Tag: martin luther king

Stewards of ideas whose time has come

by Oluseun Onigbide This powerful paragraph from Autobiography of Martin Luther King, one of my favourite books creates leaps of joy in me: “O God, help me to see myself in…

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Who is John Lewis? | The congressman Donald Trump is relentlessly attacking on Twitter

The tweets below are the most effective way of introducing the man, John Lewis to the average Nigerian. He's the most recent victim of Donald Trump's verbal attacks and it's…

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The Church Blog: Nigerian pastors want to be influential in politics – but there is something they have to do first

Since we had this piece up, it has attracted a bit of attention. And so we thought it would be helpful to bring forward something we wanted to explore later –…

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Jonathan becomes first African leader to be honoured with SCLC award (PHOTOS)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, became the first African leader to be honoured by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Jonathan was awarded with the Presidential Award…

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Rudolf Okonkwo: Nigeria – Why we cannot wait

by Rudolf Okonkwo Those who love Jonathan so much should encourage him to read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s book, “Why We Can’t Wait.” By reading the book the president…

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Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend says sorry after posing on ‘black woman’ chair (PHOTO)

by Oke Efagene The editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, Dasha Zhukova, has apologized for releasing a photo of her sitting on a chair made to look like a half-naked black woman,…

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Opinion: Will America ever erase the colour line?

by Ogaga Ifowodo But you would be a delusional optimist, a closet racist, to think that America is now in a post-racial epoch. The election and re-election of Barack Hussein…

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Opinion: Dreams come true – Thoughts on the Nigerian dream

by Samuel Adeyemi As I listened and compared the speeches of President Obama and Dr. King’s, I can’t but reinforce my belief that the Nigerian dream does exist. I know,…

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3 things to learn from Martin Luther King Jr. on goal setting

by Pat Brans Time management is about setting your sights on what you want, and following through until either you achieve what you set out to achieve or decide it’s…

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Reuben Abati: The Jonathan they don’t know

The clear danger to public affairs commentary is that we have a lot of unintelligent people repeating stupid clichés and too many intelligent persons wasting their talents lending relevance to…

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More inspirational than Mandela? Nigeria's pastor Iruku is London's choice

by Seyi Lawal London based anti-gay cleric with Nigerian heritage has been named the most inspirational black man in a poll organized by the Mayo rof London. To commemorate the…

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