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Ayo Sogunro: Dear Sadiq Abacha, don’t get it twisted, your father’s...
by Ayo Sogunro Now, let’s come to Wole Soyinka. First: you can never eradicate the infamy of your father’s legacy by trying to point out the failings of another Nigerian. Remember what you said: A is...
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Dele Agekameh: Wanted – A war cabinet
by Dele Agekameh The war cabinet, as envisaged, will consist of seasoned Generals, both serving and retired, as well as some respectable and responsible civilians, whose duty will be to take care of...
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Ayomikun Soyombo: The day Abacha died (Poetry)
by Soyombo Ayomikun “Abacha is dead,” the person yelled. Our pastor pause. Someone right on the front row jumped up. He leapt onto the streets 1.I was in church The Pastor was preaching...
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Okey Ndibe: A national insult rejected
by Okey Ndibe How did we quickly forget that Abacha’s looting of public funds from the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria was a patriotic act? Or that he gave his cronies licenses to import toxic...
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Opinion: Oil spill in Abuja and lessons for the rest of us
by Wale Bakare With the growing trend of oil spills in non-oil producing states, as it is the case with the Abuja spills, it is a wakeup call to other states and environmental activists to rise up to...
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Opinion: Why Reno Omokri must be sacked
by Ileowo Kikiowo What we have seen is a serial sociopath, who would inevitably wreck President Jonathan’s government. Mr. Reno hatred for northerners is well established. Mr. Reno description of my...
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Alkasim Abdulkadir: Benue – Sewing the seams on these pockets of violence (Y!...
by Alkasim Abdulkadir In a nation already struggling to feed itself and reduce dependency on food imports, the crisis faced by farmers in Benue State is in no way a good omen for the country. Aside...
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Leticia Nyitse: Who the rib fits (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Leticia Nyitse “Staring at my ceiling fan was actually therapeutic at this point, as the whirling movement seemed to hypnotize me, just what my nerves needed to relax.” I was dead tired from the...
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10 things you SHOULD know about Oby Ezekwesili’s speech at the APC National...
by Ayokunle Odekunle Obiageli Ezekwesili was invited by the APC to deliver the keynote speech at the summit which held on March 6, 2014 in Abuja. The party faithfuls probably thought ‘Aunty Oby’ would...
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Opinion: 10 points to note from the FRC report that nailed Sanusi (An addendum)
by Aare Ago If you have (truly) read the report, you “may” observe that the narration suggests that there was no direct contact or interaction between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Council...
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Opinion: Lupita is no fetish. She is a star, period
by Britni Danielle Let’s be clear: Lupita Nyong’o is a star. Period. By now you’ve heard the news that Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her performance in Steve McQueen’s epic drama 12...
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Olusegun Adeniyi: A season of blood and tears in Nigeria
by Olusegun Adeniyi I could not but remember that anecdote last week following the gruesome murder of no fewer than 43 innocent school children at the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe...
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Demola Rewaju: Dear sister, you need a real man? Go and make one
by Demola Rewaju I follow great people on twitter (at least 85% of those I follow qualify) and invariably most times one person or the other would tweet a great link and I invariably click on the...
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For the Record: Full text of Dr. Oby Ezekwesili’s speech at the APC National...
THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH OF ELUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- NIGERIA’S CENTURY OLD FAILURES AND PROSPECTS FOR A NEW NIGERIA The unwillingness of any group of political elite to understand this emerging...
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Soyombo Ayomikun: Use the rod and kill the child (Poetry)
by Soyombo Ayomikun This Usain Bolt holds no world records. But has rich ‘compound records’. Whenever he chases his children in his compound he wins. Subsequently beating the hell out of them. He’s...
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Akin Osuntokun: What has Buhari done to mediate in the Boko Haram conflict?
by Akin Osuntokun If any was needed, the proof positive of Obasanjo’s hegemony was the unfettered discretionary powers he had and exercised to determine who would succeed him as president. In the...
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Gimba Kakanda: Sanusi’s whistle-blowing is an exercise in futility
by Gimba Kakanda If Sanusi had an illusion that, beyond our cyber-venting, Nigerians who could not budge on the scale of frauds exposed by the former EFCC chairman, would really take to the street...
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Dele Momodu: Atiku and the game of destiny
by Dele Momodu And when tomorrow comes, Atiku looks good to win the Presidential flag of the party. Please, relax a bit and ponder on the following configurations before you scream “impossible” like a...
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Bayo Olopohunda: How Jonathan betrayed Nigerians
by Bayo Olopohunda Now, he is aiming to recontest his lack lustre presidency in 2015. Nigerians should reject Jonathan in 2015 as a payback for his betrayal. The election year of 2011 is still fresh...
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Opinion: National Conference – The Ogonis are a part of Nigeria too
by Saatah Nubari The fact that the Ogoni’s have always addressed the issues of injustice meted out to them peacefully, without carrying arms or detonating bombs, right from the days of the late Human...
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