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The weaponisation of yesterday, By Umar Yakubu
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. Premium Times Nigeria is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 20:45 UTC. The headline in use is “The weaponisation of yesterday, By Umar Yakubu”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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If Nigeria is to break this destructive cycle, we must transition from what Nietzsche termed “reactive” history to a critical history — a deliberate practice that scrutinises past structural failures, disarms historical grievances, and prioritises civic nation-building over score-settling… Until we stop using yesterday as a weapon to fight today’s…
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