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Al-Aqsa: One encroachment too many?

The metal detectors at the entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound were no more than the latest hurdle on a long and bumpy road. And in a sense, their

‘Restructuring’ is just another empty buzzword

Restructuring is currently the buzzword in the country.  But it is just an important-sounding but empty technical word, which means little other

The death of reading is threatening the soul

I am going through a personal crisis. I used to love reading. I am writing this blog in my office, surrounded by 27 tall bookcases laden with 5,000 bo

Damaturu: The nightmare is over

At the height of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2014, Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, normally a bustling city, on the Jos/Kano-Maiduguri route bec

‘Nigeria peril’ report is itself perilous

Many Nigerians became aware of a new report released last Thursday by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group [ICG] when Premium Times first rep