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Oluwapelumi Oyetimein: Blue Murder (30 Days, 30 Voices)
Whoever set Al-Mustapha free must have forgotten what the Abacha regime looked like, with terror looming over the land and everyone wondering who was going to be killed next Every…
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Opinion: Rivers political crisis and the fine art of taking sides
by Saatah Nubari If one of your friends turned against you, and now his friend who happens to be your new friend, supports you and is against him, whose side…
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Opinion: Now that Dame Patience Jonathan is ‘Jesus Christ’
by Wale Odunsi ....the gait of the Madam First Lady is now fully understood. Who wouldn't lock down federating states for days, when some people regard him/her as Jesus Christ? The lingering…
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Sam Omatseye: Feeding the Niger Delta monster
by Sam Omatseye ....report showed how brutal the killings defaced the villages that had enjoyed peace for close to a decade when the crisis ended. Whole families were wiped out, and…
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Opinion: Dame Patience, the great distracter and the rest of us
by Bayo Oluwasanmi With the likes of Dame of Shame, Nigeria is now a nation where the innocents are condemned and the criminals are acquitted. A nation of theatre of…
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Collins Uma: What an eventful week in the life of Nigeria
by Collins Uma Sunday came with the news of George Zimmerman being found not guilty of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Of course those who hailed Al-Mustapha's 'Not guilty' verdict…
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Temitope Ben-Ajepe: Last week in my travels (30 Days, 30 Voices)
"I didn’t have to fret so long because the smelly man with the yellow teeth resurfaced and offered to take me there." Last week, I travelled cross country. I was…
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Ishola Alolanle Fatai: Confessions of a Nigerian atheist (30 Days, 30 Voices)
I’m not going to explain why or how I became atheist, or tell you why you should too, or point out the flaws in your religion and what not. No.…
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Ayobami Iyiola: Hell is a place called home (30 Days, 30 Voices)
"The Nigerian state doesn’t need a soothsayer to tell us that we are in Hell." I must confess that as the son of an Apostle I don’t read the bible…
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Murewa Olubela: The search for success (30 Days, 30 Voices)
"All I could think of was f__k! I was blank. Okay!" I was told since my childhood to search for success right at the moment when understanding curve balls and intertwines,…
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Opeyemi Akande: The trouble with handsome guys (30 Days, 30 Voices)
If there’s something I’ve come to learn in this campus, it’s that girls who are in relationships with undeserving guys always have a problem getting out of it... The door…
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Anita’s Diary (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Anita “Ask God for forgiveness and straighten your path”. Humphh! Easier said than done. Dear Diary, Faking it is getting really tiring!The You’d think I’d have perfected the act…
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SK Johnson: But really, what’s in a name? (30 Days, 30 Voices)
Once upon a time, I used to be known as something very different. Well, I used to be something (many things, really) very different, but that’s just part of the…
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Ojuolape Kuti: The emancipation of Oore (30 Days, 30 Voices)
Sixteen-year old Ooreoluwa was broken. Physically, she was exhausted. Spiritually, she felt drained. Financially, she had nothing. She was battered, bruised, worn out. Her body felt numb even though it…
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Opinion: ASUU strikes again, what else is new?
by Frank Onuoha Despite all these agreements the status quo persists. Every year ASUU will go on strike and the federal government will call for "dialogue". The end product is yet…
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Opinion: What does Rev. Jesse Jackson want from Nigeria?
by Theophilus Ilevbare Rev. Jackson, as an international activist, ought to have known better that nowhere in the world is achievement on paper equated to hard facts on ground more…
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Opinion: FCT Abuja and its transportation troubles
by Daniella Ziworitin Ever since the araba buses were removed,transportation has been hard for the common man. The city all of all of a sudden seems over populated,people standing on…
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Opinion: The dangerous silence of 160 million Nigerians
by Bayo Oluwasanmi How could small band of thieves in government enslave so many people and exert complete control over the rest 99.9 per cent of the 160 million people? Despite…
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Okey Ndibe: If Mandela were a Nigerian…
by Okey Ndibe If Mr. Mandela were a Nigerian, he would never have spent more than one week in prison... he would be identified as Triple High Chief (Sir) Barrister Nelson…
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Opinion: The economic consequences of superstitions and false assumptions
by Chuba Ezekwesili …the average Nigerian’s life seems to be asynchronous to that of the Government’s opinion on how Nigerians are faring economically. Economics is about making decisions based on the limited options…
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Opinion: What Nigerian legislators can learn from their Kenyan counterparts
by Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi We should grow past the primordial belief that it is only by stockpiling money by way of fat salaries and allowances that our future and those of…
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Opinion: Don’t bury me in a $25,000 gold-plated casket – The sermon Pastor Obadare NEVER delivered
by Bayo Oluwasanmi The best way you can honor me is to promote the truth, shun hypocrisy, worship God in humility, do things in moderation with wisdom and promote the gospel.…
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Opinion: Much ado about Timipre Sylva’s handshake with Jonathan
by Mabota Alata Sylva was alleged to have breached protocol to have a handshake with Jonathan....Sylva and Jonathan were not the only dignitaries at the event that exchanged a handshake.…
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Opinion: 2015 – A battle between Nigerians and the PDP
by Abubakar Usman Sadly, folks from the northern part of the country have not been any different in such uncouth remarks. Northern groups and individuals have also joined their counterparts in…
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Opinion: Nigerian celebrities are the ones killing themselves
by Wale Odunsi While we all thank God for sparing the lives of our stars, isn’t it time we ask some questions. Bearing in mind the busy schedules, why would…
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Opinion: ‘Okada’ ban and the insensitivity of state governors
by Theophilus Ilevbare It is a fallacy of hasty generalisation, that all Okada riders are armed robbers, hence, responsible for the rise in crime rate and all accidents on Nigerian…
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Another letter from the grave: These words of ‘an abused wife’ will move you to tears (READ)
This article titled "I Bid You Farewell by Late Dolapo Goodgod" is somewhat of a satirical piece and the author cannot be verified but it's an incredible moving story that…
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Rejoinder: Why you should be worried about Nigeria’s anti gay laws
by Abdulrahman Abdulraheem Akintoye Sogunro’s legal argument is flawed on so many levels. First, there is the mistake of assuming that the purpose of law, especially criminal law is a phenomenon…
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Opinion: Ribadu should address issues and stop acting like a scorned wife
by Adamu Yaro I can however understand Ribadu's predicament. It is obvious that his political husband has decided to embrace polygamy and is thinking of marrying a new political wife…
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Opinion: Gay marriage will soon chase out opposite sex relationships
by Ojay Kaikai The danger signal here is that, those with same sex persuasion are more aggressive than those with opposite sex inclination. Gone are the days when a woman…
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