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  The next morning a BBC correspondent from London called me and asked if I was the chairman of SDP. On answering yes, he said, “your candidate is here”. I asked, “Which candidate?” and he answered. “Chief M.K.O. Abiola”. I was forced to ask him, “Where are you speaking from?” He replied, “This is BBC London. Do you want to ...

  ‘We will not discuss it. We have 15 nuclear power units in operation today. This all belongs to our state,’ Zelensky told a news conference in Oslo, where he held talks with Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 21, 2025 A day after the White House floated the shocking idea of U.S.  ‘Ownership’ of ...

  “However, the greatest backstabber in all these are the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and the Trade Union Congress TUC. One is not surprised, because from the time of Comrade Wabara to the current leaders of NLC, their antecedent has been anti-Nigeria workers whose salaries are deducted at source as Check-off contribution to feather the nest of Comrade Ajaero and ...

  “I think that the north must call Obasanjo to order. That the North overwhelmingly supported him as a Yoruba civil successor to MKO Abiola in 1999 cannot be seen by him as a permanent turban of honour bestowed on him to determine what is good for the North.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 18, 2025 This piece is geared ...

  “The Jackson case is a wake-up call for Nigeria’s justice system. It highlights the need for reform and the importance of ensuring that justice is served fairly and impartially. The Supreme Court’s decision should be reviewed, and alternative sentences considered” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 14, 2025 THE Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the death sentence on Sunday ...

  Democraatit’s leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the incoming prime minister, criticized Trump’s call for Greenland to become a U.S. territory. ‘We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future,’ Nielsen told Sky News. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 16, 2025 President Donald Trump ...

  “Muslims know how to make you feel guilty if you speak against their religion, even when they taunt you. One such strategy is claiming to be peaceful while they speak against other people’s faith, and the next, they will be waiting for your reaction and by the time you react rudely, they will come up with their most intelligent, ...

  “It is high time we sheath our swords; virtually, no tribe in Nigeria has not had a share of man’s inhumanity to man. Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was sent to jail on trump up charges of Treasonable Felony and Conspiracy charges by His tribe’s man, Late Justice Sowemimo who eventually told the world that his hands were tied – ...

  In an interview with Fox Business, Trump said last week, “There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal” to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran has long denied wanting to develop a nuclear weapon. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 12, 2025 President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not negotiate with the US ...

  “How can a country defined by these pernicious tendencies and factors become a saner clime or an advanced country or a part of the developed world? Nigeria is a country where there is a disconcerting dearth of responsibility on the part of public servants, and there are no consequences for bad behaviours both in the public and private space” ...