Category: Editor’s Pick
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Nigeria Police Force: Typical SARS operation as captured at Awkuzu in Anambra State – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu What you have chosen to read below is as horrifying as it is emotionally draining. Reading it could affect your mental stability and balancing. Except you are sure of your shock-absorbing capacity, don’t endeavour to read it, please – this is my way of advising readers’ discretion. In the other hand, reading…
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Praying for the dead, By Stephen Ojapah MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP “After the battle Judas led his men to the town of Adullam. It was the day before the Sabbath, so they purified themselves according to Jewish custom and then observed the holy day. By the following day it was urgent that they gather up the bodies of the men who had been…
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The beauty and sweetness of dictatorships – Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
Dictatorship, an absolute authority in any sphere, is beautiful. It is sweet, very sweet. Sweeter than honey. Sweeter than money. Sweeter than the pleasures which a woman can give a man. After all, with absolute power one can acquire any form of pleasure one desires. Dictatorship is synonymous with power. Absolute power. If you…
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National joke called Federal Ministry of Transportation, By Dele Sobowale
“FG needs $656m to complete Lagos-Ibadan rail line – says Amaechi.” PUNCH, November 7, 2020, p 7. “FG plans multiple railway projects – Amaechi.” VANGUARD, November 7. 2020, p 6. If there is one Ministry and Minister which should by now constitute a major embarrassment to Nigerians and President Buhari, it has to be Mr…
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2023: Need to streamline qualification for offices, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The 2023 General Election is no longer in the realm of “years away” or “it’s too early to talk about it.” Preparations for the poll have begun, courtesy of two critical actions taken by the Independent National Electoral Election (INEC) towards meeting the basic threshold for the management and conduct of the…
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Walking by faith and not by sight – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Paul says: “We walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7). He is not telling us how we should walk. He is telling us how we walk. This is like telling a boy that we don’t walk with our hands. We walk with our feet. Believers walk by faith. Those who…
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Faced with imminent disaster where are the Nigeria leaders – Biola Sobowale
By Biola Sobowale “We have created Italy; now we have to create Italians.” Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1807-1882, Father of Modern Italy. Italy did not exist on the world map until the Kingdom of Italy was created on March 17, 1861. That was after rivers of blood had been spilled all over Europe on account of wars…
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#ENDSARS: Quit the clampdown, face the inequality – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta In the aftermath of the frightening ENDSARS protests, government seems confronted with a choice of two untidy pathways. Either pursue reprisals against the suspected leaders of the protests or address the pervasive inequality that inspired the spin off anger, rampage, looting and criminal lawlessness. The first option is lazy and untenable because the…
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Duties of a mother to her children – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido A mother’s duties to her children start from conception. There are certain foods recommended for pregnant women at each stage of the development of the foetus for the proper formation and health of the baby. These foods include sweet potatoes, lean meat, berries, avocados, dairy products, fish liver oil, dried fruits, amongst…