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in OpinionChief Kanu Agabi, Thy Name Speaketh for You
“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.” -Dorothy Height In my little way and from my very small window and little corner, I enjoy celebrating people – dead or alive, great or not so great. These are historic […] More
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Aremo Segun Osoba: The Journalists’ Journalist
Crafting a tribute to someone as towering as Aremo Olusegun Osoba is akin to navigating a labyrinth of accolades where every path seems well trodden. Whether you aspire to extol Baba Osoba as a Journalist, a Politician, a Statesman, or as the embodiment of a man who lives life to the fullest whilst enriching humanity, […] More
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in OpinionMinimum Wage, Maximum Rage
INTRODUCTIONNigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on 18th July 2024, in the presence of the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC president, Festus Osifo, approved a minimum wage of 70, 000 Naira for every Nigerian worker. He also promised to review it every three years. This is […] More
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Taxing hunger in Iregba
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 May 2024) I do not believe that the president of any country will deliberately wreck everything. Their problem may be arrogance or ignorance – or arrogance in ignorance. Or they may be worshipping wrong gods or feeding their gods with what they must not eat. You remember […] More
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Petrol pains, wilderness wanderings
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 6 May 2024) A young taxi driver sat on the bonnet of his car some years ago thoroughly frustrated by Nigeria’s unending petrol mess. A television reporter asked him to speak on his experience in that filling station where he sat, stranded. He looked straight into the camera […] More
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in OpinionNigeria: The Changing Governance Story
Tracking many stories of remarkable progress currently taking place in Nigeria can be a challenging task. This is so because these important stories are lost to some who daily indulge in the cacophony of adverse reports. This negative news often dominates the headlines. With a 24-hour news cycle that tends to focus mainly on distasteful […] More
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in OpinionIt Is Not Well with Nigeria Yet – By Sylvester Odion Akhaine
I am 60 today. I have decided to share my reflections on my journey so far and the lie of the Nigerian state. I could recall aspects of the Civil War years. The then Mid-West region was liberated from the Biafran forces that had overrun it with lightning speed. Engr. Emmanuel Omofuma, my cousin, and […] More
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Helen Paul and Other Bastardy Stories
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 November 2023) Everyone has a history; how you act and tell your story defines you. Ace comedian and celebrity, Helen Paul, trended wildly last week. Men and women with very difficult beginnings should seek out Helen Paul and learn from her how to manage life’s complexities and […] More
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Abobaku, Japa and Tinubu ‘Haters’
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 6 November 2023) “We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it.” I do not know under what condition Bob Dylan wrote that song line. All I know is that it serves my purpose as I sit here at the bank of Nigeria searching […] More
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The US Court Proceedings on Order Directing Discovery from CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY: A National Embarrassment
From Osita Chidoka I speak as a Nigerian. That it took the courageous activism of HE. Abubakar Atiku to force the discovery of information concerning the President of Nigeria is a disgrace to our national institutions. As a nation, we have a full retinue of staff at the Department of the State Security, the National […] More
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Alaafin’s Stool is Not for Sale
An oba is put on the throne to keep “the bush at bay.” Collectively and individually, the successful oba is praised as “so’gbó di’lé/sò’gbé dì’gboro/ oba a s’ààtàn d’ojà – the successful king is he who turns forest to home; the one who turns bush to town. Karin Barber’s ‘I Could Speak Until Tomorrow’ (published […] More
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Ozekpedia and The Toxicity Of Buharocrazy (PART 6)
This is the sixth trench of our write-up on Buharocracy- a corruptive and disruptive genre of democracy. It is a concept that dwells on hypocrisy, laziness, narcism, opaqueness, corruption, lack of vision; directionless, and cluelessness. Ozekpedia has so far explained the meaning, plenitude, amplitude, depth, and breadth of this amoebic and hydra-headed pseudo-democratic concept. We […] More
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