Due to purported security concerns and other technical challenges, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria – the country’s chief electoral umpire – has postponed the general polls that …
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WHAT is the state of Nigerian State? This tasking, delicate question was put to the four hundred (400) level students of the Department of Political Science, class of 2000, of …
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Nigeria is a country where anything is seemingly possible; a land of miraculous signs and wonders – apologies to the prosperity preachers; a modern day Ruritania – apologies to Anthony …
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This piece is a call to civil duty. It is dedicated to all the victims of the modern institution of slavery in Nigerian; to the innocent victims of the most …
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If they want peace, nations must avoid the pin pricks that precede canon shots –Napoleon Bonaparte Relations between the United States of America (USA) and other countries go back to …
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Between February 14th and 28th, 2015, the Federal Republic of Nigeria will hold its General Elections. These elections present another opportunity for all the candidates vying for the several vacant …
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What is the most effective strategy for fighting terrorism? Answers to this question have become more pertinent in the ugly face of the globalizing trend of a phenomenon that seems …
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Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it – Frantz Fanon Despotism has thrived for so long in this country because it has …
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Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it – Frantz Fanon This column has served as a medium through which I have ceaselessly …
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On September 2001, during the first year of the new millennium, the cities of New York and Washington D.C were attacked by what most political and military leaders in the …
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The worldly hope men set their hearts upon turns to ashes -Omar Khayan I wait for the lord, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope –Psalm …
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Love your enemies — Matthew 5:4 Man is a social animal who dislikes his fellow man –Eugene Delacroix The Christmas season is here again, and just like other festive …
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Since the onset of the ongoing insurgency in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria, spearheaded by the fundamentalist Islamist sect, Boko Haram (Western Education is Sin), against the Nigerian State, the …
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At the Eagle Square, Abuja, where he formally declared his ambition to contest the 2015 Presidential Elections, the incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, vowed …
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The yuletide is upon us again. It is that time of the year when both true and copycat Christians traditionally assemble to celebrate the birth of our Lord and savior …
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A couple of weeks ago, the mass media – regular and social – were riff with news of a ceasefire agreement between the Nigerian Government and Boko Haram insurgents. According …