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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Democracy, whose democracy?
— 28th May 2018The first time I asked this question was May 28, 2012. Six years after, May 28, 2018, has not witnessed
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Letter to Leah
— 21st May 2018Pain in my heart, tears in my eyes, I write you this letter, dear Leah, the young, brave, brilliant girl
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Herdsmen and the rest of us
— 30th April 2018In the beginning, God created man. He also made the animals, and all the living and non- living creatures.
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Gani @ 80: A personal testimony
— 23rd April 2018He would have been 80 yesterday. But, he’s not alive to read the wonderful tributes and encomiums poured
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If Zuma were a Nigerian…
— 19th February 2018The news of the fall of Comrade Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, ex-President of the Republic of South Africa,
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Trump: One year of madness
— 22nd January 2018It is 12 months since he rumbled into the White House, seat of the American government. And in 12 months,
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For Benue, we weep
— 15th January 2018Nightfall comes like a dreaded disease seeping through the pores of a healthy body and ravaging it
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Musings at Christmas
— 25th December 2017Peeping out of my window on Christmas Eve, the nation’s capital city of Abuja comes across as a deserted
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Ojukwu: Six years after
— 27th November 2017The man died. The old soldier died. But the great man, the man of ideas and intellect, the man of conviction
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June 12 Declaration; Campaign for Democracy commends President Buhari
— 12th June 2018John Adams, Minna The campaign for Democracy, Niger state chapter has joined other Nigerians in the growing
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Over 4,000 lawyers called to Bar yearly – Prof. Elias
— 12th June 2018Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin A legal practitioner, Prof. Gbolahan Elias (SAN), has disclosed that more than
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Police arrest conman impersonating Kogi gov
— 12th June 2018Stanley Uzoaru,Owerri The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 23 – year old man, Nwafor Kenneth
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Ambode unveils 46-feet statue of MKO Abiola
— 12th June 2018Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday, unveiled a 46-feet statue of Nigeria’s symbol
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Ekiti guber: Fayose rains curse on politicians planning violence on July 14
— 12th June 2018Wole Balogun, Ado Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has placed curses on any politician, including
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Entertainment
Commission’s boss, lawmaker mourn late Ras Kimono
— 11th June 2018NAN The Chairman of Calabar Carnival Commission, Mr Gabe Onah, has expressed sadness over the death of
South-West Report
Bloodbath at Ogun border town
— 7th June 2018Laide Raheem, Abeokuta For the families of Alhaji Aminu Isiaka and Bankole Isaiah Adeniran, the tragic
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Abuja Metro
PDP in no hurry to reconstitute BOT – Walid Jibrin
— 11th June 2018Noah Ebije, Kaduna Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT), Sen.
Oriental News
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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Features
Our Libya story, by returnees
— 12th June 2018Sunday Ani ([email protected]) Following a barrage of reports by local and international media about
Literary Review
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
14 years after, Egbo family wants Bayelsa govt to return seized land
— 12th June 2018We don’t know what they’re talking about – Govt Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa For years now, poverty
Education Review
Sex-for-marks
— 12th June 2018■ Randy lecturers on the prowl in universities Gabriel Dike; Bianca Iboma; Fred Ezeh, Abuja; Emmanuel
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TSWeekend
I almost dropped out of school for entertainment -Emeka Kachikwu, filmmaker
— 8th June 2018Despite being a green horn in the movie industry, the CEO of Mind Bursters Film Ventures, Emeka Kachikwu,
Opinion
Buhari’s new laws: Is the timing right?
— 12th June 2018Every President’s public life reveals. It provides an unusual opportunity for understanding the interplay
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Buhari’s new laws: Is the timing right?
— 12th June 2018Every President’s public life reveals. It provides an unusual opportunity for understanding the interplay
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A master stroke
— 12th June 2018President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to bring the June 12 imbroglio to a resounding closure is simply
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Universities of moral transgressions
— 12th June 2018There is something morally disgusting that is going on in Nigerian universities. Academic staff members
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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
