Tag: Femi Adesina
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We’ll Complete 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Before 2023 – Buhari
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President Muhammadu Buhari today promised to complete the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge and the 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway before the end of his tenure in 2023. Also, he assured that…
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UN General Assembly 2021: How Prepared Is Buhari?
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By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 According to the United Nations Guide 2021, the 76th UN General Assembly started on the 14th and will end on the 27th September,…
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President Buhari Greets Former IGP, Solomon Arase at 65
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, on his 65th birthday. In a message signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media &…
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Adesina’s drumbeats signaling imminent crackdown
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By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com0807 552 5533 “After the uprising against Fulani herdsmen all over the land/Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, issued a statement from the Presidential Villa/Stating that the Nigerian elites…
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President Buhari Congratulates Olumide Akpata, New NBA President
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President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a release signed by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the…
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Buhari & S’East: Arthur Eze nails it
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By Femi Adesina There’s a wise saying in Yoruba land, which goes thus: “If you like, feed the entire city with pounded yam, egusi soup and stockfish on a daily…
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A ‘GOOD SETBACK’ BY 60 YEARS – By FEMI ADESINA
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a fixation with 60 years. At the height of its heady days in power, it challenged its Chi (personal god) to a wrestling contest,…
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Akinwumi Adesina : The Inside Story – By FEMI ADESINA
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By his bow tie, you know him. And that distinguishing feature was firmly in place when Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), breezed into the Presidential…
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‘If you can’t take blows brother, don’t throw blows’ – By FEMI ADESINA
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Let me start by giving due credit for this headline, which is not original to me. I lifted it from the 1983 song by reggae star, Peter Tosh, in the…
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Averting The Road To Venezuela By FEMI ADESINA
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Let’s tell the story of Venezuela, because it bears striking similitude with that of Nigeria. Just like us, Venezuela is rich in oil, very rich. At a time, the county’s…
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Enemy of The State: Femi Adesina writes on leakage of Buhari’s broadcast speech
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You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill…
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COVID-19: People in Presidential Villa not immune from happenings in the rest of the world – Presidency
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“Why do some people conjure nothing but evil? Why do they imagine vain things? In 2017, while President Buhari had his medical challenge, they were on orgy of negative wishes,…
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CAN: No, Adesina, you are wrong- Christian Graduate Fellowship
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We have just read the reaction of the Federal Government to the press statement by the Christian Association of Nigeria on the killing of CAN Chairman, Michika local government, Adamawa…
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Malami lists benefits of Nigeria-Macao Agreement on transfer of sentenced persons
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Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has stated that Nigeria stands to derive immense benefits as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the instrument of ratification of…
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A day with Prince Charles in Scotland – Femi Adesina
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Like troubadours traversing the United Kingdom, we were guests of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales on Sunday, January 19, 2020, as part of programs in the sidelines of the…
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Shaka Momodu: A Columnist as Hater-in-Chief, By Femi Adesina
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For many years, week after week, Shaka Momodu opens the sewers, and pours vitriol on President Muhammadu Buhari on the back page of This Day Newspapers. We ignore him, reasoning…
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PMB at 77: ‘Please tell Baba we are with him all the way’
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By FEMI ADESINA I boarded a commercial airliner heading to Lagos from Abuja. I was already seated, and strapping my seat belt, when a young man approached me. He must…
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Tam David-West In Final Escape
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By FEMI ADESINA Now, my introduction to Professor Tam David-West was on this wise: I was brought up by a very strict, educationist father, who would not allow his seven…
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Atiku’s Paul Ibe to Adesina :“Those With Glass Jaws Shouldn’t Throw Punches”
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Those With Glass Jaws Shouldn’t Throw Punches -By Paul Ibe- Paul Ibe* It is pulsating trying to ascribe any intelligent reason to why the chief spokesman to Muhammadu Buhari had…
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A Note to Shakespearean Femi Adesina, By Segun Showunmi
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A fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. (William Shakespeare, As you like it) In this season when the Villa has…