The trauma of having to read news from Nigeria and the scenery of the drama involved on daily basis is very upsetting and challenging at the same time. The frivolity and flippancy with which certain characters are misrepresented, or better put, the mannerism with which we adopt certain puritan language for misfits and roguish personalities at the expense of the very noble qualifications or connotations of such words is of utmost concern for the wide readers and international viewership on Nigeria. It is oxymoronic to grand-represent a shady character with an accolade of a gentleman, so also it is preposterous to identify a rascal with the words of grace. Our waggish and facetious usage of words like ‘Statesman’ is confusing enough to suggest we all go back and see what contents such langua...
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