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NIGERIA AT 66: A CASE FOR A CONFEDERATE NIGERIA By Bolarinwa Ayoola • The Forgotten Industrial Projects of the Western Region: When a Region Tried to Build Its Own Industrial Economy • BREAKING: After Explosive Whistleblower Revelations, Nigeria Arrests Fulani Power Broker Accused of Terrorism and Killing Christians as U.S. Pressure Over Christian Killings Intensifies • Geopolitics with Bolarinwa: Muhammed Ali, The Forgotten Founder of Boko Haram • Think Yorùbá First Calls for ‘United States of Nigeria’ as Group Demands Autonomous Constituent Nations on 66th Independence Anniversary • NIGERIA AT 66: INDEPENDENCE GAVE US A COUNTRY, NATION-BUILDING IS STILL OUR JOB • EDITORIAL: 66 Years After the Union Jack Came Down, Nigeria Still Has One Uncomfortable Question to Answer: What Have We Actually Built With Our Independence? • The Rock, the Ink, and the Indigo: How Abeokuta Is Paving Over Its Industrial Identity • NIGERIA AT 66: A CASE FOR A CONFEDERATE NIGERIA By Bolarinwa Ayoola • The Forgotten Industrial Projects of the Western Region: When a Region Tried to Build Its Own Industrial Economy • BREAKING: After Explosive Whistleblower Revelations, Nigeria Arrests Fulani Power Broker Accused of Terrorism and Killing Christians as U.S. Pressure Over Christian Killings Intensifies • Geopolitics with Bolarinwa: Muhammed Ali, The Forgotten Founder of Boko Haram • Think Yorùbá First Calls for ‘United States of Nigeria’ as Group Demands Autonomous Constituent Nations on 66th Independence Anniversary • NIGERIA AT 66: INDEPENDENCE GAVE US A COUNTRY, NATION-BUILDING IS STILL OUR JOB • EDITORIAL: 66 Years After the Union Jack Came Down, Nigeria Still Has One Uncomfortable Question to Answer: What Have We Actually Built With Our Independence? • The Rock, the Ink, and the Indigo: How Abeokuta Is Paving Over Its Industrial Identity •
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BREAKING: The Presidency has dismissed Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for a United Nations-led probe into the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State, describing the request as unnecessary and politically motivated.

By Ayinde Bello / 2026-07-14 / 1 min read
BREAKING: The Presidency has dismissed Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for a United Nations-led probe into the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State, describing the request as unnecessary and politically motivated.

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