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Prof Joash Amupitan was my colleague in UNIJOS ... the man has Zero Integrity - Solomon Dalung

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EXPOSURE PRO MAX I was surprised when Tinubu announced someone like him to head INEC. That man has no integrity. He is deceitful and unscrupulous. I have known him since 1991 at the University of Jos, first as a student in his department, and later as a colleague in the same Faculty of Law. We both served as lecturers in the faculty. During the 2009/2010 academic session, when he was Dean, the results of 16 students who earned second-class upper division were tampered with and reassigned to so-called “special students.” These “special students” were wealthy and sometimes influential individuals who were not even regular in school, but used their money and influence to acquire results that did not belong to them. I stood up and fought for those poor but brilliant students until their results were restored. Prof Amupitan did everything possible to silence me, but I refused. I know Amupitan very very well. He is someone I have worked closely with. He does not have integrity an...
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THE INFINITY SIGNAL: A WARNING NIGERIANS MUST NOT IGNORE By Umar Ardo, Ph.D

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•The infinity sign  Fellow Nigerians, This symbol ∞ is not a decoration. It is not fashion. It is not culture. It is a message! In mathematics, ∞ means infinity - no limit, no end, no exit. It represents permanence. It is something designed to last on forever.  2. Symbols, however, do not belong to mathematics alone. They travel far and wide into culture, into philosophy and, most powerfully, into politics. Specifically in political communications, symbols are rarely accidental. They are messages. They are almost always encoded intents. Therefore, when symbols speak from mathematics to power, we must do well to listen and understand. The adoption or consistent display of a symbol by a political leader invites interpretation. This becomes imperative as history teaches us that leaders, in all generations, have used visual cues, flags, colors, attire and gestures not just for identity, but for projection of power, legitimacy and ambition. 3. ⁠And today, this very symb...
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WHO ARE THE INHERITORS OF THE PROPHET? by Ali Abubakar Sadiq

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“Scholars are the inheritors of the prophets” is a Hadith reported by majority of compilers including Bukhari, Ibn Maja, Tirmidhi, Nisa’a, Ahmad, Ibn Hibban and others. The Hadith is most likely informed by the Quranic Verse  35:32 “Then we have given the book as inheritance to such of our servants as we have chosen”.  Islam is a religion that set out to make a scholar of all believers, though to a degree, as God commanded us in  Q17:37 “And pursue not that of which you have no knowledge; for every act of hearing or seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the day of reckoning)”  Thus a Muslim is required to have basic knowledge that would guide his life to a point, so that he could responsibly defend his actions, not only here in the world but in the hereafter. Therefore basic knowledge is a religious necessity. Scholars earned the position of inheritors of prophvet simply because they are a special class of Muslims distinguished by ...
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IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER F!RES BACK TO CRIT!CS ON WHY THEY ARE CHARGING $2MILLION D0LLARS FOR A PASS AT STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

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 Copied BREAKING🚨 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER F!RES BACK TO CRIT!CS ON WHY THEY ARE CHARGING $2MILLION D0LLARS FOR A PASS AT STRAIT OF HORMUZ. “Let me be absolutely clear,” the Iranian minister addressing the international community. Countries around the world routinely charge massive fees for critical maritime chokepoints. Egypt, for example, collects between $200,000 and $700,000 per transit through the Suez Canal—with large tankers and container ships often exceeding $1 million. Meanwhile, Panama imposes fees ranging from $100,000 to $450,000 for vessels crossing the Panama Canal, with larger Neopanamax ships paying up to $500,000. In Turkey, transit through the Bosphorus Strait comes with its own costs. Similarly, both Canada and the United States impose fees along the St. Lawrence Seaway. “And yet,” he continued, “Iran has, for decades, refused to charge transit fees through the Strait of Hormuz—keeping it open without cost, despite facing sancti0ns, isolation, and constant crit...
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BAHAUSHE KO BAFILATANI?Ali Abubakar Sadiq

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Bahaushe ya ce sai an kula kashi ya ke doyi....ina kira da babbar murya ga matasan Arewa ku rabu da duk wadanda ke kokarin kunna wutar fitina tsakanin Hausawa da Fulani. Duk musulmi da ya ci sunan musulmi, wallahi ya girmi kabilanci. Babban abinda musulunci ya zo yayi yaki da shi a Doron kasa bayan shirka, bai wuce kabilanci ba. Sannan musulunci ya na yakar zalunci daga duk inda ya fito, ko a cikin gidanku ne. Duk al'ummar da ta gina tunanin yayanta kan kabilanci (kamar mu a nan Najeriya) wallahi har abada ba za ta kai gaci ba.  Ka gama zagin bahaushe ko bafilatani, ka na matsawa kadan sai dan Birom ko wata kabilar Middle Belt ya far maka. Shi kuma Dan Middle Belt da ya haura river Niger ko Benue sai Dan kudu ya far masa a matsayinsa na Dan Arewa. Shi kuma inyamurin kudu ya far wa duk yanuwansa na kudu. Yan Nigeria Delta su far wa Inyamuri yayin da Yarbawa su ke far wa kowa. Duk mai bibiyar tarihin Najeriya da idon basira zai gane cewa da gangan turawan mulk...
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TEACHERS’ REWARDS ARE IN HEAVEN—OR SO THEY CLAIM. by Sa'adu Abubakar (Gambe)

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In the current Nigerian "climate," a teacher can no longer afford to wait for a reward in the afterlife. Since death has graciously ignored me for now and failed to give me a lift to that celestial station, I am putting in my claim for my reward right here on Earth. My provisions are exhausted, and I need more than just promises to survive the rest of the journey to the final stop. By the way, as a teacher, I always made it a point to introduce myself properly—writing my name and a brief biography for every new class—so that I would be remembered by my students long after the lessons ended. In my over four decades of teaching, my journey through the stations of Nigerian education has been vast and deeply fulfilling. My Journey Through the Stations (1965 – 2006) 1. 1965 - Gombi Primary School - 280 staff/students. Notable: Fatima Balla (Mrs. Fatima wife Prof. Sa'ad Abubakar).  2. 1968 - GSS Bauchi - Pupil Teacher. Miss Faith Peters (South African), Esai Dangabar 3. 1971–19...
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Tinubu’s UK Visit: A Hollow National Honour By Umar Ardo, Ph.D

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The current state visit of *President Bola Ahmed Tinubu* to the United Kingdom was, by every ceremonial standard, a spectacle of prestige. From the stately reception to the banquet hosted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, from the polished motorcade to the guard of honour, the pageantry was unmistakable. Accolades were generously dispensed; encomiums flowed with diplomatic grace. On the surface, it was an image of Nigeria elevated and respected. In diplomacy, such appearances carry the weight of symbolic honour.  2. Yet, beneath the glitter of these ceremonies lies a more troubling question: can honour be complete when it is divorced from context? The central flaw of the visit is not in the fact of diplomacy itself, but in its failure to reckon with moral timing - the invisible yet decisive measure of responsible leadership. A state visit may indeed constitute diplomatic honour in the abstract, but politics is never conducted in the abstract; it is judged in the li...
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