The constant stream of bad news on the state of the economy, nay the state of the nation leaves one feeling down in the dumps. And there is no one else to blame other than ourselves. I am not proud to say: some of us saw it coming. We shouted ourselves hoarse warning the electorate... Read More

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June 28, 2016

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Opinion: Wole Soyinka, religion and school uniforms

by Olalekan Waheed Adigun Humans call God for different reasons. Some are purely altruistic while others are selfish. This explains why people like me tend to wonder whether my God is the same one others call. To some people, they see God essentially as a big, fat or old man (or woman) hence weak in need... Read More

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July 13, 2014

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This was Wole Soyinka decades before he became a Nobel Laureate (LOOK)

by Akan Ido Renowned Nigerian playwright, dramatist, poet, author and essayist, Prof. Wole Soyinka, is eighty years old today. Soyinka stamped his footprints in the sands of time when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 becoming the first African to achieve that feat. The remarkable writer and passionate activist has also written several... Read More

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July 23, 2013

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Opinion: Dame Jonathan – A domestic appendage

by Morenike Taire Had Rotimi Amaechi been impeached by the intrigues of the anti-Amaechi segment of the Rivers Assembly, Dame Patience would have gone down in history as the first First Lady to bring down a governor in the Nigerian nation. When Kongi takes on erstwhile occupants of the Nigerian powerhouse, amusement, rather than angst,... Read More