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Amb. Farida Musa Jauro: Best APC consensus option for Mubi North, Mubi South, and Maiha Federal Constituency

nigerianexpress.comApril 23, 2026April 23, 202604 mins

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Yusuf Abubakar In the dynamic political landscape of Adamawa State, the need for credible, capable, and people-oriented leadership has never been more important. For the people of Mubi North, Mubi South, and Maiha Federal Constituency, the choice of a representative must go beyond political calculations—it must reflect competence, compassion, and the ability to…

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El-Rufai’s fall from Tinubu’s inner circle

nigerianexpress.comApril 2, 2026April 2, 2026017 mins

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ismaeel Uthman Few political relationships in the Fourth Republic have shifted as dramatically as that between former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and President Bola Tinubu. From pointed public criticism and ideological distance to strategic alliance and eventual rupture, ISMAEEL UTHMAN writes on the trajectory of their engagement before, during and after the…

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Gov Bassey Otu and the sleeping skeletons of Bakassi’s lost battles

nigerianexpress.comMarch 9, 2026March 9, 2026022 mins

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares“Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it” – Edward the Bono By Substance Udo-Nature With the International Court of Justice’s ruling, Cross River State was left drowning in the Bermuda Triangle. Approximately two decades today, a Phoenix appears to have risen from the debris of history, to reopen closed files….

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Gov Umo Eno, his phone, and a trip to the archives

nigerianexpress.comMarch 6, 2026March 6, 202608 mins

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty I wish to fuse few tales into this column. The tales have Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State as the main character. No embellishments, no dilly-dallying, let’s get straight to the business of the day. Picture this: April 2024. Governor Eno is standing before former President Goodluck Jonathan during the…

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Umahi’s shamelessness

nigerianexpress.comMarch 6, 2026March 6, 202608 mins

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt. That is the wisdom our ancestors taught us. That is the counsel David Nweze Umahi should have heeded. But he did not. He could not. He vomited bile with all the…

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