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Opinion: 2021, The year to pray for Nigeria

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By Niran ADedokun Opinion, Even I laugh at the cheekiness and audacity of this headline. At this juncture, many Nigerians, including a lot of actively prayerful ones, are disillusioned with the idea of what role prayers could play in the development of the country. It is the tradition of many worship centres to lift their […]
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Opinion: Boko Haram: We are all casualties

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By Promise Adiele Nigeria’s eclectic poet, John Pepper Clark, who recently journeyed to sleep with his ancestors, can be described as a prophet in certain terms. When I use the word “prophet”, I do not mean those who daily drink from a common trough of deception and hallucinate with satanic visions to lace their pockets […]
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Opinion: A nation in denial

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By Olanrewaju Osho Opinion, The Ostrich appears to have been inadvertently overlooked or cheated of its deserved place as one of the emblems of Nigeria’s official symbol. This is because there is a striking similarity between the Ostrich and the Nigerian rulership clan – the habit of living in denial. The practice of denial has […]
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Opinion: Make a choice. Take a stand

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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: Politics of protests

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By Osinachi Ezema One of the very features of democracy is the freedom to debate and, if you may, hold opinions. Debates are integral parts of the course to national development. At least it allows for diversity, especially in a multicultural society. Debates however, can be very diversionary and problematic, especially when unmediated or moderated. […]
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OPINION: Of serial rapists, vampires and demons (3)

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By Isaac Chii Nwaogwugwu The revenue generation/collection/ mobilisation agencies have also become very notorious for employing ‘targets’ as a performance index. The revenue agencies at federal, state and local levels now wear the toga of extortionists as they chase citizens from pillar to post pursuant of the crazy drive of increasing their Internally Generated Revenue
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OPINION: The order of things

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By Obadiah Mailafia There was, uhmm, a storm in a tea cup the other day. It involved, shall we say, yours sincerely. Life itself, as I’m sure my gentle readers would agree, is a risk. Once in a while you have to wager some big risks. The philosopher Aristotle famously declared that, for you to […]
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Wake up call for giant of Africa, Nigeria

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Nigeria is a gifted country with human resources and materials as well, but it does not want to grow because she has hang-ups with “this is the way we have been doing it”. Many schools of thoughts would say such thinking will bring divide especially when flexibility is absent. Life would be “Stand still” because […]