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    Nigerians Must Go for the Best

    By Ben Edokpayi I remember the permutations that enveloped the room as some relatives and I sat down in Lagos last summer to watch Nigeria’s last group F game against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup. After Lionel Messi scored early in the third minute, the feeling was that the game was going to be […] More

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    Remembering Fallen Heroes

    Last Tuesday, the United Kingdom, UK, observed a two-minute silence at the 11th hour, on the 11th day in the 11th month to commemorate the exact day and time when hostilities of the First World War, WW1, (1914–1918) formally ended. The two-minute silence was observed across the country in schools, train stations, banks and places […] More

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    CAF Mourns Slain South Africa National Team Goalkeeper

    Issa Hayatou, President of African soccer’s governing body, Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Monday expressed shock and dismay at the shooting of Senzo Robert Meyiwa, South Africa national team goalkeeper and Orlando Pirates player. The South African Football Association, SAFA, has reported that Meyiwa was shot and killed in what was reported to be […] More

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    Looking for the Liberated Man

    A random conversation with a complete stranger about why she left her second husband prompted this write up. It was her experience that even though the man was Nigerian and had lived in the United Kingdom, UK, for over 25 years, the man was a bully and the Western world had made no impact on […] More