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recent times declared their political ambition and aligned themselves with political parties, Tony Tetuila (reals names, Anthony Olarenwaju) has quickly joined the burgeoning list of Nigerian artistes vying for elective positions in next year鈥檚 general election.</p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160328125033/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/theophilus-ilevbare/8859-x-raying-the-motives-of-overnight-artiste-politicians" title="X-Raying the Motives of Overnight Artiste-Politicians">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="items-row cols-2 row-0 row-fluid clearfix"> <div class="span6"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <h2> <a href="/web/20160328125033/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/theophilus-ilevbare/8801-ikimi-ribadu-and-politics-of-defection"> Ikimi, Ribadu and Politics of Defection</a> </h2> <ul 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style="background-color:#a52a2a;"> </span><span data-scayt_word="Ilevbare" data-scaytid="6">Ilevbare</span></span></b></span></h3> <p> <strong>In recent weeks the All Progressive Congress (<span data-scayt_word="APC" data-scaytid="7">APC</span>) has been rocked with a tidal wave of defection of a founding member in Chief Tom <span data-scayt_word="Ikimi" data-scaytid="2">Ikimi</span> and the party’s 2011 presidential candidate, <span data-scayt_word="Mallam" data-scaytid="9">Mallam</span> <span data-scayt_word="Nuhu" data-scaytid="10">Nuhu</span> <span data-scayt_word="Ribadu" data-scaytid="4">Ribadu</span> to the party Nigerians loathe but can’t vote out of power at the <span data-scayt_word="centre" data-scaytid="11">centre</span>, the Peoples Democratic Party(<span data-scayt_word="PDP" data-scaytid="12">PDP</span>). <span data-scayt_word="Ikimi鈥檚" data-scaytid="13">Ikimi’s</span> grievance with the <span data-scayt_word="APC" data-scaytid="8">APC</span> hierarchy stems from how he was barred from contesting the party’s chairmanship position.</strong></p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160328125033/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/theophilus-ilevbare/8801-ikimi-ribadu-and-politics-of-defection" title="Ikimi, Ribadu and Politics of Defection">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div>  </div> <div class="span6"> <div class="item column-2" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <h2> <a href="/web/20160328125033/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/theophilus-ilevbare/8635-boko-haram-little-girls-as-weapons-of-terror"> Boko Haram: Little Girls as Weapons of Terror?</a> </h2> <ul class="actions"> <li class="email-icon"> <a href="/web/20160328125033/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=simplycity2&link=fca141defdbe9f65b967006a6604fcdc4c874eba" title="Email" 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data-scaytid="114">Wafa</span> <span data-scayt_word="Idriss" data-scaytid="115">Idriss</span>, became the first female suicide bomber of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when she boldly walked into a shopping district on Jerusalem’s <span data-scayt_word="Jaffa" data-scaytid="116">Jaffa</span> Road and blew herself up in the heart of the City. 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