Category: Editor’s Pick
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No tithing in the new testament church (2) – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala At a Sunday service in a New Testament church, the pastor asked the church-members to open their Bibles to Deuteronomy 21:18, and then began to read. “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who,…
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Budget 2021 already amended as predicted – Dele Sobowale
By Dele Sobowale “Nigeria will borrow N6tn in 2021 – Finance Minister.” PUNCH, NOVEMBER 4, 2020, P 19. It was meant to be a presentation before the Senate Committee on Foreign Debts. But, in reality, it turned out to be the first unofficial review of next year’s budget – which has not even been approved…
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Trump’s Cousins Can’t Wait To Be Born, By Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene I suspected the pregnancy will not be carried to full term and now, it’s playing out. Even before the US electoral monster conceived by President Donald J. Trump was weaned, a few African countries are already taking delivery of their own premature electoral monster babies. We saw that in Mali a few months…
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The mistake of Abram – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido And it happened that Abram (later Abraham) had to temporarily relocate to Egypt with his wife, Sarai (later Sarah), due to famine in Canaan. Just before they got to Egypt, Abram became worried that the Egyptians could kill him if they knew Sarai was his wife because she was beautiful. And it…
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Cote d’Ivoire: Quattara’s Ride on the Tiger’s Back – Tony Iyare
The recent victory of Cote d’Ivoire’s President, Alassane Quattara, 78 in a near muddled election that has given him unprecedented third term, which the opposition say it’s illegal, could set a stage for re-enactment of the political crises that have bedevilled this deeply fractious country, still ailing from the throes of two civil wars, writes…
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The Lonely ‘World of the Widow’, By Michael West
By Michael West November 6, 2020 When the peaceful #EndSARS protests were forcefully shut down by state governments through curfews following the rampaging activities of prodded irate youths by covert agents of the ruling and political class, not a few families suffered losses of their loved ones. Some policemen and several unarmed citizens were…
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Our youths and what we make of, or out of them – Ozioma Onyenweaku
By Ozioma Onyenweaku Just recently Nigeria witnessed an unexpected (or was it long expected?) protest from youths over police brutality and a whole lot of other ills. The protest was hijacked by another set of angry youths who were not versed in proper channeling of grievances. These are the ones referred to as ‘hoodlums’. This…
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#EndSARS Looting: Understanding The Destructive And Constructive Capacities Of Our Youths, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus onyibe Nothing illustrates the constructive and equally destructive capacity of our youths more than the fall outs of the #EndSARS protests. And education makes the difference between the creatively and positively charged ones and the destructively and the negatively charged ones. Allow me explain: The educated ones are the highly organized protesters that…
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Round 7 EPL Review, By Osayande Ero
By Osayande Ero The weekend’s fixtures started with Wolves hosting Crystal Palace at the Molineux. It started out a cagey affair until teenager Rayan Ait Nouri, opened the scoring for the Home side in the 18th minute with a lovely strike. Wolves continued to mount pressure on their opponents and in the 27th minute they…
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This house – Nigeria, may collapse, and for many reasons – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu We shall endeavour in taking this analysis – the possibility of Nigeria collapsing, far, and the best way of doing it, in my candid opinion, is to present various forces that could accelerate the collapse, segmentally. Today, we are starting with the Nigerian Police’s Structure and the Power of Nigerian Youth –…