Leyii Kwanee is not your ordinary politician. He has none of the flamboyance and excessive ostentatiousness of most Nigerian politicians that you may have come across. This one was cut…
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The large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) occasioned by the Boko Haram scourge in the North East of Nigeria represents to most Nigerians their only knowledge of IDPs and…
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One of the things I have learnt, first as a student of literature, and then as a literary critic, is that incidents (especially those brought about by human action) do…
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Finally, change has come! We have an incumbent president, who allowed for an election to hold ‘freely’ and proceeded to concede defeat to the opposition. It was a first in…
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A few days from now, we shall be headed to the polls for the 2015 Presidential and national assembly elections. Then two weeks later, the governorship and state assembly elections…
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Two things are certain about this article; it will not be published by Sahara Reporters (they have proven to be a completely anti-Jonathan media outlet who are now so far from…
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A few weeks ago, I was having a discussion with my brother-in-law and he straight out called the president of an African country a “woman wrapper”. Naturally, I asked him…
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The tension is palpable. Naked fear walks through the land unchallenged, waylaying people at every turn. While a deadly group of religious bigots has laid siege on our land and…
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A lot of people who consider themselves ‘serious minded’ claim that they do not watch Big Brother Africa as it is a waste of time; promotes immorality; and does not…
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Statistics detailing the extent of perpetration of child sexual abuse is hugely alarming. Projections show that this statistics will increase if something is not urgently done. Therefore, the urgency of…
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The #30PercentOrNothing hashtag is one of the newest to flood social media in Nigeria. From what I gathered, it is a campaign initiated to ensure that Nigerian youths have 30%…
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Over the past century, the position of women in human affairs has received lots of attention. There has been a delineation into several camps and several groups, each with different…
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There is a tendency in this country called Nigeria for us to trivialize everything. When a serious issue comes up and gets widespread attention, instead of attaching the importance that …
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It has been over one hundred days since the abduction of the Chibok girls. Over one hundred days in which the girls have had to endure pure horror and pain …
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2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African …
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I tried to find out from the protesting militants the reason behind the anger. I am ashamed to write that they said they were angry that after the training, the …