Anyone who enjoyed the privilege, or suffered the peril, of having to attend boarding school as part of the process of receiving a secondary education, may recall with good humour, …
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France, as one of the principal world powers, official possessor of nuclear weapons, permanent member of the UN Security Council and one of the engine rooms of the European Union, …
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Since the inception of World Bank, the United States of America has been producing presidents of the Brentwood institution. But this time around a new tune is in play and …
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The truth is that Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has strong competitors to the position and it will take more than qualification and credentials to topple those two other gentlemen. To be frank, …
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Maybe, Okonjo-Iweala’s removal will be Nigerians’ subsidy’ to a new lease of life. But is this the way she has to live: genuflecting from one slighted opportunity to another without …
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Two significant events happened in Africa last week that should force Nigerians — both the government and the governed — to do a health check on the democracy we have …
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Brace yourself if you have not been following the republican primaries. Amongst his own party members, Mitt Romney’s problem is simply that he is too rich, too removed, too sophisticated …
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The recurring and unwarranted diplomatic fireworks were obviously sparked again, by South Africa, otherwise called the Rainbow Nation, when it repatriated 125 Nigerians upon landing in Johannesburg weeks ago. For …
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“Here in Cape Town, if you are a Nigerian, you can’t sleep with your two eyes tightly closed at night. I know it sounds odd, but that’s the truth. There …
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Until the anti-Christ comes the Papacy remains the worst institution and the most anti-Christian outfit in history…
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Until the anti-Christ comes the Papacy remains the worst institution and the most anti-Christian outfit in history…
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The year 2011 closed with the gruesome issue of same-sex marriage. Obama and the West were poised to horn down Africa for not going insane with them…
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As president, Mandela was far from a perfect leader; some critics charge that he failed to drive a harder bargain to attain economic empowerment for the long-oppressed black majority. Still, …
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This is a fiction which could become frightfully real if those who are given to belligerency have their way. In this essay, I will use hyperbolic polemics to present my …
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It is a conviction that I have strongly held for a long time that those social humans, who think deeply and constantly reflect on the deeper things of life, live …
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No President, governor or other political office holder should think that he is superior or better than his compatriots. If you search, you will find millions who are far ahead …