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Opinion: Consolidating the struggle: Nigerian youths and the need to rally across all divisions

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2020 0

By Ebere Onwudiwe In the #EndSARS protests, we have just had a glimpse of our youth’s possibilities for nation-building; the determination to create a functional country out of a dysfunctional one. When the politicians of a country become divided continuously in terms of how to move their

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Opinion: Rising from the ashes of #EndSARS

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2020 0

By Dakuku Peterside As life gradually returns to normal after a tumultuous week of looting, arson, wanton destruction and death that followed the #EndSARS protests, many Nigerians are counting their losses. In Lagos, hoodlums attacked public and private facilities two weeks ago and burnt Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses in their terminals in Oyingbo and […]

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Opinion: #EndSARS: What did our leaders learn?

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2020 0

By Niran Adedokun It is unfortunate that some members of Nigeria’s power elite still make a joke of the unfortunate uprising the country faced last week. On Monday, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, in what appears like a low-key admission of the presence of his men at the Lekki toll plaza where […]

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Opinion: A parable from the National Urban Reality

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2020 0

By Wole Soyinka (Opinion) While the formal fact-finding panels pursue their assignment, and bewildered minds attempt to absorb the turn of events, reflect upon, and engage in informal caucuses on ‘what really happened’ during, and following the authentic #ENDSARS campaign, both in the Lekki arena and in horrifying dimensions across the nation, I believe that […]

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Opinion: Make a choice. Take a stand

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2020 0

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (Opinion) I just got off the phone from talking to a good friend, and she told me that for the past one week she has felt numb and listless. She spoke about a sense of loss and despair. She described her feeling in one word – depressed. I listened, encouraged her and […]

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Opinion: A complete meltdown beyond belief

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2020 0

By Ehi Braimah After Black Tuesday occurred on October 20, 2020 at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, our own Ground Zero, life took on a new meaning for Nigerians both at home and abroad. Death and bloodsoaked Nigerian flags betrayed human emotions and provoked a consequential global outrage. The international community also lent their voice to […]

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Opinion: Lessons from the revolt of the oppressed

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2020 0

By Zainab Suleiman Okino (Lessons) By the time the dust settles and the story of the EndSARS protests is written for future reference, the discourse will encapsulate many dimensions of the protests, including movie-like scenes of chaos and looting. Certainly the unfolding spectre of vandalism and arson will occupy a prominent place in that history. […]

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Opinion: Motion without movement: How did we get here ? (3)

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2020 0

By Isaac Chii Nwaogwugwu A modern state is driven by its ideological base. Ideology is the anchor bolt of policies and it defines the relationship between the state, the people and the market. It depicts the level and depth of involvement of the three in the economy. It helps the government to approach development from […]

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Opinion: Has Mubarak Bala been killed?

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2020 0

There are speculations that the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala, has been murdered in prison in Kano, Northern Nigeria. A source who is familiar with the case of Bala posted a message late yesterday on social media announcing this tragic incident. The source noted that a Muslim prison mob killed Bala […]

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Opinion: Restructuring of Nigeria in structuralists philosophy

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2020 0

By Auwal Muhammad There have been efforts by many Nigerians on the need to restructure the country. The advocates of this thinking believe that the only way to address the country’s problems is via restructuring. For this category of people, Nigeria has, since inception, been formed on a wrong footing which dates back to 1914’s […]

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Opinion: Hajj savings scheme, the game changer

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2020 0

By Fatima Usara The launch of the Hajj Savings Scheme (HSS) is a historic milestone in the masterplan of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). It is a scheme that has taken years to build. Although the commission has not reached the desired destination yet, the launch and signing of agreement were important steps towards […]

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Opinion: The promise of independence

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2020 0

By Taiwo Odukoya I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing – Genesis 12:2 There are many ways in which Nigeria is a miracle. With the unique distinction of being the most populous black nation on earth, she is […]

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Opinion: A reflection on Nigeria’s macroeconomy since 1960

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Isaac Nwaogwugwu The macroeconomic behaviour of a nation gives a big picture of the consumption and production decisions by all economic units or agents; the individual, firm, household and government and by extension the net influence of external exposure through international economic transactions. It gives one a fairly good idea of the state of […]

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Opinion: Celebrating Nigeria at 60: How Nigeria got her National Pledge

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Tunji Okegbola “I Pledge to Nigeria my Country …” so goes the opening line of the 6-line National Pledge of Nigeria. Today, not a few, whether young or old, merely recite the National Pledge as a matter of routine or tradition, with their hearts being poles apart from the very spirit, creed and essence […]

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Opinion: The FG ethics and integrity policy: A fundamental onslaught on corruption (1)

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Jim Unah Just as the locomotive of the Nigerian State is galloping dangerously through its portholes infested expressways of agitations for separation to clock 60 on October 1, 2020 with agonizing uncertainty, and just as the dispensation’s anticorruption battle is embarrassingly gravitating to the inauguration and celebration of corruption as a bizarre form of […]

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Opinion: Our tuwo shinkafa school days

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

As I am writing this, I am not too sure if my Hausa spelling and pronunciation of shinkafa is correct. Is the correct word shinkafi? Or is it shinkafa? Of course, I am hundred percent certain of the spelling and pronunciation of tuwo. Both words, tuwo shinkafa or tuwo shinkafi meant ‘pound rice,’ a Hausa […]

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Opinion: Sixty years in the Wilderness – Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Hope Eghagha The forty-year groping in the wilderness of the Jews, whether as a parable, a metaphor, article of faith or historical reality comes to mind as we adumbrate on sixty years of political independence of the Nigerian State. Without doubt, at 60 Nigeria is already an old man (woman?), both from the spiritual […]

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Opinion: How Nigeria survived COVID-19 (2)

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Last week, I dwelt on what I considered to be the ways and means by which Nigeria survived (or is surviving) the COVID-19 pandemic. I thank God that even till now, the daily cases of infection and death have been on the decline. And I believe that this will continue till we […]

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Opinion: Nigeria at 60: Let’s end politics of mistrust

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

By Raymond Oise-Oghaede After several years of colonial rule, Nigeria was granted independence on 1st of October, 1960 by the British government. That feat achieved by our nationalists signified their preparedness and capableness of steering the ship of governance of the country within the scope of the law as enshrined in the constitution. In our […]

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Opinion: Time to curb sexual harassment

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2020 0

By Lola Akande Bisola has just gotten a job as personal assistant to the managing director of a private company. You’d understand her excitement if you’re aware that she’s been in the employment market since completing her NYSC over five years ago. But as she’s about to sign the acceptance letter, an official informs that […]