POLITICS: The return of David Mark

By Olalekan Adetayo

There is no doubt that Senator David Mark was one of the most powerful persons in the last administration. The Peoples Democratic Party’s senator from Benue State remains the nation’s longest serving President of the Senate. He has won elections into the Red Chamber for a record five times.

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OPINION: Emmanuel Kucha, VC, University of Agriculture Makurdi, should resign

 By Awunah Pius Terwase

Any organization, institution or association that is shaking or quivering due to conflicts that are consuming lives of its members and a leader of such organization or institution is very sluggish or lethargic to act and taking other issues of less important more serious than the conflicts that are exterminating his people, such an incompetent confused leader should quickly resign before he or she can be pushed down by his people.

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PDP: The Sack Of Sheriff, A Breath of Fresh Air For Our Party- Femi Fani Kayode

 The sack of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the chairman of our great party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, came to me as a very big relief. The sack was long overdue as we had always maintained that Sheriff had no business being the chairman in the first place.

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OPINION: Social Media And The English Language – By Reuben Abati

 

I get confused these days reading many of the posts on social media, and text messages sent through cell phones, because of the kind of new English that young people now write. The English language is without doubt quite dynamic. In the last 200 years, it has lent itself to many innovations, as cultural, religious, and situational codes have transformed the language and extended the dictionary, with new words and idioms.

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