Poverty, Nigeria’s albatross
— 18th June 2016I have tied the performance of our democracy to the economy because the two complement each other and
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Nigeria’s crises: Who should speak, who should not?
— 11th June 2016SINCE the current crises that have hit the nation went haywire there have been a persistent accusation
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One year of Buhari: It’s now or never
— 4th June 2016LAST Sunday came and passed as every other Sunday before it. There was no fanfare or blitz usually
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Fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms (2)
— 28th May 2016THE first part of the two-part series in today’s column was published last week. It dwelled majorly
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Fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms (1)
— 21st May 2016THIS week I have chosen to dwell on a subject I have always found germane and central to the survival
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The Fulani herdsmen imbroglio
— 14th May 2016AS I indicated in this column last week there would not be any need ab initio for the unhealthy rivalry
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Are prophets of doom being proved right?
— 7th May 2016THE recent events in our dear country seem to give some credence to the doomsday prophecy that was
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Suffering amid plenty
— 30th April 2016NOTHING has made me as miserable as the sufferings a majority of Nigerians goes through at this particular
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The agony of Japan and Ecuador
— 23rd April 2016THE world woke up last Thursday and Saturday respectively to the news of the earthquakes that rocked
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Of weak institutions and national development (2)
— 16th April 2016IN response to the first part of this series published last week somebody asked a rhetoric question:”
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FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays
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APC Convention: Osunor, Ebiri no match for me- Oshiomhole
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Your security, my concern – Taraba gov. assures Igbo community
— 11th June 2018Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo GovernorDarius Ishaku of Taraba State, on Monday, assured the Igbo
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Buhari back from Morocco, says ‘Nigeria’s economically ambitious’
— 11th June 2018Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is back in Abuja after a two-day official
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Commission’s boss, lawmaker mourn late Ras Kimono
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Bloodbath at Ogun border town
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PDP in no hurry to reconstitute BOT – Walid Jibrin
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Nsukka: Making fortune from palm wine
— 6th June 2018Felix Ikem, Nsukka Wherever there is palmwine there is truth, so says a popular saying. From time immemorial,
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June 12 tsunami and those who won’t forgive Buhari
— 11th June 2018Garba Shehu An old Chinese proverb says: Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. This short proverb sums
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Is Jerry Alagbaoso new Cyprian Ekwensi?
— 9th June 2018Henry Akubuiro In 2017, Hon. Jerry Alagbaoso became a major talking point in Nigerian literature as his
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Lifeline
Lagos church where the deaf worship
— 11th June 2018How hearing-impaired persons celebrate Catholic Mass each Sunday Cosmas Omegoh It could be emotional
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Storm over proposed extra year in varsity
— 5th June 2018Gabiel Dike, Bianca Iboma; Jet Stanley-Madu; Fred Ezeh, Abuja; Gyang Bere, Jos The proposed plan by the
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I almost dropped out of school for entertainment -Emeka Kachikwu, filmmaker
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Achebe: Iroko that will never fall
— 11th June 2018When an illustrious personage passes on, his death is not mourned but celebrated. This phenomenal human
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The daughter who beat her dad: A true-life story
— 11th June 2018Life is an ultra-weird inanimate mass of scary twists and funny turns remote-controlled by a monstrously-creative
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Achebe: Iroko that will never fall
— 11th June 2018When an illustrious personage passes on, his death is not mourned but celebrated. This phenomenal human
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Nigeria as a wayward child
— 11th June 2018The agitation for the sovereign state of Biafra is gaining currency by the day. And so is the call for
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Remembering the man of hope
— 11th June 2018Where were you when you heard the news of the June 12 annulment? Where were you when you heard that the
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Your colleague has died!
— 10th June 2018I now know how Prof Wole Soyinka felt, when he got a cable in the early 70s, that simply said “The
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Strange developments indeed
— 10th June 2018Our society has never ceased to be a hostile environment, even before the amalgamation in 1914. Before
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Financial infidelity
— 10th June 2018Alex and Angela have been married for two years now and the relationship is perfect. But lately, Alex
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Time to purge the Senate
— 10th June 2018The National Assembly, specifically the Nigerian Senate, is the symbol of democracy. Whenever the military
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I don’t want any gift of burden, thank you!
— 9th June 2018If you are planning to send me any gift, keep it. Unless it comes with everlasting life. My birthday
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Prayers for our deer country
— 9th June 2018Brothers and Sisters in Crisis, abeg make una forgive me o. Do you know that all this while I’d been
