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Opinion: Boys to men – The truth about adolescence
by Perry Brimah Ultimately our youth must be brought to the discussion table now and individually at their time. Youth must never under any social or religious circumstances be forced…
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Opinion: Saving the Catholic Church from Nigerians
by Erwin Ofili We must all act now to prevent the same disease that has afflicted the Nigerian government from infecting the Church. We must save Nigeria and the Church…
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Tunde Fagbenle: The tacky business of domestic deportation
by Tunde Fagbenle ...what is called for is the necessity for other states to hold their governors responsible for the development of their states and the creation of an environment…
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Femi Aribisala: Christians, confessing you are healed will not heal you
by Femi Aribisala The church is a hospital. Imagine you walked into the General Hospital, only to find all the patients singing at the top of their lungs: “God’s report…
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Simon Kolawole: Now that the APC has been registered
by Simon Kolawole With the fusion of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the emergent APC is still less…
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Opinion: Time to ‘fix’ the North or ‘bury’ it
by Muhammad Sani Dattijo The leaders of the north have a decision to make today. And it is more important than who becomes President. It is a decision to fix…
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Opinion: Of Okotie’s FRESH party and INEC deregistration
by Juli Ashiru Selective justice is a subversion of the democratic process... Every Nigerian has a right to belong to a party of his choice regardless of the size, financial…
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Opinion: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – A prophet without honour in her country
by Omolara Williams And the surprising thing is that, even while our legislators and other not-so-informed people at home are busy maligning her, the world keeps celebrating her. Thus making…
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Opinion: Sen. Yerima and the self-professed progressives
by Muyiwa Adetiba I would also have loved to know how many daughters Senator Yerima has and what the fate of those girls are. The interview granted by Senator Sani…
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Dele Momodu: Now that the APC has come alive…!
by Dele Momodu But APC should not be over-confident. What binds PDP together is very strong, access to power and money, a surfeit of it for that matter. Fellow Nigerians,…
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Opinion: Arsenal, Suarez and the end of football’s moral high ground
by Adebayo Kareem However footballing ability alone has never been and should not form the basis of signing a footballer, especially for AFC. There must be other higher and purer…
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Opinion: Transformation Agenda – We have so far failed in politics and economics
by Adisa Adeleye A glaring weakness of the economic transformation programme is its stubborn reliance on paper growth based on the mortal fear of rising prices. Of what is the…
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Tunji Olaopa: Taking youth development to the next level
by Tunji Olopa What is the nature of the youth strategy required to harness the youth in Nigeria? What is to be done is clear: We need youth development programmes…
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Opinion: MASSOB – When the blind leads the blind
by Tochukwu Ezukanma He is neither a scholar nor an intellectual; a philosopher nor a deep thinker; a sophisticate nor a cosmopolite. He is a homespun boyish looking man, with…
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Opinion: The Lagos ‘deportation’ and fallacious reasoning
by Francis Oriunebho If anybody did any wrong here it is the Government of Anambra, who let down these people at the time of their need. In fact Lagos state…
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Pius Adesanmi: APC – Memo to a new party
by Pius Adesanmi Why is Tom Ikimi, a former Chairman of the National Republican Convention who subsequently helped General Sani Abacha to rape the potential of Nigeria, so ideologically comfortable…
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Opinion: Dikko, Dickson and the ‘judases’ in the PDP
by Uche Igwe As an aside, who are those supporting President Jonathan with political permutations and strategies? Do they really love him and have interest in his political progress? Must…
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Naomi Lucas: A letter to Mr. President – What we really want
by Naomi Lucas We don’t want much Mr. President. All we want is a country that works. If you really want to make that happen, concentrate your energy on.... It…
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Opinion: Reclaiming Nigeria’s lost history through early education
by Kemi Ogunniyi Schools in developed nations take history very seriously. Primary and secondary school students in the UK, for example, are taught the history of their nation in good detail.…
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Opinion: Nigeria – Haunted by our inability to learn from history
by Mobolaji Sanusi What the nation is seeing today in the form of political lawlessness and unprincipled governance are products of the deliberate mistakes..... Those who refuse to be guided by…
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Diezani Alison-Madueke: Innovation and change in the Petroleum Industry
by Diezani Alison-Madueke The supply of petroleum products at controlled prices to riverine communities in the Niger Delta has been significantly enhanced with an increase in the number of operational…
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Opinion: 10 laws to make what you want happen
by Mustapha Rabiu Regardless of what's cool, read avidly, and rigorously. Talk to clever people. Share what you learn, perhaps by writing about it. Try to say goodbye to your…
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Opinion: The case against legalised rape in Nigeria
by Adewoyin Joseph Why deprive that child of proper mental, physical, and physiological development she deserves? Why drag her into motherhood and force a child into her when she’s just a little…
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Opinion: All these tribalism and religious sentiments need to stop
by Ologbenla Adedeji Samuel Rather than face the issue on ground, we hastily point sentimental accusing finger to religion and ethnicity. Let us address this issue or else we all will…
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Tunde Kara: My musings for Wura (30 Days, 30 Voices)
I do not ask that you return; I do not ask that you not run - far from it... Hey Wura! I heard you left. I heard you picked up…
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An entrepreneur’s journey – Reach out and touch someone (Part 2)
by Mofolusade Sonaike A mentality of poverty is a limiting one. Any person with that mindset cannot dare to dream, let alone achieve anything out of the ordinary. I made…
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Opinion: We are fighting the wrong battle on child marriage
by Ezebuike Temple ....section 277 of the Act supra defines a child as any one below 18 years of age, and sections 21 and 22 of the same Act supra…
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Opinion: Child marriage and the leadership question
by Philip Amiola Underage marriage is just another euphemism for child abuse. Actually, it is tantamount to pedophilia. Merely contemplating the idea would have been utterly loathsome. I have never…
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Anosi Imhoitsike: The Nigerian youth – Water, blood and everything in between (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Anosi Imhoitsike It would be like the Arab Spring, where people set themselves on fire, scream “Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam!” I remember being added to an online group that…
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Opinion: Nigerian tourism identity
by Dapo Adesanya While on the issue of multiple countries, we need to reform our visa issuance service to be tourist friendly. There is no reason why we cannot have…
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