Author: Hope Eghagha
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The return of President Donald Trump – Hope Eghagha
One of the much vaunted and supposedly sacrosanct features of democracy according to America, is the power of the people and the inviolability of the ballot box in choosing who leads the country. Added to this is a smooth transition of power from one administration to another even where there is a ‘hostile takeover’, that…
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A Speaker speaks no more and other matters – By Hope Eghagha
A Speaker who disrespects the Governor disrespects the people, disrespects the entire Executive branch of government.
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The BAT presidential media chat – By Hope Eghagha
At last President Bola Ahmed Tinubu agreed to participate in the traditional media chat after one and a half years in office. For so long, he simply and stoically ignored jibes about his refusal to speak at some length to the media.
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Much ado about defamation – By Hope Eghagha
The Nigerian public space is currently dominated by a defamation brouhaha, with some alluding to a David and Goliath scenario, with either a fight-to-finish or a crushing, decimation outcome. The matter is subjudice; so, I am not going to dwell on specifics.
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As the old year dies, new hopes arise! – By Hope Eghagha
The old year dies. An old year dies. New hopes arise. Twenty-twenty-four will die in days. Never to return. It will go into the abyss. We shall not miss it. Or, most of us will not miss it. It will be remembered as the year of infinite hardship in Nigeria.
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Kemi Badenoch’s bad knocks on Nigeria – By Hope Eghagha
One of the interesting proverbs I picked up in our General African Studies (GAS 201) course with the late Professor Jabez Olowo Ojoade in the University of Jos in 1979 was ‘it is a bastard child that points at his homestead with his left hand!
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State of the Nation Conversation (1) – By Hope Eghagha
Fake news about deaths. Fake news about the economy. Fake news about kidnappings. Fake news about EFCC. Fake news about the police. Fake news about the cost of PMS. Fake news about everything and anything!
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A conversation about hunger – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
There’s hunger in the land. Ebi pa wa! People can barely feed. Inflation is creating havoc on our salaries! People are dying like flies because of depression.
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The path not chosen – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
In life, the ideal is for us to choose our pathway to the future, even if blindly, but sometimes our paths are chosen for us or prepared for us or charted for us. Chosen for us by parents, mentors, friends, religious leaders, and political, cultural and social circumstances.
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My friends, where is Yahaya Bello? – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
I am worried about the decadence that has eaten deep into the fabric of our country. No institution is spared. The executive arm. The legislature. Religious bodies. The judiciary. The media. The security agencies. Everything has been contaminated to frightening proportions.