For over five decades, the Nigerian nation has been in existence. A heterogeneous, multi plural society that is blessed by God, we are peace loving and enterprising. Nigerians never ask …
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The Nigerian journey into the unknown is very scary. The solutions to her mundane problems seem to be not in sight. I am absolutely terrified any time I have a …
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When the sad news of the abduction of a gentle, soft-spoken brother, bosom friend and school mate filtered into the air on August 8, 2017, it was another rude shock …
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The words of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, are still very much fresh in our minds and instructive to the Nigerian authority. The government of Muhammadu Buhari needs to consider …
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If you believe strongly in the courage of your convictions, your efforts at achieving your goals might temporarily tarry, but it will not tarry in the end. Decades ago, two …
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Following the 3-month quit notice handed down to the Igbos living and working or doing business in the northern states, the Biafran agitation on one hand and the restructuring of …
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I wonder really if there are people who live without fear, people who against all odds have defeated what they fear the most, people who still catch their breath in …
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As Nigerians grapple with the dire situation in the country, President Buhari’s ailing health is a great concern to some of us who believe in our President’s efforts to rescue …
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(Photo credit: DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images via Flickr) Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is a retired armoured General in the Nigerian Armed Forces. A professional coup plotter, he ruled the giant of …
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Your Excellency Sir, There are no better ways to say this: The release of that Eid-el-Fitri message to us through the BBC Hausa outlet, in Hausa language, convinced even those …
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The caption for this piece was originally meant to be “Strange Things In A Strange Country” but at the last minute I changed my mind and settled for the above. …
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Last week some misguided Arewa youths in Kaduna issued an ultimatum to the Igbos living doing business in all northern states to leave the north before the 1st of October …
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There is an age long presumption in Nigeria’s political discourse about the existence of a Hausa-Fulani axis of evil that has supposedly monopolized the country’s politics since the infamous amalgamation …
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I woke up from my nightmarish slumber with a loud scream that woke up everybody in my house. Sitting up on my bed, I asked my startled wife for a …
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Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close …
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In security parlance, officers are trained to be firm, fair and consistent to safeguard their safety and the security of the society they protect. By complacency, if an officer reneges …