What do Nigerians really want? A million dollar question! I am dwarfed to make any preachment on how people should live their lives. As a concerned citizen of Nigeria, I…
Yahaya Balogun
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If you believe strongly in the courage of your convictions, your efforts at achieving your goals might temporarily tarry, but it will not tarry in the end. Decades ago, two…
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As Nigerians grapple with the dire situation in the country, President Buhari’s ailing health is a great concern to some of us who believe in our President’s efforts to rescue…
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In security parlance, officers are trained to be firm, fair and consistent to safeguard their safety and the security of the society they protect. By complacency, if an officer reneges…
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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It comes once in a year. It is also a period that every Muslim takes stock of the past and stay…
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The fingertip of Esau, the voice of Jacob touched the internet again a few days ago, via those whose stock in national or international trade is to hear the sudden…
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The attention of the world was on France last week. In Nigeria, for some time to come, we will subsume ourselves in the political argy-bargy of France, juxtaposing their election…
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This is the time to begin to clamor for restructuring of Nigeria. The real Igbo man or woman should be rallied around to be president of Nigeria in the 2019…
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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our…
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“A nation that celebrates mediocrity in place of meritocracy is sure to be in perpetual state of economic and political quagmire.” – Yahaya Balogun Why Nigeria is still standing is…
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The current tragi-comedy in Nigeria gives credence to Prof. Wole Soyinka’s book titled: A Season of Anomy. The above article’s title is borrowed from his book. It’s unarguably a season…
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Seriously, the committee of elders in Kogi West, Kogi State, Nigeria should convey an emergency meeting. This crucial meeting must earnestly bring to bear the idiocy of their son. The…
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This piece is not intended to polish the already polished but bruised image of Abati. It is to give credence to Abati’s intellectual prowess and win back some of us…
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Reflections on Mamman Vatsa’s death, the gruesome assassination of Dele Giwa and the unresolved murder of Bola Ige are some of the shames of the Nation. The dramatis personae in…
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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our…
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Dear 2face Idibia, I hope this message gets to you in an atmosphere of reflection. Inasmuch as you have the constitutional rights to assembly, one of which is your freedom…