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Sep
28
2025
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My Childhood Trauma

My Childhood Trauma

Opinion
By OREVA GODWIN A lot of us have had traumatic childhoods. Some have healed, while others still carry the scars. Trauma comes in different forms, from our parents, siblings, relatives, childhood friends, teachers, and even religious leaders. Many of you know that when I write, I do so with passion, straight from the heart. I try to paint clear pictures that play in the minds of my readers as they read through each story. This is mine. I started school at age two. I remember everything like it was yesterday. You see, I have what is known as hyperthymesia. I…
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Sep
24
2025
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GAIYD: Amb. Dr Osita Offor Wins Great Achievers Award As Legendary Sports-Man of Year 2025

GAIYD: Amb. Dr Osita Offor Wins Great Achievers Award As Legendary Sports-Man of Year 2025

News
In a glittering ceremony attended by Nigeria's elite, Ambassador Dr. Osita Offor-De Ultimate Commander (IKENGA GBURUGBURU) and President of United Abia Artistes and Patriots (UAAP) Forun has been honoured with the prestigious Legendary Sports-man of the Year 2025 award at the 3rd annual summit of the Great Achievers Initiative for Youth and Community Development (GAIYD). The event, held at the Abuja Continental Hotel, Abuja, brought together notable figures such as Ooni of Ife, HRM Adeyeye Emita Ogunwuai, Alhaji Aminu Yakubu, Wambai Wakili of Zazau, Dr. Olamipekun Olukayode, EFCC Chairman, Professor Jerry Gana, Chief Raymond Nkemdirim MFR, Ugwumba, and other dignitaries…
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Sep
23
2025
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Quickie Republic: Short Thrills, Long Pains

Quickie Republic: Short Thrills, Long Pains

Entertainment, Opinion
By FUNKE EGBEMODE It all started with Lux soap. The housekeeper said she bought a pack of six bars for N5, 400. My 92-year-old father gasped. ‘For just soap? Was that for a carton or two cartons?’ I told him, it was for just six bars. ‘Where is this country heading now?’ That is a frequent question my father asks these days. The old man just cannot understand today’s prices of anything. How can he? He bought his brand new Vauxhall Chevette E for N4,800 and now his soap costs N5,000! Of course, he is confused. I told him I…
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Sep
22
2025
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Tinubu To Declare 2025 Editors Conference Open

Tinubu To Declare 2025 Editors Conference Open

News
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the elite professional body of Managing Directors, Directors of News and Editors of print, broadcast and corporate online organisations, will hold its 2025 All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) from November 3-6, 2025 at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The annual conference has as its theme: "Democratic Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors," while the sub-theme will focus on "Electoral Integrity and Trust Deficit: What Nigerians Expect in 2027." According to a press statement on Sunday by Eze Anaba and Onuoha Ukeh, NGE President and General Secretary respectively, this year's conference will…
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Sep
21
2025
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Fubara And The Witches

Fubara And The Witches

Opinion, Politics
FESTUS ADEDAYO Three Nigerian “witches” just got beaten by a midnight downpour. They are, Siminalayi Fubara, Nyesom Wike and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ascending order. Last Thursday, September 18, 2025, there was an initial apprehension in Rivers State over whether its reinstated governor, Fubara, was “coming home.” An earlier excitedness over the end of emergency rule got momentarily dampened. Apprehension however dissolved when Fubara’s nemesis, FCT Minister, Wike, proclaimed that indeed, Fubara was coming home. The frenzy over Fubara “coming home” was similar to "It's coming home!", a phrase taken out of the 1996 song, “Three Lions”, composed for England…
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Sep
18
2025
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Ibas Takes His Inglorious Leave As Fubara Returns

Ibas Takes His Inglorious Leave As Fubara Returns

Opinion, Politics
By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI It is no longer a matter of conjecture. As Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, haughtily disclosed on August 30, President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, announced an end to the six-month emergency rule he imposed on Rivers State on March 18. Unlike the emergency rule proclamation which he made via a national broadcast, the president ended the ill-advised political manoeuvre via a statement he personally signed, expressing satisfaction that the inglorious measure had achieved its objectives. Claiming that it would have been a colossal failure on his part not to have made the proclamation,…
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Sep
15
2025
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Soludo: A Governor And His Indiscretions

Soludo: A Governor And His Indiscretions

Opinion, Politics
By SHEDDY OZOENE When Professor Chukwuma Soludo indicated interest in becoming governor of Anambra State, there was so much excitement in the air.  Here was a globally respected economist, a technocrat of uncommon intellect, and one of Ndigbo’s brightest stars—armed with credentials that promised to redefine governance in the state. His rise from a respected academic to Presidential economic adviser under Olusegun Obasanjo, and later, Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, put him head and shoulders above other aspirants. When one adds his “Dubai-Taiwan” vision, one would appreciate why the imagination of the people who are famous for their high business…
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Sep
11
2025
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That Idiotic Anti-el-Rufai ‘Protest’ in Owerri

That Idiotic Anti-el-Rufai ‘Protest’ in Owerri

Opinion, Politics
By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI As an Igbo, ever mindful of the country’s chequered political history, when the news filtered in on Saturday that former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, a scion of the Muslim North and major opposition politician, had been whisked away from the venue of the Odenigbo Lecture in Owerri, my first reaction was, not again. For maximum effect, the story added that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, was cautioned by the protesters. Not again because of the irascibility of Nigerian politicians and the herd mentality of their minions.…
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Sep
06
2025
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Enugu State Vs Sujimoto: Issues In The Contract Scandal

Enugu State Vs Sujimoto: Issues In The Contract Scandal

Entertainment, Opinion
By TUOYO BRIKINS The storm surrounding Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited and the Enugu State Government has gripped national attention. What began as a bold initiative to build 22 Smart Green Schools has now spiraled into allegations of a ₦5.7 billion fraud, a wanted CEO, and urgent questions about Nigeria’s contract management culture. Being a publisher of a platform on the built environment #RealEstateNews and having managed built environment facilities for a multinational corporation, I could relate. At the heart of the controversy is a troubling contradiction. Sujimoto presented a bond from Jaiz Bank to secure the project, yet the state…
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Sep
04
2025
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Wike’s Rants: Beyond The Bounds Of Decency

Wike’s Rants: Beyond The Bounds Of Decency

Opinion, Politics
By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI The conduct of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, in the public space is quite unbecoming. It is not enough to dismiss him as unhinged as many are wont to do because to do so is to ignore the fact that for whatever it is worth, he is a Nigerian political elite, a member of the privileged club that makes the authoritative allocation of our collective values. In any sane society, such privileged position demands some level of politesse and dignity in public conduct. But the reverse is the case here. Wike’s actions, at any given…
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