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in ViewsThe Essence of a Liberated Mind
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow To speak truth to power takes a great deal of courage, especially in Nigeria where social security is lacking, and the judiciary has failed woefully in its traditional role. To speak truth to the pulpit takes more than courage; it takes a liberated […] More
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in OpinionIn Jesus’ Name Ltd
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In April 2023, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) demanded an apology from FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, makers of Peak Milk, for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday 2023. Subsequently, the management of […] More
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in OpinionThe Death of a Nation
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow When students study to knowYet have to sort to passAnd sorting is incrementalEven with the horizontalThe process of examBecomes a shamSemesters come and goThe system produces a massOf semi-illiteratesAs university graduates You need not deployOppenheimer’s deadly toyMuch time will not elapseBefore structures collapseOrgans […] More
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in OpinionThe Process of Being Begotten
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The gestural appellation “The Only Begotten Son of God”, which is ascribed to Jesus Christ is one of the numerous hoaxes in the literature of Judeo-Christian theology. Firstly, and rather unfortunately, it places Jesus on a humanly unattainable pedestal thereby psychologically incapacitating and […] More
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The President as a Role Model: A Reprise
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Following the publication of my article titled “The President as a Role Model”, I had a profoundly worrisome encounter, which produced a narrative that necessitated this reprise and seemed to answer the closing question at the end of the original article thus: “What […] More
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Towards the Bala Usman Laws
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow During the meeting of Secretaries to the State Governments (SSGs) in Calabar, Cross River State in 1981, a proposal to travel to the United States (US) to “study the presidential system”, which was discussed in a previous meeting, was raised for decision. Reacting […] More
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Bola Tinubu as a Hoochie Coochie Man
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow This piece addresses a serious national issue but is laced with an ample dose of comic relief. It is, basically, satirical albeit topical. Inspired by a classical Chicago Blues tune titled “Hoochie Coochie Man”, the article is partly experiential hence entertaining even in […] More
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President as a Role Model
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Role modeling is a responsibility each individual owes society for the continuance of a culture of which virtue, ethos and decorum form the foundation. A role model is an individual who is regarded by others, especially younger people, as a good example to […] More
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Nigeria and Echoes of Pieter Botha
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Pieter Willem Botha (1916-2006) was a South African politician. From 1978 to 1984, he served as Prime Minister and morphed into the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. Botha was an outspoken opponent of black majority rule and international communism. However, […] More
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Nigeria as Domain of the Demented
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Desirous of foreign loan to invigorate the ailing Nigerian economy, a Nigerian President set off from the sprawling, multiple mansion presidential lodge in Aso Rock, Abuja to London for a meeting with his British counterpart. Driven in a 36-car motorcade of stretch limousines […] More
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Nigeria’s Illusive Dream of Populism
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow “Nigeria will not know peace until the son of a nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody”. So said Malam Aminu Kano, the highly respected Nigerian politician, reformer and teacher who symbolized democratization, women’s empowerment and freedom of speech. Inspired by the desire […] More
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