When you sit beside a middle-aged Texan in the economy section of an average-sized plane for fifteen minutes, you will have learned how strong she stood in the face of …
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He finally made it to Nigeria, even though belatedly. That W. E.B. DuBois, the larger-than-life anti-colonialist crusader, now visiting the newly ‘liberated’ Nigeria was literally weeping, seemed incomprehensibly disquieting to …
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Do our churches and brethren represent hundredfold brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, wives, children to our missionaries? Do they represent hundredfold land and houses to the brethren in need? Are you …
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Please, let people not find pleasure in turning teenage children into prostitutes. Be it straight prostitution, lesbianism or homosexuality…
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My friends and colleagues in the media cannot be left out of the list of the friendly enemies of our people. Their biggest but not gravest sin is to forget …
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I write this article with a heavy heart because, like anyone who grew up in Plateau State in those seemingly ancient days when it was a model of peace and …
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Politicians, especially the Nigerian species, are an intriguing and confounding breed. I like to hope and think of them as a breed that will soon become extinct, like the dinosaurs…
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Our dear President, remember how millions of our powerless fellow citizens – our widows, orphans, mentally and physically challenged, and aged pensioners – all today have no one else to …
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A strange thing happened to her days after appearing in newspapers when people waved to her on the street and referred to her as the Nigerian actress. At her local …
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Last week, Senate President David Mark achieved a new grade in cynicism when he announced Andy Uba as chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission. Andy …