Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today. In the build-up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say everything had been thrown at him as projectiles, except the kitchen sink. Permit me to update...
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Do you remember the chicken scarcity that plagued the country, to the extent that people couldn’t get chicken at the famous Chicken Republic? Following the closure of the country’s land borders, Nigerians saw formerly accessible goods become extremely scarce. Prices of products shot through the roof; making things extremely expensive and difficult to procure. After...
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Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that efforts are ongoing to acquire approved COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021. He disclosed this to journalists Wednesday, December 16, 2020; after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. This is coming almost a week after Nigerians were advised to prepare for a possible second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ehanire added that...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. 1. Heartbreak!!! Lol… 2. The accuracy! 3. Lol. Where’s the lie, please! 4. Send us money, Don Jazzy....
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With the cancel culture, sometimes the banter culture taking full effect on social media, people find themselves walking on eggshells before they can put something out for the world to see. This is particularly dreadful for public figures and celebrities whose words can be easily misconstrued and taken out of context. And once this happens,...
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Every so often, conservative Christians will publicly ponder boycotting one global brand or another. Today it is streaming giant Netflix Inc., again. Netflix had attracted the ire of Christendom enough times this year alone, so it is no surprise that the conversation about when Christians will finally boycott the platform has come up again. Christians...
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To be a leader, you have to be of sound mind and body, as being responsible for other human beings is no half-hearted task. However, both these criteria seem to be of little importance to Nigerian leaders as our government is riddled with individuals too unfit to rule. Proof of this is the President, Muhammadu...
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2020 has been an extraordinarily bad year, no need to recount. But with the arrival of the holiday season, attitudes might change a little. Detty December has been a cultural constant, the late-year, stress-relieving, fun-seeking lineup of activities around Christmas time and another opportunity for I-Just-Got-Back-Nigerians to remember their homeland. Despite an unrelenting pandemic, and...
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Where do you begin to make demands with this current administration? Before you close the conversation on insecurity, unemployment cries for help. By the time you open the conversation for an economy that’s not growing, the poverty level begins to tear through your clothes. It is a big circle of problems with the country. We...
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Without mincing words, Nigerians have the attitude of losing voice almost immediately after they start screaming on the streets over one problem or the other. It is a cultural trend and you will need years of research to understand how we came to be people like that. Off your head, you could assume that Nigerians...
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2020 was that year! Although starting with a lot of promises to be a good year from the spiritual and cosmic conscious, the year took a turn with the COVID-19 which placed the world to a standstill for months. As cases of the novel virus spread globally, people came up with one thing or the...
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Amid all the rancour, it is interesting that Nigerians still find a way to have fun. No wonder the country still has the saddest yet happiest people on earth. It could not be anywhere else that you find people trying to ‘forget all their worries’ with different forms of entertainment. 2020 has not been a...
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In the typical about-turn traipse that signifies most of this administration’s policy decisions, President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the immediate reopening of the four major land borders in the country. Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, announced the reopening of the borders at the end of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The four borders connecting...
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A collaboration between Phebean Films and FilmOne Productions, Seyi Babatope’s upcoming crime thriller Sanitation Day is looking towards a January 2021 release, according to Pulse. Set in 2016, the thriller written by Dichie Enunwa, Seyi Babatope and Temitope Akinbode follows two inspectors, Inspector Hassan (Blossom Chukwujekwu) and Inspector Stanley (Elozonam Ogbolu) who must uncover the perpetrators of a grisly murder before sanitation day...
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The protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lingered for nine months now leaving the affected students looking at a bleak future. Many feel like their future is being jeopardised – and indeed, it is, because they have already lost one irreplaceable year to the strike. Students have devised various means...
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On this week’s episode of #TheWorshipPlaylist, veteran Fuji gospel artiste, Mike Abdul opens up to host of #TheWorshipPlaylist and founder of Joy, Inc. Chude Jideonwo on how he has maintained his sound and music style despite the decline of the Fuji genre. Mike Abdul said that his ability to recognise and accept the change in...
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Editor’s Note: It’s been a very ‘different’ year for mankind – the first in at least a century. Apart from being visited with an unforseen pandemic that has led to the death of young, middle-aged and old, some countries of the world have had their own peculiar challenges. All of these contributes to what many...
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Group Head, Corporate Communications, United Bank for Africa, Bola Atta has once again been recognised as the Top Corporate Affairs professional 2020 for the second time in a row, at the 8th Annual Brands & Marketing Conference, organised by Brand Journalist Association of Nigeria. The award ceremony, which was held in Lagos, recently is in recognition...
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Buhari orders immediate reopening of Seme, Maigatari, Ilela, Mfun borders President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate reopening of four main borders; and that the remaining borders that were closed down should be reopened before the end of December 31. The four borders that are to be reopened immediately are the Seme border in South...
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A Nigerian lawmaker representing the Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency, Akin Alabi, has moved a motion to stop the Federal Government from procuring weapons for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, Alabi took to his Twitter page to announce that his bill to stop the FG from arming the FRSC with firearms...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 43, is practically the most recognisable Nigerian alive. The responsibility of representing a diverse, multi-ethnic entity of 200 million people in international circles is no doubt a thankless task. It isn’t one that Adichie would willingly attract to herself. But it is one that she has worn with the same grace and...
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On Tuesday, news became public that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had given a directive to all telecommunications companies to block SIM cards not registered with the national identity number (NIN) in 14 days. The development was announced after a meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry, convened by Isa Ali Pantami, The Minister...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. 1. What is this hatred? 2. Lol… 3. 2020 sure was a year! 4. Lol… 5. What is...
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One of the many questions Nigerians are asking following the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announcement, instructing all network providers to disconnect SIMs not updated with a valid National Identification Number (NIN) by December 30 is, “is there actual thought put into coming up with policies and implementation by the current administration or is it just...
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The six week long 2020 edition of the music talent show MTN y’ello Star. The show came to and end on Sunday December 13th, with Oladoun Okeowo known on the show as Dotti, emerging as winner of the show. Dotti basically hit the jackpot with this win, securing a house with it’s own inbuilt studio,...
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FG orders telcos to Block all SIMs without NINs The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that telecommunications companies have 14 days to block SIM cards not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Following a meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, communicated the...
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Chude Jideonwo and The Daily Vulnerable Someone asked me the other day, are you happy? And usually I will pause before I answer that question even though I know the answer, so I said yes. The person said; why are you happy? And I said because when I look at myself down from heaven at...
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It is no secret, Nigeria and its leaders have grown a penchant for borrowing. The nation’s debt profile keeps increasing by the day and now we have yet another loan to worry about. As of June 30, 2020, the Debt Management Office (DMO) declared that Nigeria’s total debt profile had risen to N31. 009 trillion...
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Fans of rising music start, Tems and Omah Lay, can finally breathe easy as the duo along with one other – Tem’s manager Muyiwa Awomiyi, have been released from captivity by Uganda police. All charges against them have been dropped. The singers were arrested at a show organised by Ugandan show organisers for ‘negligent act...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. 1. Wahala for broke boys o 2. Ask and you shall receive… 3. There was a what? 4....
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