Austyn Ogannah
OUR INDEPENDENCE
Like a tamed snake unskinning
Unskinning is easier for the untamed
Free from the hostilities of machinery
And the bush is wide and natural
Like a baby after the
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
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PHOTO: DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU....
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN....
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PHOTO: SOKOTO STATE GOVERNOR ALIYU MAGATAKARDA WAMMAKO....
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PHOTO R-L: DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU AND DEPUTY SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE USMAN BAYERO NAFADA, AT A MEETING BETWEEN INEC AND THE JOINT CONSTITUTION REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN ABUJA TODAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010. ...
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PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA....
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PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI....
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN...
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PHOTO: PDP NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY AND GOMBE STATE GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANT, PROFESSOR RUFUS AHMED ALKALI....
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PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MRS PAULINE TALLEN....
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PHOTO: THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS MAIN ENTRANCE....
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN AT THE 65TH UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY....
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PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE....JONATHAN AND HIS SOUTH-EAST POLITICAL JOBBERS
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PHOTO L-R: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, ALHAJI ABUBAKAR ATIKU; FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, DR IYORCHIA AYU AND FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA. ...
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PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA ADDRESSING A PRESS CONFERENCE A FEW WEEKS AGO....
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PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE....
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PHOTO: BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIGERIA, MR BOB DEWAR....
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PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA DURING HIS DECLARATION....
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PHOTO: A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE KIDNAPPED KIDS....
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
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LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN....
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PHOTO: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN....
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PHOTO: DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT IKE EKWEREMADU....
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PHOTO: BBC WORLD SERVICE NIGERIA CORRESPONDENT, MR FIDELIS MBAH....
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PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER IKECHUKWU ADUBA....
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PHOTO: GOVERNOR OF KANO STATE AND ANPP PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, DR IBRAHIM SHEKARAU....
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PHOTO: OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE....
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PHOTO: DEPUTY SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HONOURABLE USMAN NAFADA....
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PHOTO: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
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PHOTO: GMD NNPC, MR AUSTEN ONIWON....
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PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI....
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PHOTO: SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK....
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PHOTO: PETOLEUM MINISTER DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE....
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PHOTO: INEC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
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FORMER CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, PROFESSOR CHARLES SOLUDO....
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PHOTO: PASTOR TUNDE BAKARE HAS CONSISTENTLY USED RELIGION TO FIGHT CORRUPTION AND BAD GOVERNANCE....
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PHOTO: L-R: NEW ACTING POLICE IG, HAFIZ RINGIM AND FORMER IG, MR OGBONNAYA ONOVO. ...
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PHOTO: L-R: FORMER HEADS OF STATE, GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON AND CHIEF ERNEST SHONEKAN....
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PHOTO: HONOURABLE TUNJI EGBETOKUN, OGUN STATE HOUSE SPEAKER WHO WAS REMOVED BY A MINORITY IN THE HOUSE. ...
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PHOTO: PLATEAU STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MRS. PAULINE TALLEN....
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PHOTO: FORMER NIGERIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR....
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PHOTO: NIGERIAN LEADER, GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
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PHOTO: STATE GOVERNORS ELECTED UNDER THE PLATFORM OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)....
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PHOTO: GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA (LEFT) WAVES AT SUPPORTERS DURING HIS FORMAL DECLARATION. WITH HIM ARE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, KEN NNAMANI (MIDDLE) AND CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, CHIEF RAYMOND DOKPESI....
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
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PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY LEADER, GENERAL IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA....
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PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN....
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PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA. ...
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PHOTO: R-L: PRSIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND PDP CHAIRMAN OKWESILIEZE NWODO....
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PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN....
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DAY 4, MERCEDES BENZ FASHION WEEK NY SPRING/SUMMER 2011
Charlotte Ronson New York, (THEWILL) - The designer showed what I would describe as play clothes. There were Khaki, distressed denim, army greens and floral. A ...
Benin Kidnappers Release Chief Medical Director, Hubby
San Francisco, Sept 13, (THEWILL) – THEWILL can authoritatively report that the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Psychiatric Hospital in Benin City, Dr. (Mrs.) ...
JONATHAN’S NEW MEN
PHOTO: NEW SERVICE CHIEFS; L-R: CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, AIR VICE MARSHALL M.D. UMAR; CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, REAR ADMIRAL O.S. IBRAHIM; CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, MAJOR GENERAL ONYEABO IHEJIRIKA AND CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, AIR CHIEF MARSHALL OLUSEYE PETINRIN, DURING THE HAND-OVER CEREMONY IN ABUJA TODAY, SEPT 13, 2010....
PDP Holds Emergency Executive Council Meeting Wednesday
San Francisco, Sept 13, (THEWILL) - The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) for Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at ...
