Tag: opinion

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May 28, 2012

OPINION: The best event to attend regularly is a burial occasion

by Gabriel Olatunji Conquering your world is not an assignment you do at 60 or 70 it is supposed to ...

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May 27, 2012

Chinonso Ogbogu: This is a brief gossip about my love life … What about yours?

The truth is that you and I have been called to search for our own zone. And when we do ...

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May 27, 2012

Dele Momodu: The Oracle of Ijaw Nation

  If we don’t, and this charade continues unchallenged, we can say good bye to our dear nation and pray ...

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May 24, 2012

Ayodeji Rotinwa: We are a ‘mediocre’ people! (30 Days, 30 Voices)

You are also perhaps the type that feel those that ‘fight for their rights’ on roads and haggle with policemen ...

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May 23, 2012

Opinion: Drogba’s last kick – even Steven Spielberg couldn’t have directed a better script

by Dickson Kalu   As Gary Lineker tweeted: ”Farewell Didier Drogba. You have enthralled us, occasionally enraged us, but always ...

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May 21, 2012

Femke becomes Funke: ‘Idiot oyinbo woman’

I will have to get used to reading between the lines and to accept that what Western shrinks might have ...

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May 17, 2012

‘Tunde Fashola: A Senior Advocate or a Senior Adversary?

        I have not written to take sides with the Lagos State doctors, I have written to ...

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May 12, 2012

Celebrity Me: I only sing in my bathroom, but I’ll give Beyoncé a run for her money

by Temitope Shittu-Alamu We all deserve to be celebrated. And I mean ALL including those mallams who polish shoes for ...

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May 12, 2012

Shahab Usto: When the saviours are savaged

Tragic events like the killing of Dr Dale will cause more embarrassment to the state that remains eternally war- and ...

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May 1, 2012

Atilola’s Diary: The office romance that almost was (3rd Edition)

Diary columnist on YNaija. Office romance with married people: Recipe for disaster, sorrows and cascaded heart-break. Not worth the pain ...

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April 26, 2012

Darwin101: Even robbers evolve

by Temitope Shittu-Alamu Now as much as the robbers of the 1990’s should get an award, those of the new ...

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April 18, 2012

El-Darlington XaintOsas Enereba: Dele Momodu is a business man; not an advocate for change

If you are a faithful member of the Twitter family (a dysfunctional union, at best) and you follow most of our ...

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April 17, 2012

Wale Adetula: Let’s talk cleavage

    Before you think I’m a cave man who thinks women should be wrapped up everywhere they go, let ...

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April 16, 2012

Oludare Afolabi: “Me and My Oga” in the two-man business

Anyway, I plan to do well at SKS Consulting today, so the boss won’t ask me those heart-breaking questions when ...

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April 16, 2012

Tolu Ogunlesi: That awkward moment when… (YNaija Frontpage)

Those words got me thinking; in a sense insider confirmation of a massively altered reality. You’re a newly elected Governor, ...

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Ifeanyi Dike jr.April 15, 2012

Monkey Business: I don’t get mad – I get even

by Ifeanyi Dike Jr Why some individuals think they need to be arrogant, ruthless b***hes to move ahead in the ...

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April 14, 2012

Short Story: The brave child hawker

by Idowu Oluwatoyin Later that night, I thought about Linda as I laid my bed. … a young girl’s destiny destroyed. ...

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April 12, 2012

Temitope Shittu-Alamu: We could be making a mess for the next generation

Each time it occurs to me that the next generation is looking to us, I fear what they see. I ...

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April 11, 2012

“I be staff”: Should the police and members of the armed forces pay their bus-fares?

by Jude Egbas Lagos is one city where ‘members of staff’ of this nature love to show off. It was ...

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April 10, 2012

Is everyone entitled to their opinion?

by Seth Godin Perhaps, but that doesn’t mean we need to pay the slightest bit of attention. There are two ...

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April 7, 2012

Women: 5 reasons you’re still single

by Aderonke Adebanjo I had to write this because I get very interesting questions from time to time. There must ...

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April 3, 2012

Wale Adetula: Men lie, women lie!

… with a painting, the painter is in control. By painter, I mean women. The canvas? Their bodies. The paint ...

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March 28, 2012

Chinedu Ekeke: “You cannot change the PDP, the PDP will change you” (Part 1)

“Remember Okwesilieze Nwodo – the ousted party chairman who was out to instill discipline in the party? What became of ...

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March 24, 2012

Esho Wemimo: Girls Scout motto and the hand bag

The iPod is great to have as well in the bag because you can play your music without interruption The ...

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March 24, 2012

Nasir el-Rufai and the question of integrity: A critical assessment

by Femi Owolabi Success Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It calls attention to an unhealthy state ...

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March 22, 2012

Thought Couture: 5 things you should never ask of your publicist

by  Joy Isi Bewaji A publicist is a cheerleader; his job is to make you look good even when you have ...

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March 20, 2012

Thought Couture: Everyone’s an idiot – on the red carpet, at least

by Joy Isi Bewaji            Call up the shrink if you must ‘cos I am certain anyone  who consistently struts ...

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March 19, 2012

Thought Couture: What it takes to be a man

by Joy Isi Bewaji A Man’s Story is an unprecedented and unique documentary that focuses on the dynamic force of energy, ...

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March 18, 2012

Yomi Kazeem: Worship God not Pastors

Caveat: Before you read on, let me state that I am a Christian and I believe in Jesus and the ...

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March 14, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: We all want to blow! (YNaija Frontpage)

 Nigeria must look at herself and ask if it has bred men who would rather blow through a just path ...

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