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Terrorism In Nigeria And Gains Of The US Threat

Terrorism In Nigeria And Gains Of The US Threat

By SHEDDY OZOENE When the United States named Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern and hinted at possible military action to counter perceived genocide against the country's Christians, many Nigerians were angry. Some saw it as interference; others felt it was an insult to our independence. But behind all the reactions is an uncomfortable truth: the warning pushed our leaders to act. In that sense, it has turned out, it would seem, a blessing in disguise. For years, Nigerians of all backgrounds have lived with the fear of terrorism. Communities have been attacked, people displaced, and whole areas left unsafe…
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As Tinubu Continues To Insult Nigerians

As Tinubu Continues To Insult Nigerians

As Tinubu continues to insult Nigerians: Tinubu’s political appointments mirror who he is and his abiding political philosophy. As someone poignantly asked, if he didn’t appoint the likes of Prof Mahmoud, Reno Omokri and Femi Fani-Kayode, people who reflect him in character, attitude, political conduct, and the elasticity of principles, who else? In all Tinubu does, politics trumps governance. What matters is how to strengthen his hold on power, and not the promotion of common good. And even if that translates to insulting Nigerians, so be it. Or how else can it be explained that a congenital liar like Reno…
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And Where Are The Traditional Institution And Elders Of Ebira Nation?

And Where Are The Traditional Institution And Elders Of Ebira Nation?

By Hon. Aliu Asipita Abdulmuluku It was our elders who said: "The elders cannot be in the marketplace and watch the head of the baby at the back of her mother unattended." Sadly, for a while now, the traditional institutions and elders of the Ebira Nation have gone limp and lame in the face of an attritious political battle that has defied logic and purpose. A once-close confidante of former Governor Yahaya Bello (FGYB) of Kogi State, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has remained locked in horns for the last eight to 10 years with the former Governor's political establishment and legacy.…
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Why Churches Shy Away From Sex Education

Why Churches Shy Away From Sex Education

By OREVA GODWIN A man of God once told someone, “Oreva can’t be a born-again Christian and write the way she does. She’s influenced by a familiar spirit. That’s where she gets her inspiration, and that’s why she talks so boldly about sex. She doesn’t have the Holy Spirit in her.” It’s sad that we still have Stone Age Christians who haven’t come to the realization that Christ doesn’t limit us from speaking the truth or discussing deep matters. We’ve replaced spirituality with religion, and called it holiness. Having the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean you lose your sense or individuality.…
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How Amazon Turned Our Capitalist Era Of Free Markets Into The Age Of Technofeudalism

How Amazon Turned Our Capitalist Era Of Free Markets Into The Age Of Technofeudalism

By Yanis Varoufakis Amazon Web Services, owned by top three richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, posseses the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs. But now some people are fighting back. For the past six years, every Black Friday – that made-up carnival of consumption – Amazon workers and their allies have mobilised across the world in coordinated strikes and protests. At first glance, these disputes look like the standard struggle between a giant capitalist employer and the people who keep it running. But Amazon is no ordinary corporation. It is…
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Empowerment Programs: A Questionable And Failed Approach To Public Governance

Empowerment Programs: A Questionable And Failed Approach To Public Governance

By Hon. Aliu Asipita Abdulmulukuasipitamuluku25@gmail.com "Society is not built by individual morality but by the institutionalization of our collective morality and evolved values.. our political culture must shift at an individual level from those that seem to subjugate or demean the people as paupers to those values that see them as humans deserving of human dignity. That we shouldn't view them deserving of our pity but of their share of quality life offered by the potential of our common wealth that should be centrally pulled and deployed for their good." Quite often, we have become inundated with the terms "empowerment…
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Boko Haram On A Gravy Train Under Tinubu’s Watch

Boko Haram On A Gravy Train Under Tinubu’s Watch

Boko Haram on a gravy train under Tinubu’s watch: What the Tinubu government did is a shameful abdication of governance. If, as Onanuga claimed, the security agents not only know all the bandits, but also where they operate from, what is being flaunted as achievement is a gross advertisement of cluelessness, which in other countries will elicit a mass protest and call for resignation. Tinubu does not know what it means to be commander-in-chief of the armed forces… With hunger and poverty ravaging the land, violence is bound to spike. With increased violence and mass abduction of school children, more…
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Tinubu – No Outrage, No Shock As Terrorists Kill General, Kidnap Over 200 Students

Tinubu – No Outrage, No Shock As Terrorists Kill General, Kidnap Over 200 Students

By Ikeddy ISIGUZO NO outrage. No shock. No anger as terrorists kill Brigadier-General Musa Uba in the North-East sector. Nigerians were processing that affront when news of terrorists' attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eruku in Kwara State during their church service. The attackers went away with 35 worshippers. They are asking for ransom of N100 million on each of them.By Monday, 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, were abducted, their vice-principal, and a security guard were killed.The killing of Brigadier-General Uba, and the abductions of the female students, reeked of betrayal…
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With Tinubu, It Will Only Get Worse

With Tinubu, It Will Only Get Worse

With Tinubu, it will only get worse: It is no hyperbole to say that all the indices of human development have gone south under Tinubu’s watch. Life in Tinubu’s Nigeria typifies the Hobbesian state of nature – “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” But scarier still is the fact that when you think you have seen the worst, it gets even messier. With Tinubu, nothing is sacred. All that matters is raw power and the exercise of same. Every institution has been compromised… Tinubu’s presidency is turning into an unmitigated disaster before our very eyes… And what do we get…
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When Heartbreak Creates Monsters

When Heartbreak Creates Monsters

By OREVA GODWIN It's scary when someone you once loved with all your heart, someone you thought you knew change into a monster right before you. I remembered when I ended things with my ex before my unidays, he couldn't take the break up. He threatened me that if he couldn't have me, no one would. He literally showed up anytime I was with another man, just to threaten and warn him to stay off me. With his intimidating height and popularity, he was a menace. Guys were in fear once they saw him. The men exclaimed that they didn't…
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