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Jul

11

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Opinion: VP Shettima Must Not Be Underestimated

Opinion

By Jibreel Muhammad Babangoshi With what I saw from the VP yesterday, he’s ready to give it to Mr. President and the cabals with a bonus just like the Iranian Ballistic Missiles against Israel. Shettima is not a coward and does not look like one. He’s smart, intelligent, witty and outspoken. He’s a Kanuri man who endures for a year or two and it seems he’s ready for this cold war. He systematically opened a can of worms by attacking the first Nuclear facility (Rivers' State of Emergency and the Attorney General ) and I pray Mr. Wike will not…

Jul

08

2025

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Sex Lives Of Circumcised Women

Health, Lifestyle, Opinion

By OREVA GODWIN Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision, refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is most often carried out on young girls between infancy and age 14. In every form in which it is practised, FGM is a violation of girls’ and women’s fundamental human rights, including their rights to health, security, and dignity. FGM has no health benefits and can lead to serious, long-term complications and even death. Immediate health risks include haemorrhage, shock, infection,…

Jun

24

2025

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How Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi Can Learn From Tinubu’s School Of Politics

Opinion, Politics

FESTUS ADEDAYO Power politics in the animal kingdom could be as intense, deceptive and selfish as it is in the human kingdom. An ancient African allegory whose patent cannot be credited to a particular tradition, illustrates this. It is the fable of an old forest warhorse, the lion. After years of feasting on animals, his mane soaked in their innocent blood, Old Lion became too senescent to haunt for games. Stricken with old age, diverse infirmities and unable to put food on his own table, the King decided to get food by subterfuge and trickery. Always by himself and soaked…

Jun

21

2025

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Let’s Talk About Postpartum Depression

Health, Opinion

By OREVA GODWIN I’m not a mother yet. I’ve never gone through the journey of pregnancy. They say you can’t relate to a pain you haven’t experienced. But do I really need to be a mother to talk about this topic? No, I don't think so. For as long as I'm able to research and speak with women who’ve gone through it and lived it as their reality. I can generate relevant questionnaires to understand the phenomenon better. I must admit however, that as a young woman considering motherhood, it’s terrifying experience to confront. I once told my family that…

Jun

20

2025

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Senator Dickson And The Rivers NASS Caucus

Opinion, Politics

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO There are a few idiomatic expressions around the Catholic Church and the Pope. And that is because the Catholic institutions have endured long enough to constitute part of global folklores. For instance, when cause and reaction are disproportional, there is a description for it that touches on Catholicism and the Pontiff. This is when the man or woman involved is advised not to be more Catholic than the Pope. Listeners will understand at once that the fellow is seeking to be more concerned than he or she that is actually concerned in the matter under review. The…

Jun

13

2025

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TINUBU: No Champion Changes A Winning Formula

Opinion, Politics

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO There is something in theology called anthropomorphism . It happens when God assumes the attributes of a human. I can supply an instance right away. Turn to Chapter 3 of the Book of Genesis and read from verses 8 to 10. It says God came down from heaven to the Garden of Eden and was pacing about the beautiful garden in the cool of the evening searching for Adam who was nowhere to be found. Having tasted the forbidden fruit, Adam, the only man that came by the direct creation of God, realised he was naked and…

Jun

10

2025

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A Season Of Political Divorces, From Lagos To Washington

Opinion, Politics

By SHEDDY OZOENE This is a season of political divorces, that strange separation of godsons from their godfathers and the end to political alliances between people of like interests. The events of the last two weeks were quite revealing, from the rift that blew open in the political relationship between Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos in Nigeria to collapse in the political romance between US President Donald Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk in the United States. The former is more of a godfather and godson relationship, while the later is/was…

Jun

09

2025

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Rotimi Amaechi’s Endless Voyage Of Self Reinvention

Opinion, Politics

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has a way of saying the right things to court public attention. He talks as if he is one of us and not one of them. He was President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister of transport for eight years. Before then, he had been Governor of Rivers State for eight years too. Altogether, he had been very lucky. He had never been short-changed in the serial partisan transactions in the ongoing Fourth Republic. He knew how to create the right alignments and realignments to secure his due. Even as a rookie, he had started very high.…

Jun

08

2025

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June 12 And Its Casualties, 32 Years After

Opinion

FESTUS ADEDAYO (Published by the Sunday Tribune, June 8, 2025 On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon. On July 9, 1998, the lifeless body of a young man adorned the front page of the Nigerian Tribune. The tear-jerking, bloodied body decorated the front pages of many other Nigerian newspapers like manacles in the hands of a convict. He had been shot dead by the police in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was during a Southwest-wide protest against the perceived murder in detention of Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 election. The…

Jun

08

2025

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Breaking Chains Of The Mind

Lifestyle, Opinion

By OREVA GODWIN Chains of the mind. As I wrote this piece, I came to the realisation of how much I've grown as to identify the chains that once held me bound, and how I confronted and broke them. I recalled when I stood in front of my mirror, naked as Eve, and spoke to myself. Yes, it looked insane, but my spirit was listening. There was an awakening, and I reminded myself that I am a god before my fears, and I broke the chains and set myself free. When I talk about chains of the mind, it's that…