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  “He will be subjected to what the American military forces that invaded Iraq in 2003 under the command of General Tommy Franks famously described as “shock and awe”. He will be subjected to what the German Army referred to as “blitzkrieg” during World War 11” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 I admire and respect the energy and ...

  “The greatest gift Augustus had from God was that when he came to power he realised that he should allow talented people to deliver. So, the Senators and others were allowed to flourish and then Rome recorded great success in a period which is now referred to as the Augustan Age, not Ciceronian Age…Nigerians must learn that the more ...

  “She could not mention this person’s name, but she could mention his physical appearance, his job and other information that clearly identifies her imaginary murder suspect as the journalist who broke the story – me” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | AUGUST 30, 2022 Last week Thursday, I discovered that I am apparently a murder suspect. Or at least, that was ...

  “Ogunbodede had hinted that Buhari’s two-week ultimatum would elapse without the crisis being resolved not because resolving the crisis was rocket science but because the parties involved would continue to be economical with the truth. They would act the ostrich and play the blame game instead of facing up to and speaking the truth” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JULY ...

  “It would be compassionate if the government would pay ASUU members for the period they have been on strike, but the government has no legal obligation to do so. Section 43 of the Trade Disputes Act is unequivocal in insisting that striking workers are not entitled to their habitual remunerations for the period that they cease to work” PEGASUS ...

  “Every Nigerian has the right to live legitimately in any part of the country and earn a living. Peter Obi does not own Igbo land or any city in the South-East. Bola Tinubu does not own Yoruba land or any city in the South-West. If you are reading this piece and you share posts that traffic on ethnic hate, ...

  “For instance, on Thursday, The Guardian online published a threat by an Igbo youth group, the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), that Tinubu’s campaign posters, billboards or other election materials must not be sighted anywhere in the South-East and that a task force had been set up to enforce the order and punish violators” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS ...

  “The class struggle between the political class and the people appears to have indeed formed in the populace a political culture that tends to identify with whoever looks like them or appears to have shared in their pains” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | AUGUST 13, 2022 One truly sad allegory of the Nigerian political process in recent times is the ...

  “A new kind of Godfatherism has been birthed from hardship and total collapse of governance, These Godfathers were the recipients of all ills that emanate from the consequences of the actions of our leaders and the above-described previous Godfathers” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | AUGUST 8, 2022 A new kind of Godfatherism has emerged in the Nigerian political landscape. Still, ...

  “Finally, Peter Obi is a sophist. Peter Obi talks too much, too much sweet talk and by so doing he shoots himself in the feet. His whole popularity is built on sophistry, manipulating the masses by telling them what they want to hear. Making the gullible youth believe in bogus statements and declarations” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | AUGUST 7, ...