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Opinion: The need for improved services at Yankari Game Reserve
by Jide Ojo I was at Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi last week. From Tuesday, September 19 – Saturday, September 23, I was at the foremost Nigeria’s tourist site for the…
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An open letter to Psquare: Remember the promise you made to your late mother
by Stephen Ofishea You have no idea how bad this makes me feel, seeing Africa’s most talented duo getting into messy fights and spraying the bo on social media. The…
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Opinion: Nigeria is a lost nation
by Tijani Sheriffdeen Countries around the world wake up every new day to do something different, and of course productive. They attend to the challenges their yesterday brought them, and…
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Ololade Ajekigbe: Cheating and the test of control
by Ololade Ajekigbe I was having a conversation with some friends when the topic drifted to the issue of cheating. It was no surprise; just recently the news got out…
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Opinion: What’s with Punch Newspaper’s anti-Ngozi Okojo-Iweala stance?
by Temisan Jackson The saying goes that the pen is mightier than the sword; but those must be pens that scribble in alignment with the ethos of pen-pushing and the…
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Opinion: Governor Ajimobi, have you any answers to these questions about LAUTECH’s crisis?
by Busari Azeezat A parent whose child is 25 years is supposed to be at peace, after all, it is the blooming period of that child. The time to expand…
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Opinion: Where is Nnamdi Kanu?
by Anthony Ademiluyi According to radical writer, Tariq Ali, a true revolutionary is one who disregards personal safety in the pursuit of one’s beliefs. He cited Che Guavara who left…
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Ikemesit Effiong: Nigeria is going back in time with the new pension bill
by Ikemesit Effiong If Nigeria’s pensions landscape was a Google Search bar and one had the opportunity to enter any given year before 2004, the results would have been easily…
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Opinion: We do not want a repeat of the Civil War
By Gideon Arinze Several decades after the war that lasted between 1967-1970, there were stories of how the Federal government then in Lagos, launched a full-scale invasion into…
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Fisayo Soyombo: President Buhari just opened a whole new can of worms
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo These are interesting times. We’re entering an interesting, new journalism era when newspaper editors will cast simple headlines but the public will nevertheless be confused. “Troops kill…
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Opinion: What I learned when I started practicing yoga at home
by Ima Matthew The saying "the greatest wealth is health", is one which most of people can agree on. To keep us healthy we eat clean food, stay hygienic and…
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Opinion: Too many voices spoilt The Voice Nigeria
by Caleb Adebayo On the 18th of June, flying on the wings of popular telecommunications giant, Airtel, Nigerians were greeted with the second edition of The Voice, a music talent…
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Opinion: How to build your capacity for spiritual violence
by Isaac Aluko Ademoroti It may or it may not surprise you that the first place in the universe to witness an eruption of violence was heaven. This was when…
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Simon Kolawole: Ethnic pride and prejudice in Nigeria
by Simon Kolawole Riddle: Name the Nigerian ethnic group known for being “arrogant” and “clannish”. I will give you one or two clues to make things easier. They are…
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Pius Adesanmi: Is this where the FG gets its half-baked ideas from?
by Pius Adesanmi There is this email group I was added to about 3 years ago. It is basically an assembly of the owners of Nigeria. As far as I…
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Farooq Kperogi: El-Rufai’s morbid fixation with the death of his political enemies
By Farooq A. Kperogi There is no doubt that Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai embodies one of the most morbidly toxic strains of political intolerance in Nigeria. He exteriorizes his…
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Saatah Nubari: Whether or not you read this, you still owe 102,000 naira
by Saatah Nubari It was Fela Kuti that said, “Trouble sleep, Yanga go wake am.” Wise words from a decent man I must add, but the point here is that…
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Dele Momodu: On the road to Port Harcourt
by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I finally returned to Port Harcourt after over two years of absence. It is strange how time flies and how it changes everything. Port Harcourt…
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Opinion: Lessons for Nigeria from 2017 International Day of Democracy
by Jide Ojo Since 2007, United Nations has set aside September 15 of every year as International Day of Democracy. This year’s IDD was celebrated globally last Friday. In Nigeria,…
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Opinion: How to make Nigerian football attractive in a digital age
by Temitope Adigun Several years ago, most Nigerians were strangers to the advancing age of digitalization, especially that of the online; doubting their viability in a nation coupled with lack…
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Peregrino Brimah: The Federal Government is aiding and abetting terrorists now?
by Peregrino Brimah By defending Fulani terrorists listed in the Global Terrorism Index as the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world, the Buhari government is dangerously aiding and abetting terror.…
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Opinion: 5 lessons from IPOB’s fall
by Jideofor Adibe In my column of September 7, 2017, entitled, ‘Nnamdi Kanu and the Redeemer Complex’, I made a few propositions about Nnamdi Kanu that now seem prophetic.…
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Opinion: Everything President Buhari has gotten wrong about IPOB
by Anthony Ademiluyi The right to self-determination is as old as mankind. All through history, people have been bound by the idea of a better life than they currently have…
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[Opinion] International Day Of Peace: The role of the youth in Nigeria’s unity
by Omoya Yinka Simult Sometime in early June, I woke up to see an alarming number of notifications on my smartphone. It seemed as though all social networks to which…
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[Opinion] Our depraved society: Who’s looking out for our children?
by Tony Ogunlowo A few days ago a rather chilling and disturbing video emerged, online, of a young teenage girl cradling a recently decapitated human head. On her own admission,…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: The Chinese Prince and the starving Tigers
by Olusegun Adeniyi As one would expect from such IT persons, the duo of Mr Ye Zhenzhen, the CEO of People’s Daily Innovation and Mr David Chen, Vice President of…
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Ololade Ajekigbe: 4 Unwritten rules you must not break
by Ololade Ajekigbe This article was inspired by a football match I watched last weekend – The Manchester United vs Everton English Premier League game. Belgian and Manchester United striker, Romelu Lakaku scored a goal against…
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Opinion: The many faces of sexual trauma
by Ijeoma Ndukwe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a natural response to sexual trauma, and yet it remains profoundly stigmatized in our society – to the detriment of the millions…
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Opinion: CRUTECH VC, Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh has failed his students
by Simon Utsu Without beating around the bush, I'll like to state in categorical terms that I'm highly disappointed in the Vice Chancellor of the Cross River state University of…
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Open letter to all Igbo freedom fighters, dead or alive: Justice will be served
by Rev Fr Felix Uche Akam To the dead, those who received on our behalf the death brought to our doorsteps with a code name, Operation Egwu Eke II (Python…
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