Category: Editor’s Pick
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Security problems deeper than change of Service Chiefs, By Ezomon Ehichioya
By Ezomon Ehichioya Many Nigerians were nonplus when President Muhammadu Buhari promised that he would soon effect changes in the security system of the country. They’d heard that song over and over! Particularly lately, the president would express dissatisfaction and even displeasure with the performance of the service chiefs, and the people would expect him…
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Is God Invisible? – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala My niece says she wants to see God, but not in this life. So, I asked her: “Who do you think you will see in heaven? Will you see God with a face, eyes, a nose, and a mouth? Those physical attributes belong to God as a man.” However, God is a…
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Again, entombed humans triumph over death, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. IF you have ever been trapped in a lift; lights suddenly going off, darkness everywhere and perhaps having to breathe with others trapped in the lift, you will know how harrowing an experience it can be. But at least people know you are there and efforts are made to rescue…
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Girls Beware, Yahoo Guys are Desperate, By Michael West
By Michael West Warn your girls! Wicked and desperate guys on the prowl for money rituals are on the increase. Warn your girls! How we got to this level of moral and spiritual decadence in which teenagers are now desperate to become overnight multimillionaires without any legitimate source of income is bewildering.…
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Buhari’s Trumpian Complex and Nigeria in search of dialogue, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. HUMANITY was given the earth as a sustainable security. Our entire lives depend on it. However, human beings constitute the greatest danger to earth. In realisation of this, strategic thinkers developed the idea of establishing forest reserves to stem the earth’s destruction and try to preserve life as we know…
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Telecoms: Matching industry stats with subscribers’ peace of mind, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe There is a total lack of shame when the puissant political opportunists who superintend our lives claim credit for every minuscule strand of progress, appropriate credit for everything but the ugly. Soon and very soon they will claim credit for the rising and the setting of the sun except that such foolhardiness…
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All you need to know about Nigeria’s newly appointed service chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally succumbed to public pressure to dispense with his service chiefs, who have overstayed their tenure for several years. Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff,…
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Letter to Prof Obiozor, By Dele Sobowale
“Some are born great; others achieve greatness; some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. First of all, accept my very sincere congratulations on your election as the President of Ohanaze Ndigbo worldwide. By God’s grace, you have now acquired legitimately the right and privilege to help shape the destinies of millions of…
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Coronavirus Vaccine Racism: A Time To Look Eastwards?, By Magnus Onyibe
By magnus onyibe. To get the over 200 million people in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria vaccinated against Covid-19 on time, the president Mohammadu Buhari mandated Presidential Task Force , PTF headed by Boss Mustafa, Secretary to Government of The Federation, SGF may have to look eastwards towards China and Russia for the badly needed…