Category: Columnist
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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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Bene Madunagu: Intellectual, mother, botanist, leftist-feminist and revolutionary socialist – By Owei Lakemfa
The Left Movement in Nigeria gained two of its best known leaders in 1973. Edwin ‘Eddie’ Ikechukwu Madunagu was a 27-year-old postgraduate student of Mathematics, specifically Differential Equations and Functions of a Complex Variable. He was in the University of Lagos, UNILAG, and had joined the Nigerian Youth Action Committee, NYAC.
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Positive signals for healthcare – By Dakuku Peterside
Economic, social, and political conditions influence healthcare, a reflection of societal advancement. From ancient civilisations to modern nations, the development of healthcare systems has been a testament to societal priorities and quality of governance.
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Edo 2024 guber petitions: Let the legal fireworks begin (1) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Monday, January 13, 2025, is a day of reckoning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo.
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West Africa’s season of farewells and question marks – By Chidi Amuta
Frances’s major military base in Cote d’Ivoire is billed to close down at the end of this month. The long -standing base, Port Bouet, is to be rid of its French troop occupants and is to be renamed General Quattara Thomas d’Aquinn base after an indigenous military figure.
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New Year resolutions – By Francis Ewherido
In the past, I was heavily involved New Year resolutions ritual. The famous writer, Brian Tracy, advised that we should think on paper.
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A nation at war: Five days in Israel – By Azu Ishiekwene
Perhaps three will be the lucky number. After at least two previous failed attempts, a peace deal between Israel and Hamas might be reached by January 20 or in the early days of Donald Trump’s second term.
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Getting BRACED States out of the doldrums – By Pius Mordi
The acronym is drawn from the first letters of the six states – Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta.
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On telecoms tariffs, let the Act decide in 2025 – By Okoh Aihe
Tariff occupied centre stage. There was a reported tariff hike in the industry which was immediately denied by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), also reportedly.
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Awaiting the dawn of 2025 – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
We await the dawn of the New Year 2025 with bated breath. Very soon, the exchange of New Year messages will fill the air across the globe.