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#BopDaddyChallenge: Did the Nigerian Immigration Service shoot itself on this one?
Religion. Yes, that's the word. The word that has led many in divisive ways. The word too many people misinterpret. The word that causes more people every other day to…
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Nasty Blaq will do well to remember that the internet never forgets
The chain of trends began hours ago when online comedian, Nasty Blaq posted a comedy skit titled “The lockdown has affected my eyes.” Analyzing the video, a Twitter user @Thevolqx…
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Conversations on ‘Yoruba Muslims’ is sign that ethnic bigotry is not something people can afford to forget
Social media has this way of starting and never finishing wars. The only thing that gets to the finish line is 'dragging' - they say like the small Tiger Generator.…
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#LockdownLagos: If you want to stay law abiding, avoid Gbagada
While we will agree that many residents of Lagos have seriously flouted the rules to stay home and stay safe, celebrities seem to be the ones who are 'dragged' on…
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Get in here if you want to know why Osun is on the COVID-19 map
As Nigeria confirms more cases of the coronavirus disease - COVID-19 - there are states bracing up for record cases. Lagos, which has 82 cases, and Abuja with 28 cases…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Facing Fear (again)
(contributed by Francesca Onomarie Uriri) Recently, my brother had a health challenge that was frightening, debilitating, and quite frankly, difficult to describe. As I kept vigil by his bedside I…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Mid-year Crisis
The past few days a strange cloud has hovered my spirit. I struggled to report to work and when I did, tardily, even my attire conveyed reluctance. I dreaded staff…
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The Daily Vulnerable | The greatest gift my mother gave me
When I came out of secondary (high) school in 2000, I was 15. That meant that, though I had excellent grades, I couldn’t get into university in Nigeria, where the…
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The Daily Vulnerable | You have two spirals
With every day that you wake up; with every circumstance that you face, every person you have an interaction with, you have the choice of two spirals. You can spiral…
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The Daily Vulnerable | ‘Normal’ is a loaded word
You want to be normal, right? And ‘normal’ means have a job people understand, have a body as flawless as in science textbooks, have a wife or a husband and…
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Buhari wants Abuja National Stadium named after Abiola and we are worried
“As we all know, correcting injustice is a pre-requisite for peace and unity. As part of the process of healing and reconciliation, I approved the recognition of June 12 as…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Don’t lie
Don’t lie to yourself, about what the opportunities that exist in your industry are, because someday ahead you will have to confront that lie and the illusions you created around it,…
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There’s an outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo and we should all be concerned
There's an ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has led to 1,400 deaths so far. This has consequently led to the first Ebola case reported…
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Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi: The “slight work” to rebuild Nigeria’s Democracy
This title might be misleading so I’ll rephrase; to rebuild Nigeria’s democracy is going to be backbreaking, thankless, godforsaken, heart-breaking work. It won’t bring Instagram followers, accolades, fame, or fortune…
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Why did Punch Newspaper trivialise mental illness with this insensitive cartoon?
Mental illness has since stopped being a fringe topic, at least on Twitter wherein we constantly encounter suicidal tweets and online missives that indicate depression, anxiety, etc. While it's important…
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The Daily Vulnerable | It’s actually simple
Life is actually simple. You're in a relationship that’s hurting you? Step out of it. It's a marriage and you're not working so you need the security? Ask yourself if…
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Sanwo-Olu is saying all the right things, but we’ve been through this before
Dear Lagosians, we have identified short, medium and long term projects across the state that require swift attention. Today, @drobafemihamzat and I inspected the roads on the Badagry expressway corridor…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Your life is important already. But do you know it?
Everyone wants to be, for instance, Barack Obama, the star who made history and changed the world and will never be forgotten. But do they want to be pre-Presidency Michelle,…
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The Daily Vulnerable | The energy to live
I was walking up the stairs of my house the other day, normally, sprightly, when suddenly I remembered something that wasn’t working as well as it should, and it made…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Stretch is good
Knowing who you are and how you best function doesn’t mean you should close your mind and actions to other possibilities, or even just to the opportunity to stretch yourself…
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The allegation of N500bn missing from the CBN; an alarm government must take seriously
About 48 hours ago, online medium Sahara Reporters released two telephone audio tapes which revealed how the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emiefele, his Deputy, Edward…
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Leah Sharibu at 16: Sadly, it doesn’t look like the government wants her back
It’s Leah Sharibu's 16th birthday today. Leah, the only teenager yet to be returned among the 105 students kidnapped on February 19, 2017, by the Islamic West African Province (ISWAP),…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Leaking
I have spoken twice about emotional leakage – and in context, I have used it to explain when the parts of yourself that need improvement, or that you are working on still…
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Governor Ganduje is on a re-election witch hunt but wants us to believe he loves the people of Kano
Barely seven weeks have passed since the highly controversial Kano gubernatorial elections. Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje is in the news again, as is now common, for the wrong reasons. Earlier…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Love and duty
When you die, if you are West African like I am, your kinsmen will most likely rally around and arrange your burial. Those who hated you and cursed you out…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Pay attention to yourself
Stop looking for signs of your own progress in other people’s eyes or actions. You know where you are coming from, you know where you are going, and you know…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Accountable
I like to make a small difference between holding myself responsible for something or holding myself accountable. The former means I am to be blamed for the situation. But the…
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Decide for yourself | The Daily Vulnerable
When people come to meet me for advice, they often want me to look into my life’s situations and tell them exactly what to do. And sometimes that is very…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Sorry, but your fears are boring
I always laugh when younger people tell me in an urgent voice, the voice you use when you have something deeply important to discuss with someone else; something that hasn’t…
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Rookie mistake | The Daily Vulnerable
I used to make this mistake a lot, and today I continue to be surprised when people make that elementary mistake. People get unhappy, and they assume the solution is…
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