In the Summer of 2008, I was part of a team that visited Germany on a 3-month training on Environmental journalism. As part of our training, we were taken to …
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Anybody interested in a prosodic analysis of a poem, a piece of music or an anthem will need to focus on only four elements. Those elements are the sounds, the …
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In the days and weeks before Bola Tinubu became president, he had many sobriquets. The sobriquets depended on the side of the aisle that the admirers or the traducers stood. …
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Last week, while discussing an awful experience with being charged an outrageous sum for a tiny parcel, I was to briefly reference a report attributed to the Leadership newspaper wherein the boss …
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On the 7th day of May, 2024, I visited the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service in Abuja to try to find out why and how I was charged N174, …
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Concerning the subject matter above, we will start by stating the facts first of all and avoid any speculations. In June 15, 2023, an oil spill took place in Uzere …
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A few days ago, I was to run into a video where Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, former vice president of Nigeria was eulogizing General Buhari. From the video, I was …
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There are very strong indicators that almost 90% of the members of the Tinubu administration came to steal. Or perhaps not. But strong evidence on ground seems to support this …
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Last year 2023, the tragic news of the death of a governor of one of the Southwest states took place. Before he died in Germany, he had been going back …
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The last time any Nigerian won an international prize for short stories was 2019. That writer was Lesley Nneka Arimah who won the Caine Prize for her story, “Skinned”. Her …
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Three scenarios make room for the topic of this week’s discussion. One is from a workshop organised by the Malami SAN-led Ministry of Justice late 2022. In that workshop, Chief …
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Seventeen years ago, Nigeria embarked on a very ambitious project, to build the largest library in Africa. Located between the National Mosque and the National Ecumenical centre, the National library …
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There are only four elements you look for in a song. Intellectuals identify them as imagery, diction, sound and the flow or rhythm of the said song. What this easily …
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There is only one research document on abandoned, substandard and ‘ongoing’ projects in the Niger Delta. It is titled Citizen Report Card on Niger Delta Institutions, and it is ascribed …
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Jeff Ajueshi is a curator and founder of Thought Pyramid Art Gallery in Nigeria. The Thought Pyramid has galleries in Abuja, Lagos and Delta state. Why is the one in …
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Very recently during a town hall meeting, we listened in awe as an Edo government official did his best to explain the concept of ‘interest’ with the procurement processes of …