are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes - a common condition that doctors say, is a gateway to other costly health problems. Nonetheless, experts now have evidence suggesting that fasting and high intake of water are some other weapons.
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A book party organised to herald the grand finale of the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature showcases the writers of the six books on the shortlist, writes AKEEM LASISI.
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It is sad seeing the number of women lost daily as a result of complications during child delivery. The hospitals are doing their best to educate couples on how best to deal with certain situations before, during and after childbirth; God bless our nurses and doctors.
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ON a general note, it seems that the weather has always had some role to play in the massive eating of maize – the mouth organ. The rainy season particularly has had quite a remarkable influence on the consumption.
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With some appliances, you can keep an electronic eye on your home or office while away, writes CHIMA DIM.
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Like the biblical prodigal son, 17-year-old Edwin is lamenting the misdemeanour that has brought him to the Special Correctional centre for Boys, Oregun, Lagos, all the way from Edo State.
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IT was the late African oral historian and philosopher, Hampate Ba, who once said: “When an old man dies in Africa, a whole library is lost”. This age-long saying can well be used to describe the repository computation of Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa’s knowledge base.
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After six months of one of the bloodiest people-power revolts sweeping through the Arab block, aided by NATO air power, the disparate and often fractious rebel alliance is about to take control of the war-torn North African country.
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