Friday, August 10, 2018

Heart-Wrenching Tales Of An African Illegal Immigrant In Europe

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By Joel Savage It's hard for many Africans in Europe, to tell Africans at home the truth about the hard living conditions in Europe . ...

So, Our Democracy Is Only Under Threat When DSS, Police Harass Senators?

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By Fredrick Nwabufo I have become flaccid to the unending drag drama at the national assembly. And I have lost erection for the routine ex...

Nigeria: As Electricity Discos Throw In The Towel

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By Sunday Onyemaechi Eze Keen observers and genuine opposition to privatisation of the power sector must be giggling with smiles at the re...

Nigeria: A Country That Refuses To Grow Up

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By   Dan Agbese Is it a storm? Is it a gale? Is it a tsunami? It is defection, the latest virus in the sclerotic arteries of our national ...

Nigeria, A Nation At War With Itself

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By   John Odeyemi For the past couple of weeks, I have had the weirdest misfortune of listening to friends and former colleagues, people t...

Nigeria: Of Treacheries By Political Mercenaries

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By  Sufuyan Ojeifo “As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.  So Jesus told him, what you are about to do, do quickly” ...
Thursday, August 9, 2018

Discrimination Stoking Poverty In Nigeria

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By  Bayo Ogunmupe Lack of enlightenment, poor adaptation of technology and poor telecommunication infrastructure have been identified as r...

Is Christopher Okigbo’s Star Here Again With Us?

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By   Banji Ojewale “An old star departs, leaves us here on the shore, gazing heavenward for a new star approaching. The new star appears, ...

An Ailing Country In A Season Of Political Defections

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By   Chiedu Uche Okoye It’s divine providence that thrust Dr. Goodluck Jonathan into the loft of power following the death of his predeces...

Now That President Buhari Is ECOWAS Chairman

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By Owei Lakemfa One of the first things I learnt about leadership is the William Shakespeare  quotation that: “Some are born great, some a...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Femi Fani-Kayode, Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB And Other Victims Of Oppression

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By Jude Ndukwe  I read with derision the infantile missive of one Churchill Okonkwo which he mischievously titled  “FFK Stabbed Nnamdi Ka...

Africa Still Needs Strong Men

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By   Paul Ojenagbon Former United States President, Barrack Obama, famously made a statement that Africa did not need strong men but stro...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Of Migrant Politicians And Political Prostitution

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By  Anthony Akinola Quite a number of Nigerians are politically aware, even if their level of political participation hardly goes beyond v...

The Coward Called Godswill Akpabio

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By Femi Fani-Kayode "You remain the father of the nation, our father and political father to all. Just like I told Asiwaju Bola Ahmed...

Nigeria: Another Paradise Just Lost

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By  Abraham Ogbodo I apologize for the rude exit. When one friend called to find out what happened to Backlash , I told him the bitter t...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Celebrating The Literary World Of JP Clark

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By  Hope Eghagha It is within the context of a poignant, profound and perhaps arcane ritual imagination that we encounter John Pepper Clar...

PDP And The Burden Of Managing A Windfall

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By   Sam Ohuabunwa So very often, we pray for something. And sometimes when the payer is answered, a new problem emerges and that of manag...
Friday, August 3, 2018

Sack These Incompetent Security Chiefs Now!

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By  Tayo Demola For several months now, some parts of the nation have been boiling with hostilities.  We have since lost count of the numb...

Lagos: The Tanker Gridlock And Leadership’s Ineptitude

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By   Chijioke Nelson The continued siege by the drivers of articulated vehicles to one of the most important road networks in the country’...

When Leadership Calls For The Best And Brightest

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By   Chiedu Uche Okoye Thankfully, Anambra State is on the march to greatness, again, after being held down in the past by unscrupulous ...