Category: Editor’s Pick
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Press freedom is less important to the journalist, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. THE most fundamental human right to the journalist is life, followed by the right to wages or income. These are the foundations on which his profession and the freedom of expression are built. A journalist with a perpetually rumbling stomach cannot be a reliable soldier of press freedom. At best, he…
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Nigerian Trumpkins and the disgrace of Donald Trump, By Femi Aribisala
Why should blacks in Nigeria believe in a man who believes black lives do not matter. By the time you are reading this, the American presidential election would be on its last leg. November 3 2020 is election day in the United States, except that 95 million people have already voted as I am…
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The Saints in Nigeria, By Stephen Ojapah MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP “After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud…
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ASUU and the welfare of academics! – Hope Eghagha
The last time I made a public comment on the ASUU and federal government ding-dong affair titled ‘ASUU Members as National Farmers’, my tongue was in my cheek. That is, I entertained my readers (I think) to no end. This at the expensive expense of the Education Minister of State, judging from the reactions I…
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Restructuring Nigeria’s Tower of Babael, By Dele Sobowale
“Northern Leaders’ Call For 12- Structure, Resource Control: Southern leaders divided, receive call with suspicion, cautious optimism.” VANGUARD, Wednesday, October 14, 2020, p 30. “Vox populi, vox humbug” meaning “Voice of the people is rubbish.” US General William T Sherman, 1820-1891. Ask any advocate of Restructuring about the matter, especially a Southerner, and he/she…
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EndSARS: Of governors and COVID palliatives, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, can’t thank enough #EndSARS protesters for coming to her “defence” against the charge of abuse of public trust in the administration of her portfolio. For months, Mrs Farouq was the subject of scorn and odium, in her attempts to convince…
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Social media ban as a fake solution – Chido Nwakanma
A rash of opinions is growing by persons claiming and elevating the social media and associated “fake news” to the number one problem in Nigeria. Information Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed is the chief proponent. Supporters include many persons in government and their acolytes. It is untrue, just as the framing of many issues in Nigeria…
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#EndSARS protests, hungry , angry Nigerians; CA-COVID-19 and social safety net – Magnus Onyibe
Magnus Onyibe The viciousness and desperation with which Nigerians went about looting ware houses containing food items meant to help the poor cope with the Covid-19 induced hardships, reflect the frightening rate of hunger in Nigeria. And it is evidence of the total failure of the social safety net measures which government had introduced to…
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Trump’s long good night – Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta In a matter of days, America’s democracy will self -correct and present a bulky casualty. Mr. Donald Trump’s presidency is unlikely to be revalidated for a second term. As the various polls indicate once again, the American electorate seems poised to deal the disruptive Mr. Trump a merited ‘F’ grade. The imminent…
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Gbajabiamila pushes for redefinition of Federal Character
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has called for the redefinition of the concept of Federal Character, as contained in the Nigerian constitution. Gbajabiamila made the suggestion Saturday at a national strategy retreat organised by the Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) of the National Assembly. He said the lawmakers should consider an amendment…