by Anthony Ademiluyi President Muhammadu Buhari rode on the crest of an anti-corruption crusader to cause the greatest electoral upset in Nigeria’s history last year. The mind boggling corruption allegations of the badly discredited Goodluck Jonathan administration made the retired General sell himself as a viable alternative. Many pundits were worried that most of the... Read More

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October 4, 2016

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‘Change Begins With Me’ was a ‘stolen’ initiative, Afe Babalola writes Buhari

A senior advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola has written a letter to President Muhammadu Nuhari, stating that the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign was not conceived by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. A businessman, Akin Fadeyi had alleged that the campaign was his idea with the theme; ‘Not in My Country’ which he said... Read More

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October 3, 2016

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Farooq Kperogi: “Budget Padding,” “Racist” Economist, “Tenants of Democracy”: English on the Move

One of the sources of Nigerian English that I have identified in several of my writings is linguistic improvisation. Linguistic improvisation occurs when speakers of a language invent new words, or expand the meaning and usage of existing ones, to give expression to novel cultural, social, political, etc. experiences and ideas that are not lexicalised... Read More

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October 2, 2016

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Opinion: Change begins, but who goes first?

by Johnson Abbaly “If you want to go quickly go alone, if you want to go far, go together” – African Proverb The folktale is told of the King who was on state visit to another kingdom. He had a diminished entourage and to make up for the short fall he swelled his ranks with... Read More

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September 30, 2016

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Peregrino Brimah: On selling assets – The vultures are anxious to feast on Nigeria’s carcass

Vultures are birds of doom. They barely wait for you to be dead before they start ripping you apart. With their long necks and scrawny attires, they wish death on you and quite often bring it on. When a veritable source told me at the beginning of the “Change” transfer, that Nigeria’s top cabal had loaded some Ghana-must-gos... Read More

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September 30, 2016

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Peregrino Brimah: Nigeria’s ‘new sheriff’ is partial

This year, out of some 120 trucks of desperately needed food grains that were sent to the Boko Haram-ravaged northeast of Nigeria, a staggering 70 disappeared into thin air. This reported crime was not only an act of robbery, but an act of terror. It had direct consequences in numbers of starving displaced persons, IDPs dying hourly.... Read More

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September 26, 2016

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Farooq Kperogi: Transformation of ‘change’ from God term to Devil term

Scholars of language and rhetoric have for long identified certain words and expressions that instinctively evoke warm fuzzy feelings in people, that effortlessly sway opinions, and that galvanize people into action. The words are often so broad and so semantically indeterminate that anyone can read any positive meaning into them. In other words, they are... Read More

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September 20, 2016

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Ikeogu Oke: Buhari is not the plagiarist

The truth, however, is that contemporary Nigeria, with its many problems and the need to inspire the citizenry to overcome them, can yield great presidential speeches with no bearing to foreign lands. During the tenure of one of our past presidents, I was given a publication to distil some of its content for... Read More

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September 19, 2016

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Cheta Nwanze: Change begins with me

I was once told a story… A man, at the end of his life, called his children together to tell them about his legacy. When he was young he began, he wanted to change the world. As he got older, and he accepted that he could not change the world, he decided to scale down,... Read More

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September 19, 2016

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Pius Adesanmi: Sanction, don’t shuffle them

1) President Buhari has promised to sanction folks who plagiarized President Obama in his “change begins with me” speech. That is a welcome development and I commend him for swiftly admitting the error. However: 2) The President and his people must understand that Nigerians should and will take that promise with two and a half... Read More

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‘Change Begins With Me’ was a ‘stolen’ initiative, Afe Babalola writes Buhari

Farooq Kperogi: “Budget Padding,” “Racist” Economist, “Tenants of Democracy”: English on the Move

Opinion: Change begins, but who goes first?

Peregrino Brimah: On selling assets – The vultures are anxious to feast on Nigeria’s carcass

Peregrino Brimah: Nigeria’s ‘new sheriff’ is partial

Farooq Kperogi: Transformation of ‘change’ from God term to Devil term

Ikeogu Oke: Buhari is not the plagiarist

Cheta Nwanze: Change begins with me

Pius Adesanmi: Sanction, don’t shuffle them

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