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No, Ojukwu Did Not Cause The War Of Secession —Lasisi Lajunwon

It was wrong and belated for anybody to conclude that the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu caused the secession…

Stop Abuse Of Emergency Lines

As important as emergency call is, it is disheartening that some residents of Lagos State have abused it by making…

Celebrating Dafinone At 85 —Henry Ebireri

Senator David Dafinone will on Monday, March 12, 2012 celebrate his 85th birthday, marking still another milestone in a life…

The Lagos Airport During Subsidy Protests —Simon Ateba

Around the corner came a little bundle of joy with a pink top, a black skirt and white shoe. The…

Corporate Bodies Should Imbibe CSR

Globacom’s offer of N5 million in scholarships to 250 students is commendable and it would do this country a lot…

Maintenance Is The Key

Last week I talked briefly about an old friend that I met who had also lost so much weight courtesy…

Stella Damasus: When Is It Enough?

It was 8 o’clock that morning and I was already dressed in my black dress, black shoes and no make-up,…

Education: Then And Now Isaac Asabor

There is no denying the fact that two schools of thought now exist in support and in disagreement with the…

Conversation With My Father: Why Educated Rich Ladies Are Unmarried —Simon Ateba

“Why are so many ladies in high heels, corporate wears, flashy make up, Brazilian hair and sleek cars still single…

Adeboye And The Triumph Of Divine Call —Tayo Ogunbiyi

The debate over the link between the individual and the society will continue to be a major subject of unending…

Jonathan, Save Our Kids

A recent survey carried out by a UK-based charity organisation, Save the Children, has shown that Nigerian children are among…

Jonathan And His Phantom Palliatives —Peter Claver Oparah

I cannot help but laugh out loud when I read the scandalous report that President Goodluck Jonathan has discarded the…

The Imperative Continuity Of The Struggle To List Lagos Councils

The struggle for the listing of the 37 additional local government councils of Lagos State in the federal legislature has…

Acid Test For Keshi

Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, will on Wednesday, 29 February, 2012, face his very first major challenge when he…

My Journey From Cameroon To Nigeria

From outside Nigeria and listening to Radio France international, I heard mainly negative news stories about Africa’s most populous nation.…

Building Self-Confidence (2)

A good level of self-confidence makes you a ‘Gold Fish’- standing out wherever you are and people can’t but be…

Subsidy Palliatives: Time To Sack PDP —Joe Igbokwe

On Tuesday, the PDP government led by President Jonathan proved to Nigerians that this government and the PDP is deficit…

Curbing The Menace Of Human Trafficking —Mamud Hassan

The global escalation of forced labour, human trafficking and violation of women and children`s rights is quite upsetting. United Nations…

CBN’s Hasty Cash-Less Policy

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, cashless policy which it began implementing in Lagos from the beginning of January this…

Third term Crisis and Senegal’s Wade

By Bayo Onanuga At a time when the world is beset by a serious economic crisis and nations crave younger…

The Boko Haram Story You May Not Have Heard Of —Hean Herskovits

I found this on Facebook – it is a detailed view of the Boko Haram story (Note: this is not…

Ikemba Goes Home!!! —Joe Igbokwe

Dikedioranma Ndigbo goes home leaving behind Nigeria sharply divided the way he saw it in 1966. Dead bodies of kids,…

What Makes You Unique?

Recently I ran into an old friend and hardly recognised her because she had lost so much weight. The transformation…

Beauty, Brains And Talent

I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already 5pm and I still had one more homework to…

SURE Was Programmed To Fail

President Goodluck Jonathan’s announcement on Monday at the 58th National Executive Meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that the…

The Ambivalence Of Fadeyi —Isaac Asabor

For many years in Fadeyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, many a law-abiding citizen has been facing a dilemma; should he search…

Civil Demonstration And The Moral Question —Akido Agenro

The demonstrations held around the country in protest against the Federal Government’s deregulation policy has been hailed by public commentators…

In Defence Of Journalism: Why We Publish Negative Stories —Simon Ateba

The compound word ‘pent-up’ means confined, restrained, not expressed, subdued or curbed. For instance, pent-up emotions or pent-up anger! Today,…

Police Reorganisation, Task Before New IGP

Since he assumed office as the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has been talking tough and sounding like a…

Between Misogynist And Women —Isaac Asabor

The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English succinctly defines misogynist as “hater of women”. There is no denying the…
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