Category: Columnist
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Running on empty – By Chidi Amuta
A giant question mark seems to hang over the Nigerian political landscape. Everybody seems to be asking everyone else this single question: What is going on? Suddenly, all seems quiet and clueless from the choir of government. The affairs of state seem frozen into a humdrum of routine and miserable predictability.
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Let us EndBadParenting – By Francis Ewherido
I coined this title after the EndBadGovernance protests which started on August 1, 2024. I have no problem with any protest, strike or activity towards a better Nigeria as long as we avoid unnecessary shedding of blood. Too many Nigerians have died in cold blood and it’s not good.
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May Zelensky not happen to us – By Owei Lakemfa
The world is in a mess and this is not just about Donald Trump, but a confused Europe causing disorder and then deploying falsehood and propaganda to camouflage its real intentions. For instance, there are a lot of attacks against Trump for allegedly trying to force Ukraine
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A mobile industry in need of help – By Okoh Aihe
As the global community gathers at the Mobile World Congress (MWC25) in Barcelona, from March 3 – 6, 2025, with the theme: Converge. Connect. Create, it will be interesting to find out how well the mobile industry is doing at home, I mean in Nigeria, and whether we are close to having any serious relationship…
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The Trump-Vance approach to Zelensky and the emergence of a new world order – By Magnus Onyibe
During his visit to the White House on Friday, February 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced a tough reception from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. Their handling of him demonstrated their firm approach to diplomacy, signaling a shift in global power dynamics.
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Look how Bola Tinubu, with his political wizardry, brings Rivers to Lagos – Godwin Etakibuebu
Let us start with the similarities of the two situations before coming to the genesis, or the beginning of the voyage. In Port Harcourt, Rivers State, twenty-seven members of the State House of Assembly saw it, beautiful enough, to defect from the
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2027 poll: El-Rufai slices, dices Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (1) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
El-Rufai boasts of rallying, for the 2027 poll, a similar opposition movement that transformed into the APC in February 2013, and defeated then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
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EFCC and epidemic of organised crime – By Dakuku Peterside
Organised crime in Nigeria is like a tap root with its grip firm and difficult to detach, all thanks to systemic weaknesses and institutional failures. This crime epidemic is not just a statistic, but a harsh reality that affects Nigerians daily.
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What’s the obsession with chopping off penises? – By Francis Ewherido
A wife has two businesses with the husband’s penis as far as I know: One, to get her pregnant and fulfil God’s purpose of multiplying. Two, to give her pleasure and satisfaction sometimes. I said “satisfaction sometimes” because sex is like football.
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Babangida’s long journey to sorry – By Azu Ishiekwene
You cannot quarrel about how a man tells his story. It is his business. However, the pseudo-autobiography of the former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, is more than the retired general telling a story of his own life.