Category: Features
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The 2023 Road to Aso Rock? – By Olusegun Adeniyi
My friend and brother, Magnus Onyibe could not have picked a better time to publish this book, ‘Becoming President of Nigeria: A Citizen’s Guide’. But I doubt if politicians and private sector titans who have already invested forty or one hundred million Naira just to secure the nomination forms of their parties would be looking…
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How women are coping with HIV/AIDS, PMTCT services in Nigeria
Self-stigma has been identified as one of the major issues responsible for the low uptake of HIV/AIDS and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Nigeria.
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Gender Bill and Parliamentary Conundrum – By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje
Over the last decade, countries and governments have made significant progress in mainstreaming gender, including parliamentary representation and inclusion. Regrettably, the national assembly in Nigeria is not aware of its responsibility regarding gender mainstreaming beyond the symbolic effort of ticking the box for women leaders at the political party level. The failure to meet the…
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Gov Soludo’s Solemn Submission – Chuks Iloegbunam
The Governor’s promise to Ndi Anambra came in the 14th of his 50-paragraph inaugural address of March 17, 2022: “I feel your pulse,” he intoned. “For your sake I keep awake at night, sometimes having palpitations about not letting you down. Well, since God is the Miracle Worker, I will look up to Him in…
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Sacking defecting governors deserves Supreme Court’s support – Tonnie Iredia
On March 08, 2022, a federal High Court sitting in Abuja sacked the governor of Ebonyi state and his deputy as well as a number of state legislators for defecting from the party on whose platform they were elected. Reactions to the judgment have been overwhelming. While most people found no fault with removing the…
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May the tribe of women continue to triumph – By Debo Adesina
And on this International Women’s Day with the theme, Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow, no better message can there be than to remind all that the journey to a future of greatness for humanity should begin at the appropriate starting point: sound education for the girl-child.
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Adeboye and the faith of fate – By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa
As Ukraine and Russia battle to change the dynamics of world power, history will be recording a landmark event on March 2, 2022, when the life and times of a single individual will reach a defining peak. Assuredly, the history of modern day Nigeria will not be complete without the exploits of certain persons, in…
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Timeline of kidnap kingpin Evans’s trial
News of arrest of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) by the police on June 10, 2017, dominated Nigeria’s media space the following 12 hours and beyond. His trial continued to hold the attention of the media and the general public.
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New Electoral Law: Ten areas Nigerians must know about whether they’re enforceable
President Muhammadu Buhari must have disappointed many Nigerians to have signed the new Electoral Law because of his ‘go slow’ approach to sensitive matters of this nature.
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Analysis: Putin’s Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to test
He threatened to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Russia. He worked to galvanize U.S. allies into a united front. He supplied Ukraine with more weapons than any American president before him. And he beefed up U.S. forces on NATO’s eastern flank as reassurance of his commitment.