Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 4 March, 2020

    NEW TELEGRAPH Coronavirus: Emirates airline asks staff to take one month unpaid leave Re-arrest of escaped army major and security at courtrooms A case for availability of dialysis machines Orin-Ekiti: Alarmed over herdsmen invasion Equipping women for more productivity Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun Assemblies pass Amotekun bill into law Kaduna Assembly dissolves […]

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‘Shege Ka Fasa’ and our clash of civilisations by YINKA ODUMAKIN

Humans die. Countries die. The only difference is that while individuals can die suddenly, countries die gradually except that most inhabitants of a dying country don’t put the symptoms together because they are bogged down with daily survival. It is only after the country is dead that they would be recalling the signs they saw. […]

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FG Declares ‘AMOTEKUN’ an Illegal Outfit But Afenifere Disagrees

The federal government has described the newly launched south-west security outfit codenamed: “Amotekun”, as illegal. In a statement on Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, said security remains the exclusive preserve of the federal government. Malami said governors lacked the right to float the outfit. “The setting up of the paramilitary organisation called Amotekun […]

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Amotekun and the North’s fears by Lasisi Olagunju

Amidst ruffled feathers, south-western states of Nigeria took their destiny in their hands and launched their Amotekun on Thursday. The Yoruba people know that a madness that takes years figuring out how to be naked will never dance in the marketplace. They have seen the king’s selective potency – and his selective impotence. They also […]

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