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS (MAYA ANGELOU)
PHOTO: FORMER HEAD OF STATE, LATE GENERAL JOHNSON THOMAS UMUNNAKWE AGUIYI-IRONSI....
LOVING NIGERIA TO DEATH
Nigeria is not a pet. If you love it, let it breath, do not smother it to death. We express our love of the Country ...
NIGERIA: CHOLERA OUTBREAKS AND THE MDG ILLUSION
The President of Nigeria – Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan must be putting finishing touches to his speech for the forthcoming UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) ...
CBN Direct Banks To Replace Auditors With Over Ten Years Of Service
ABUJA, Sept 13, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s central bank has given all deposit money banks (DMBs) up to December 31, 2010 to replace external auditors that ...
FG Plans N31TRN Expenditure On Economic Reforms - Jonathan
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN....
SNG Advocates Public Holidays For Voters Registration
PHOTO: INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU JEGA....
Power: Lagos To Generate 7 Megawatts As Lekki Zone Attracts Companies
PHOTO: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA....
DAY 3, MERCEDES BENZ FASHION WEEK NEW YORK - MIK CIRE - ERIC KIM
New York, Sept 12, (THEWILL) - Finally got to attend my first menswear collection show this season. It was a fun collection. Very much inspired ...
Day 2, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NY Spring / Summer 2011: PORTS 1961
PHOTO: DESIGNER FIONA CABANI....
IBB: Coalition Sues AGF, CBN Over $12.4B Oil Windfall
PHOTO: FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR, GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA....
Dokpesi/Presidency Bickering, Ominous Sign For 2011 Elections - ACN
PHOTO: ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED....
Mimiko, Gana Set Benchmark For Credible Elections
PHOTO: ONDO STATE GOVERNOR, DR OLUSEGUN MIMIKO....
Jonathan 2011: Northern Youths Hold Anti-Jonathan Rally In Kaduna
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN....
Imoke Signs Commercial Transport, Poverty Alleviation Bills
PHOTO: CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE....
Flood Kills 2 In Katsina, Destroys Several Houses
KATSINA, Sept 12, (THEWILL) - These are not good times for residents of Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State as flood has killed two ...
Nigeria Marks National Creativity Day, September 14
PHOTO: DIRECTOR GENERAL, NIGERIAN COPYRIGHT COMMISSION, DR ADEBAMBO ADEWOPO (LEFT)....
HEIGHTENING POLITICAL DRUMBEATS AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
With preparations for the 2011 general elections gradually gathering momentum, it is increasingly becoming clear that all facets of national life will be affected before, ...
THE HAGUE TRIAL IN DUBLIN: TONY BLAIR IS NO CHARLES TAYLOR
PHOTO: FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR....
Dokpesi’s Allegations: It’s All Lies – Presidency
ABUJA, Sept 12, (THEWLL) - The presidency has fired back at the Director General of IBB Campaign Organization, Chief Raymond Dokpesi on the allegations of ...
DAY 2 AT MERCEDES BENZ FASHION WEEK NY SPRING/SUMMER 2011
New York, (THEWILL) - It was the second day here at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York, and the energy was amazing! Fashions Night out ...
MIDDLE-EAST: MAKING FRIENDS OUT OF ENEMIES
PHOTO: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS (L) AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT THE WHITE HOUSE. AFP....
IGBOS WANT ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN NGERIA
PHOTO: L-R: GOVERNORS SULLIVAN CHIME (ENUGU); MARTIN ELECHI (EBONYI) AND PETER OBI (ANAMBRA) WITH VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO....
Dokpesi Alleges Threat To Life; Names Jonathan, Clark, Akhigbe, Others
PHOTO: CHIEF RAYMOND DOKPESI....
PHOTOS: Jonathan, Sambo, Others Mark Eid-el-Fitr
ABUJA, Sept 10, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan today joined his deputy, Namadi Sambo and other Muslim cabinet members as Nigerian Muslims marked the end ...
NNPP Will Back Jonathan For 2011 Presidential Election- Aniebonam
PHOTO: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L) WITH VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO AT THE EID-EL FITR CELEBRATIONS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA TODAY, SEPT 10, 2010....
Jang Felicitates With Muslims On Eid-el Fitr
JOS, Sept 10, (THEWILL) - Plateau State Governor, Jonah David Jang has congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the successful completion of Ramadan Fast, culminating in ...
Ajumogobia Leads TeamTo DC For US-Nigeria Binational Meeting
PHOTO: NIGERIA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, MR ODEIN AJUMOGOBIA....
CORAL BEADS AND TRUCK PUSHERS
PHOTO: THE OBI OF ONITSHA, HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, IGWE ALFRED NNAEMEKA ACHEBE....
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