“Ground-breaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a …
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The Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is a great man from all indications. An enigma Obasanjo achieved greatness by both opportunism offered by the Nigerian peculiar politics and mother luck …
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Reflections on Mamman Vatsa’s death, the gruesome assassination of Dele Giwa and the unresolved murder of Bola Ige are some of the shames of the Nation. The dramatis personae in …
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Democratic governance is a two-way activity involving the complementary actions of the popular sovereigns (the citizenry) and the political sovereigns (elected leaders or representatives). It is a relationship that is …
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Good governance is a democratic idea and process that is animated and activated through the actions of altruistic leaders committed to the provision of the greatest happiness for the greatest …
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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our …
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The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, marked her 46th birthday anniversary recently. She was reported to have donated some gift items to the less-privileged of our society. Using her …
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Perhaps it is not irrelevant to begin this essay by making a confession: I had a little problem deciding on the title of this article. Many captions were competing for …
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There’s a chance that President Muhammadu Buhari would have come back to Nigeria by the time you read this column, but the fact that he had twice postponed his return …
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Wole Soyinka once described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a “nest of killers”. That was at the height of PDP’s power when former President Olusegun Obasanjo held sway and …
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I have always had my suspicion about that class-influenced submission that people who grow up in poor environments develop built-in senses of deprivation that may cause them to steal even …
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There is a tacit reassurance and a bubbling confidence that the era of military interruption of democratically elected government in Nigeria is widely unpopular with the citizens as well as …
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The Ogidigborigbo of Oghara, James Onanefe Ibori, the kleptocratic ex-Governor of the oil-rich Delta State, returned home from London recently. Ibori had spent years in prison in the UK for …
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What the Mexican Wall does to a people on either side is what divisive words do. It is not more Mexican than it is of American since Mexicans did not …
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The gecko is one animal that can automize itself. It sheds its skin and changes its teeth at regular intervals. For its survival, it can shed off its tail. The …
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Dear 2face Idibia, I hope this message gets to you in an atmosphere of reflection. Inasmuch as you have the constitutional rights to assembly, one of which is your freedom …