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Still on Uromi 16

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai, serial award-winning columnist Still on Uromi 16 The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government and …. S.14(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) On 28 March this year, news of the killing of 16 northern Nigerians…

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FA Cup at a glance

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWatchmanPost Sports            With Chris Umosen       FA Cup at a glance Before saying what FA Cup competition is, it is pertinent to have a glance at how the beautiful game of football came to Nigeria. Football was introduced to Nigeria by a Briton by name Baron Mulford, in…

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Wrong trading spots: Win-win situation possible

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares  The Concourse     By Soney Antai, serial award-winning columnist Wrong trading spots: Win-win situation possible It’s not for nothing that the ancients told us that a hungry man is an angry man. Such a man is not interested in the niceties of sanitation and hygiene when he sees food. He’s not also interested…

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Abodunrin as metaphor

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By award-winning columnist, Soney Antai Abodunrin as metaphor (First published in WatchmanPost edition of 02.04.2025) As you are reading this, Joseph Abodunrin is no more. Well, what does it matter? You don’t even know who he was, or do you? I bet that more than  98% concoursites never knew him, and never…

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What’s scouting in football?

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares     WatchmanPost Sports                with            Christ Umosen What’s Scouting in Football? Scouting, according to its literal meaning is a world youth programme that focuses on outdoor activities and social development. This group is otherwise referred to as Scout Movement. However, scouting in…

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Ibaka Road notes

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse         By Soney Antai, Award-winning columnist          Ibaka Road notes Death, the ice-old bastard, again struck in Oroland. This time, it snatched away an officer and a gentleman, a titled chief and knight of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Eyo Inuekim, who worked with the Nigerian Customs and…

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Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands in Bayelsa – Music star Timaya cries out

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands in Bayelsa – Music star Timaya cries out The Frontier ′March 18, 20250 Minutes read0 •Timaya Afrobeats singer Inetimi Alfred Odon, popularly known as Timaya, has raised the alarm over the reported destruction of farmlands by Fulani herdsmen in his home state of Bayelsa. He called on the government…

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Musings about life

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse  By Soney Antai, award winning columnist             Musings about life The present is a reality, death a certainty, Life a swiftly passing possession. They who enjoy know what they are getting. The rest is dismissed as altogether in the air    –  R. A. Watson As a…

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Suspension from Senate – Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, ors  •As Akpabio says court can’t interfere in Senate affairs 

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Suspension from Senate – Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, ors •As Akpabio says court can’t interfere in Senate affairs Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has dragged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others before an Abuja High Court for alleged contempt of court. Others defendants in the contempt charge, filed under Form 48…

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