Category: Editor’s Pick
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Pray for Buhari to last until 2023 (2) – Dele Sobowale
Dele Sobowale “Under this administration, life has lost its value, and more and more citizens are coming under the influence of criminals. We do not see any willingness on the part of President Buhari to honour his oath to provide security for Nigerians. In civilised nations, leaders who fail so spectacularly to provide security will…
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Gaudate Sunday and the Joy of Sharing, By Stephen Ojapah MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP Today is the third Sunday of Advent. The third week of our preparations for the solemnity of Christmas. The church celebrates the Joyful anticipation of the coming of our Lord. The day takes its common name from the Latin word Gaudete (Rejoice). The first word of the introduction of this day’s Mass…
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Witchcraft in the church (2) – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Jide inherited a generator from his late “guardian.” He used it for business purposes by renting it out to people who needed it on special occasions. It so happened that the generator in his church was stolen. The pastor insisted that church-members should not be told about the theft; otherwise, they might…
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Nuclear family and extended family – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido A nuclear family comprises father, mother and the children, while an extended family comprises nuclear family (ies), grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and others. The transition from being a member of a nuclear family to a member of an extended family is so swift that many people, especially in this part of…
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Mr. Buhari should apologise for his first coming – Patrick Dele Cole
By Dr. Patrick Dele Cole, OFR I know that for many, the headline is all they will read and I will forever be identified as an enemy of Mr Buhari. Those who can will inflate a simple request into my calling for the president to resign. President Bill Clinton apologised to the Indians and the…
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Shifting power centres drive Ethiopia into endless wars – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. ETHIOPIA is today, bleeding. It bled yesterday. The day before, it bled. The challenge is how to stop its bleeding, stabilise, and hopefully, stop her from bleeding tomorrow. In the last four decades, it has been engaged in five quite bloody wars; two with Eritrea, one with Somalia over the Ogaden region…
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Parents, It’s All About You, By Michael West
By Michael West It appears that becoming single parents either by widowhood or failed marriage makes one vulnerable. This is because quite a number of single parents are perplexed and unhappy due to the opposition they receive from their children in their bid to venture into relationship again. Assertive parents do not hide their desire…
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How We Remember Maradona – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene When the news of the death of Diego Maradona broke, I was in a friend’s office. Our initial spontaneous reaction was sorrow and regret. And then we drifted, almost as if we had rehearsed it, to the next thing: who is football’s all-time greatest? Maradona or Pele? My friend wasted no time is…
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See How CACOVID Is About To Do What Govt Couldn’t Do To Provide Security, Harness Youth Demography in Nigeria – Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe Policing in Nigeria is about to receive a boost through the injection of N100 billion naira investment into Nigerian police force , NPF to improve its fledgling services. And the gesture is not courtesy of government. But it is out of the abundance of the heart and goodwill of members of CACOVID-an…
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Straight talk on domestic violence – Ozioma Onyenweaku
Ozioma Onyenweaku There have been a lot of outcries over the rate of domestic violence in recent times. Some get to the news. Some do not. Most that get to the news come out scary and most times life has been lost. One of those that made the news recently in Nigeria is that of…