Everybody talks about the bad image that Nigeria has internationally. While I accept that this is true, what irks me is that nobody devotes time to addressing the reasons for …
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August 8 each year means a lot to Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige and his followership. This is the day the dude was born. As a man who is seen by …
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Nigeria is in a delicate trajectory point but has not reached what physicist calls an “Escape velocity” which literally means a point of no return. Not yet! Nigeria can be …
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A colleague once told me that he is used to such noise. When he was writing a column for a national newspaper, a lot of people abused him each time …
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Recently, a mound of evidence emerged of dumb Dame Patience Jonathan’s ugly descent into gratuitous attack on Reuben Abati over his arse-kissing type of image laundering. The unspeakably powerful wife …
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When the news first hit town a few months back that the Federal Government under the leadership of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has a plan to soon roll out an …
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The honour of two apparently distinct and different bodies, INEC and the NBA, has been clearly challenged by two of their stakeholders and for everybody’s sake these two bodies cannot …
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The capacity of the Nigerian soldier for reckless display of brute and barbaric force has long been established. A typical soldier is a reflection of the arbitrariness of the military …
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It might not be the writer’s fault, because many of the contemporaries have been brainwashed into seeing anything African as demonic. This is because of their Christian indoctrination or inclination, …
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It is obvious that Governor T.A. Orji of Abia State is not a happy man. He must be blaming his God for giving him a governorship position he has shown …
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What looked like a normal day in Ibadan, Oyo State, turned out to be a nightmare in the early hours of 22nd of July 2012 at around 2.30am when about …
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Much has been written about the atrocities of Boko Haram and the chain of events that led to the rising of the group in Northern Nigeria. Indeed, the testimony of …
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The way and manner the Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole routed the PDP candidate in the just concluded Edo State governorship election showed that if they have a system that can …
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One of the greatest and perhaps most damaging idiosyncrasies of Nigeria is the quest for greatness without ever striving for normalcy. There is a sort of a born-to-be-great self-delusionary mindset …
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Now that a new National Security Adviser has been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan, one hopes that things might improve for the better. Mallam Sambo Dasuki, a gentleman from appearance, …
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Perhaps no other citizens of an oil rich nation have been subjected to suffering and dying like Nigerians. Every year, it is the same story and scenery of hike in …