Category: Editor’s Pick
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Place Where Angels Fear To Tread – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene You cannot inspect the wreckage of 2020 closely without seeing the rubble of spectacularly failed forecasts by reputable seers. I’ve seen, in many forums, fans of renowned predictors trying very hard to defend the reputation of a number of these seers against the onslaught of mocking videos showing just how wide off the…
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#Justice4DonDavis: A wake-up call for school authorities, parents – Ozioma Onyenweaku
Ozioma Onyenweaku In one of my recent articles, I drew attention to the fact that the boy child also needs protection from sexual abuse. It is often misconstrued that the girl child is the only victim of child sexual abuse. In that article, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: THE BOY CHILD TOO NEEDS PROTECTION, I stated that:…
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With Coronavirus On My Mind, l Bid Bye Bye To 2020, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe As l exhale and remain thankful to God for the escape of my family and l from the tumultuous year 2020 that tormented mankind with coronavirus; and as l and other survivors of the horrific 2020, bid the year with the most unprecedented holly burly, good bye, l welcome year 2021 with…
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For Telecoms, a look back in Hope, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe The above title is not totally my idea. It is inspired by John Osborne’s 1956 play, Look Back in Anger, which played out at the Royal Theatre in the United Kingdom and was staged in parts of the world, thus making the playwright very wealthy and quite popular. But placed side by…
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Hassan and Hussein Sunmonu: Indomitable African lions at 80, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa IN their beloved city of Oshogbo, Osun State, two indomitable African lions: Hassan Adebayo and Hussein Oyekanmi Sunmonu, are turning 80 this Thursday, January 7, 2021. Theirs is the story of restless pan African fighters whose stalking like tigers does not potray cowardice. The lives of the Sunmonu twins which began in…
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2020: An Alternative View – Issa Aremu
By Issa Aremu Perhaps no year in our generation has been so smeared like 2020! We are witnesses to a “Year abuse” as it were. Witness some smear newspaper headlines: “Year of Coronavirus”, “Year of Face-masks” , “2020: What a Year!” , “Year of Deaths”, “Year of Kidnappers”, “Year of Bandits” ad Infinitum. Obviously 2020…
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Nigerians, defy order, celebrate crossover, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon With another wave of COVID-19, and two new fast-moving UK and South Africa variants of the pandemic reported in many countries, Nigerians welcomed 2021 with pomp and ceremony. This comes as government threatens another lockdown if the citizens wouldn’t observe hygienic and social protocols to stem the deadly coronavirus that has claimed…
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‘Let’s manage Buhari otherwise…’- Dele Sobowale
“When all think alike; No one thinks very much.” Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, P 245. Walter Lippmann, New York Times, was the dean of all journalists/columnists in his day – which coincided with my ten years sojourn in the United States of America. He was an incredibly gifted writer; and together with…
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Agenda 2021 – Chido Nwakanma
By Chido Nwakanma Considerable excitement has attended the entry of the New Year 2021. Much of it comes from relief at the end of the horrible 2020. Eternal hope in the human heart is the other impulse as people wish and pray for a better year. Caution is a dominant theme. Even the rambunctious seers…
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Dissent and the Failing State Debate – Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta Nigeria enters the new year draped in curious contradiction. A protracted sixtieth anniversary celebration has recently been interrupted by an untidy debate about the nation’s very survival as a viable state. The question is simple: Is the Nigerian state failing? Among most enlightened Nigerians, there is now an inconvenient consensus that the…