Tag: Hope Eghagha
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Revolutions are dead, long live the Rat Race – By Hope Eghagha
Last week, I posted an observation on my Facebook page about how revolutionary ideas which were dominant in our university days have completely disappeared from the university system. Students who are leaders now copy the lifestyle of politicians. University teachers no longer teach revolutions. The reactions which I got have been presented in an edited…
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When a goodbye turns eternal! – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
There are times in our lives when a temporary going-away becomes a permanent going away into a place where mortals never meet, and where no one is certain of which side of the eternal divide one would be when the ‘trump sounds and the end comes! That is, that ‘bye for now’ becomes a bye…
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Treasonable teenagers and other matters – By Hope Eghagha
Adiele: Nigeria is a crime scene. We must start documenting evidence against the day of reckoning. We hope that some day all the criminals will be arrested and brought to trial. Looting of the nation’s coffers. Impunity at the highest level.
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Eghagha reacts to a video of Senator Nwoko blasting Gov. Oborevwori
Professor Hope Eghagha, former Commissioner for Higher Education Delta State has reacted to a video in circulation which Senator Ned Nwoko is seen and heard throwing diatribes at the incumbent governor of Delta State Sheriff Oborevwori
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Protests, Counter-protests and allied Matters – Hope Eghagha
So it was that some Nigerians, exasperated, dissatisfied and angry with the existing socio-economic conditions in the country, gave a long notice to the Nigerian state that there would be a ‘day of rage’ come 1st of August, a day when Nigerians would take to the streets and express their umbrage about living conditions in…
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Loyalty and betrayal in a Season of Treachery – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
There are times in the life of a clan, people, or nation, when vice takes over the ethos of the people or the land. In such a circumstance, there is a prevalence of negative forces in the affairs of society. In eschatological terms, we encounter such a narrative in biblical accounts leading to the destruction…
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When the mind is blind! – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
The eyes are useless when the mind is blind; so say the prophets and sages of old. How can a mind be blind? Does the mind have eyes to see? See what? To the uninitiated this sounds like a conundrum, an impossible and abstract journey in philosophical musings.
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Much ado about certificates – By Hope Eghagha
But our national sheriff, the man who staked his reputation (non-existent as far as I am concerned) hid behind technicalities to block a verification of his certificate.
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Democracy’s broken promises – By Hope Eghagha
The average Nigerian or African believes that democracy’s promises to the people have been broken. Hunger, the prevalence of official corruption, the opulent lives of government elite, and collapse of institutions testify to this belief. Participation in the process of producing elected officials is severely compromised.
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Moral values in a changing world – By Hope Eghagha
JUSTICE: This world has degenerated into abysmal filth, immoral ungodly concupiscence, infantile greed, atavistic, primitive acquisition of property, and satanic hopelessness!