Sylva Nze Ifedigbo: Dear citizens of the world’s argument capital…

by Sylva Nze Ifedigbo While the news stand remains the choice destination for most of these argument champions, a new arena has emerged which threatens to take the shine off the paper stands. This is the internet. I am not quite certain if there is any world cup for argument? If there is, and really... Read More

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October 29, 2012

Tolu Ogunlesi: You see, Nigerians are like that (YNaija Frontpage)

You see, Nigerians are rude, obnoxious, often cruel people; they behave ‘politely’ only when there’s something to be gained from the other party… You want to study Nigerians, or understand Nigeria? Go to an airport; one that handles regular inbound flights to Nigeria. I was on one such flight a few days ago. An Arik... Read More

airport, behaviour, Deportation, Immigration, nigerians, united kingdom

September 12, 2012

Opinion: Governance and Nigerians’ quest for Ghanaian degrees

by Ayo Olukotun For those who may be too young to know, ‘happy survival’ was the predominant form of cordiality and felicitous exchange among the Igbo and other inhabitants of South-East who survived the trauma and murderous incivility of the Nigerian civil war. Thank God Nigeria today is not at war; that is if you... Read More

Ayo Olukotun, degree, Ghanians, nigerians, University, World Citizen

August 16, 2012

200,000 Nigerians die of food poisioning yearly – Don

by Isi Esene There are startling statistics coming from Professor Alfred Ihenkuronye, a food science expert, on the number of people who die from food poisoning in the country. He said over 200,000 people die of this ailment annually. The professor of Food Science and Technology at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, spoke... Read More

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July 19, 2012

Opinion: Nigerians abroad must get it right

by Itunu Ajayi IT is no longer news that Nigerians in the Diaspora are being humiliated in their host countries. From South Africa to Australia to China and now Ghana, a country people used to call Nigerian’s twin brother. People both home and in the Diaspora had reacted that the treatment of Nigerians abroad is... Read More

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June 24, 2012

Opinion: Subsidy scandal: Farouk Lawan’s supporters are unpatriotic

by Tunde Temionu The January 1, 2012 oil subsidy removal threw the ordinary man into trepidation. Despite public opinion against the removal, the Presidency was hellbent on carrying it out. The Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, made the people to understand that the economy would collapse if the phantom subsidy was not removed, though Nigerians... Read More

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