michaela- Guest Columnists
- September 30, 2024
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Nigerian @ 64: When shall we celebrate?
Of course, Nigeria will be celebrating her flag independence tomorrow in low key as usual. It has been so for many years. Even when the country was to celebrate its…
- michaela
- Guest Columnists
- September 27, 2024
- 981 views
Nigeria We Hail Thee!
I vaguely remember learning in school, probably in my Government class, that Nigerians once sang a different anthem which was replaced amidst the Nigerianisation frenzy that followed political independence from…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 25, 2024
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Multiply Prosperity, Not Poverty, Pain By Vincent Nwanma
Governments must be multipliers of prosperity, wealth and well-being. Conversely, they must be reducers of poverty, pain and misery. This is the purpose for which citizens of a country elect…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 23, 2024
- 749 views
Mr President, make Nigeria sweet again!
I was in my late twenties when I left Nigeria for America. In that season of life, one US dollar sold for 19 Naira. My salary as a reporter with…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 17, 2024
- 723 views
Now That Tinubu Is Back By Reuben Abati
The return of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from what looked like a long trip abroad must come to many as a relief. When the President travelled on August 29, his…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 16, 2024
- 684 views
Dangote Refinery is here; why are we unhappy? By Dele Sobowale
“I am beginning to wonder how many fools it takes to make the term ‘My Fellow Citizens’” -Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, in LOST ILLUSIONS You were probably one of…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 12, 2024
- 793 views
*NNPC Ltd and challenges in the oil sector: Banire misconceives the facts, promotes biased views – By Olufemi Soneye
In the face of the challenges in the oil sector, particularly the current tightness in the supply of petrol, it has become fashionable to blame the national oil company, the…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 11, 2024
- 592 views
“Country hard, no be small” – Reuben Abati
“Bros, you dey craze. I watch you dis morning, you just dey yarn, You just dey craze. You just dey troll Una dey drink something for that una programme? Una…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 9, 2024
- 628 views
Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1)
Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The country’s heavy dependence on crude (not even…
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- Guest Columnists
- September 3, 2024
- 683 views
NNPC And Those Who Plan To “Remove” Tinubu By Reuben Abati
“Hello, Bros. Hello. Hello. Hello” “Yes. I can hear you” “Which kin thing be this now? I don dey call you since, you no pick call. Person go dey call…
