Since flag independence from Britain in 1960, the Ijaw have never stopped complaining about their ill-treatment at the hands of successive Nigerian government, be it military or civilian…
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Some great revelations came to light in the history of our nation recently. The vibrant arm of the Nigerian media did a great job in bringing to light some hitherto …
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The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the authorities, abandonment to their fate because of various forms …
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The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the authorities, abandonment to their fate because of various forms …
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The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the authorities, abandonment to their fate because of various forms …
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All governments at all levels do have duties and responsibilities to their citizens. But this is not a one way street. There are two sides or even multiplicities of sides …
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Over the years, Nigeria had acted as if achieving the Millennium Development Goals was solely the responsibility of the Federal Government through an instrumentality that barely possesses the required capacity…
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The advancement of Nigeria and the success of its government will remain a mere dream unless everyone put the national agenda or interest over personal ones. Are the people who …
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A critical examination of America’s foreign policy in the last two decades proves she is concerned with environment issues and with matters dealing with social dislocations, international health challenges and …
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Recently, I became aware of the kidnapping, bundling and dumping of Nigerian citizens who are afflicted with one disability or the other, including destitution and abject poverty. Nigerian citizens with …
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Often, we all talk about scam as it concerns basically what we have come to term ‘yahoo yahoo’. Only on few occasions do we make reference to the scam that …
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With the salacious details of what happened in Ekiti in April 2009, when the shambolic re-run polls happened thumbing in at the state election tribunal headed by Justice , there …
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We must be able to say it straightaway that these people resemble carpetbaggers than anything else. And rather than think this is an irresponsible or cheap shot at the honourables, …
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Historically, citizens of the Niger Delta have been a thorn on the flesh of pre and post-colonial Nigerian governments. Not a people to suffer injustice in silence, they have a …
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I felt a strong urge to step outdoors to espy the night skies, in the fervent, but furtive hope of catching a glimpse – however fleeting – of the ascent …
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Conflicts take place all over the world because you and I want to control the things that generate money and wealth. Now, since we cannot have everything we want, and …