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Abiodun Ladepo, Boko Haram, Ebonyi, Headlines, National Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Peter Okutu ABAKALIKI—Three police officers indicted in the stripping and battering of a 15-year-old Uzoamaka Chukwu in Umunaga Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, are currently undergoing orderly room trial. Uzoamaka was stripped naked and beaten with cables and canes by some persons in the area with the pictures and video of […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
Open Letter To President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari Your Excellency Sir, Let me quickly jump in front of the oncoming bandwagon in offering my congratulations. I know you do not have too much time for niceties because much has been left on the Augean Stables for you to clean up. Let me be one of the first […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Monday, January 26th, 2015
By Ladipo Abiodun | Los Angeles, USA | Jan. 26, 2015 – Upon assuming office in May this year, General Muhammadu Buhari will place a call to the President of Niger Republic – Mahamadou Issoufou – and explain to him that Nigeria intends to escalate hostilities with Boko Haram and all other terrorists who have […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, February 7th, 2014
By Ladepo Abiodun | Los Angeles, USA | Feb. 7, 2014 – It begins with the language spoken in the home. It is often the case that parents who share the same Nigerian language speak English to their children at home even when the children are just babies and toddlers. This is a waste of […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | Jan. 23, 2014 – This past Wednesday, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan elevated crassness and primitiveness to the highest level imaginable by signing into law a bill banning homosexuality in Nigeria. I deliberately crafted the previous sentence so unambiguously. He did not just ban homosexual marriage; he banned homosexuality […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | Jan 15, 2014 – They are acting as if they have never seen this picture before – the picture of politicians behaving badly. And they are acting as if they never heard the “Fellow Nigerians” salutation before – the one that used to be preceded by martial […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Sunday, September 1st, 2013
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | Sept. 1, 2013 – DISCLAIMER: I am no fan of Femi Fani-Kayode’s. I could never hold brief for a man reputed to be a serial wife-beater (hey, just rumors…I have no proof about that). I also could never carry the can for a man still being prosecuted […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | August 19, 2013 – Just two houses away from ours in Ibadan, a new church sprang up last year. The arrival of the church signaled the end of the little tranquility we enjoyed in the Apata/Oluyole axis of the city. Before the church, we had had to […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | June 26, 2013 – An Ijesha man (they are always apt for jokes) boarded a commercial vehicle from Ilesha headed for Ibadan. The driver asked him where he would prefer to alight. The man answered: “Iwo Road.” Once there, the driver asked the passenger to pay and […]
