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Nigeria Tested by Rapid Population Growth

15Mar

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Nigeria Tested by Rapid Population Growth

By Elizabeth Rosenthal for the New York Times In a quarter-century, at the rate Nigeria is growing, 300 million people — a population about as big as that of the present-day United States — will live in a country the size of Arizona and New Mexico. (more…)

Capital Market Public Hearing: Time for a Result-Oriented Approach

15Mar

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Capital Market Public Hearing: Time for a Result-Oriented Approach

By Innocent Badmus It may no longer be news that Nigeria’s capital market capitalization went down from a high of N13.5tr to N4.6tr within ten months in 2008. (more…)

Upheaval in West Africa: Could Nigeria Be Next?

15Mar

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Upheaval in West Africa: Could Nigeria Be Next?

Daniel Wagner and Joshua Wallace, for Huffington Post The recent coups in Guinea-Bissau and Mali raise question regarding whether radical political change will sweep other parts of west and sub-Saharan Africa. (more…)

As Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is Sentenced

15Mar

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As Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is Sentenced

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi The sentencing to life imprisonment of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has continued to generate serious comments, opinions and criticisms from around the world, most (more…)

15Mar

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National Strike: Our Inconsistencies

by Banjo Odutola After one week of mass protest, the “irreversible and irreducible” federal government has balked; the voice of the people which was misunderstood but (more…)

15Mar

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Alex Ibru: There Goeth A Man

By Reuben Abati “The song is ended, but the melody lingers on…” (Irving Berlin) “How old are you?” (more…)

15Mar

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Message to Herman Cain

An Anonymous Author The greeting on your website says, "We are looking forward to hearing from you", but I'm not sure you will be looking forward to hearing from me, Mr. Cain. (more…)

Mr. President, Do Not Fuel Subsidy, There Are Alternatives – An Open Letter to President Jonathan by Olugbenga Fabilola

15Mar

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Mr. President, Do Not Fuel Subsidy, There Are Alternatives – An Open Letter to President Jonathan by Olugbenga Fabilola

At last what started like a rumour has now come into the fore and has become public knowledge that the plan to remove ‘subsidy’ on fuel consumption by the Nigerian citizens is real. (more…)

15Mar

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Iroko Stands Tall at 57

By Kayode Akinmade ‘Count your blessings and name them one by one’ was that memorable quote by John Oatman Jr. (1897). Blessings have great significance, even unto God. It is recorded in the Bible that there were so many people blessed by (more…)

15Mar

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Remembering Anthony Onyearugbulem

Nine years ago, Anthony Ibe Onyearugbulem, who was a military administrator of Ondo State and later of Edo State, died under befuddling circumstances inside a Kaduna hotel, at the age of 47. (more…)

Femi Fani-Kayode: Worst Injustice Ever Endured By a Man

15Mar

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Worst Injustice Ever Endured By a Man

By Paul Ivagba For those who have been following the case between Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since year 2008, they would technically appreciate the level of impunity, judicial (more…)

Being Keynote Address Delivered at the Public Presentation of the “Nigeria Golden Book” by The Sun Publishing Ltd, on 27th September, 2011, at The Shehu Yar’adua Centre, Abuja.

15Mar

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Being Keynote Address Delivered at the Public Presentation of the “Nigeria Golden Book” by The Sun Publishing Ltd, on 27th September, 2011, at The Shehu Yar’adua Centre, Abuja.

On the eve of our 51st birthday, ladies and gentlemen, I feel it is right to say congratulations on our independence anniversary. Let me quickly add that I feel highly honoured to (more…)

Fayemi Dances on the Grave of Ekiti Ancestors

15Mar

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Fayemi Dances on the Grave of Ekiti Ancestors

By Lere Olayinka Last week Thursday, I was at the popular Oja-Oba in Ado-Ekiti to do some shopping when a locust beans (iru) seller, whom I latter identified to be Madam Febisara said “a doju tini omo ni Fayemi i o” (This Fayemi is putting us to shame). She was talking to her colleague, who had complained of low sales. (more…)

PDP, Kogi State Gubernatorial Elections, a Disaster in the Waiting

15Mar

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PDP, Kogi State Gubernatorial Elections, a Disaster in the Waiting

By Idris Mohammed No one who is minimally objective on political discourse in Nigeria can deny that last week’s Governorship primaries election in Kogi State by the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is a sham. As widely predicted by many analysts, it was business as usual, just electoral fraud and (more…)

16Jun

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Open Letter to Buhari

...Niger Delta Amnesty Contractors Urge Presidency to Pay It's 15% Mobilization Fees By Mohammed Mohammed (more…)

The Church, National Development and the Man, Nicholas Okoh.

29Apr

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The Church, National Development and the Man, Nicholas Okoh.

By: Godknows Igali, PhD It was originally meant to be a gathering of Nigeria’s ecclesiastical hierarchy, as Head of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, (more…)

General Buhari’s Cambridge Certificate is as Nonexistent as Louis Odion’s Self Esteem

11Sep

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General Buhari’s Cambridge Certificate is as Nonexistent as Louis Odion’s Self Esteem

By Reno Omokri It was Lord Alfred Denning who said that you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand. That was what flashed in my mind, (more…)

17May

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2019 Polls: Matters Arising

By Louis Okoroma There are several issues arising from the way and manner the much-talked about 2019 elections were conducted and the results handled. (more…)