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	<title>Vanguard &#187; Sweet and Sour</title>
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		<title>You  no &#8216;Gree!</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/you-no-gree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/you-no-gree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LAST  week, I quoted a friend who thinks that seduction is a “coping” or survival strategy within certain contexts and is absolutely convinced that predatory women who set out to seduce influential men deserve sympathy rather than condemnation.]]></description>
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		<title>No shaking &#8211;  For now at least!</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/13/no-shaking-for-now-at-least/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/13/no-shaking-for-now-at-least/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I HAVE recently, on two occasions, praised Mr President for his new Niger Delta initiatives. And I’ve been amazed by the number of sour comments I’ve received.]]></description>
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		<title>No cheers for Mr. President?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/30/no-cheers-for-mr-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/30/no-cheers-for-mr-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militant leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Donu Kogbara 
LAST week, I expressed the opinion that President Yar’Adua deserves  two hearty cheers…One “for possessing the humility and foresight to meet with Niger Deltan militant leaders and offer them an Amnesty deal in a bid to secure peace in a region that was becoming increasingly uncontrollable.”
And the second “for recognising the need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two cheers for Mr. President</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/23/two-cheers-for-mr-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/23/two-cheers-for-mr-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil producing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I AM very happy with Mr President at the moment and have decided that he deserves two hearty cheers.
One hearty cheer should be directed at Mr President for possessing the humility and foresight to meet with Niger Deltan militant leaders and offer them an amnesty deal in a bid to secure peace in a region that was becoming increasingly uncontrollable.]]></description>
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		<title>Brief encounter with Ateke</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/16/brief-encounter-with-ateke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/16/brief-encounter-with-ateke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gangsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Deltan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Donu Kogbara
LAST week, Chief E.K. Clarke, the veteran champion of Niger Deltan rights and a zonal leader I regard as a close friend and father figure, was kind enough to invite me to his residence to attend a reception he was hosting for Ateke Tom, the famous militant commander and founder of the Niger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty issues</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/09/amnesty-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/09/amnesty-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amnesty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Donu Kogbara
CONGRATULATIONS to President  Umaru Yar’Adua for having the humility to meet and greet the Niger Delta militant leaders who have agreed to lay down their arms and disband private militias that have caused so much socio-economic disruption.
Congrats also to the tough warlords of the creeks for giving peace a chance…and for reminding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tale of two tragedies</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/02/a-tale-of-two-tragedies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/02/a-tale-of-two-tragedies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tragedies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IN the past one month, two members of my extended family have been killed by the scandalously inadequate Nigerian healthcare system.]]></description>
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		<title>Dishonesty issues</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/25/dishonesty-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/25/dishonesty-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dishonesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gani Fawehinmi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LAST week, I dedicated this column to (a): complaints about the crooked, shameless, power-abusing personalities who are dishonestly pretending to mourn the death of Gani Fawehinmi – a man of integrity with whom they had absolutely nothing in common and (b): complaints about the alarming number of Nigerians who steal from the offices and homes they work in…]]></description>
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		<title>Gani’s fake fans</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/18/gani%e2%80%99s-fake-fans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/18/gani%e2%80%99s-fake-fans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gani]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=23606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the great Gani Fawehinmi passed away, the pages of newspapers have been filled to the brim with complimentary comments about his impressive personality, his lofty principles, his formidable intellect and his considerable achievements.]]></description>
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		<title>Lubna&#8217;s story- Update and comments</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/11/lubnas-story-update-and-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/11/lubnas-story-update-and-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MUSLIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudanese]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=22126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LAST week, I wrote in support of Lubna Al-Hussein, a Muslim Sudanese journalist who had launched a protest against the Islamic conservatives who rule her country because she and some of her girlfriends had been arrested for “violating sharia values” and for “dressing indecently” (ie, for wearing trousers in public).]]></description>
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		<title>Rough justice</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/03/rough-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/03/rough-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indecency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Press Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=20507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lubna has became a huge celebrity and has acquired legions of supporters both at home and abroad; street rallies are held in her honour in Khartoum; run an internet search on her name and you’ll come across thousands of references to her courage]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly Eaglets</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/27/elderly-eaglets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/27/elderly-eaglets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eribake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty nine out of the 36 footballers who were selected to represent Nigeria in this year’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup tournament, have just been disqualified on the grounds that they lied about their ages and are too old to participate.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Every form of refuge has its price</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/07/every-form-of-refuge-has-its-price/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/07/every-form-of-refuge-has-its-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refuge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=14242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Late at night, the mansion she shares with the man she doesn’t really want gets lonely. So she acquires an attractive lover of her age – a penniless boy who lives on the poor side of town but excites her nevertheless because he not only has “fiery eyes and dreams no one can steal” but “makes her feel the way she wants to feel”.]]></description>
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		<title>The future can be bright</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/31/the-future-can-be-bright/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/31/the-future-can-be-bright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=13131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes succumb to emotional cowardice; and I couldn’t quite bring myself to tell Dr. Lukman - a distinguished father figure and former OPEC boss with whom I’d had a warm relationship for several years - that my decision to absent myself from OGIC was also partly motivated by professional frustrations and political concerns.]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a typical Naija mindset?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/24/is-there-a-typical-naija-mindset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/24/is-there-a-typical-naija-mindset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naija]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In last week’s column, I confessed that I often feel like a square peg in a round hole in this country because I feel that I don’t have a typical Naija mindset.]]></description>
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		<title>Square pegs in round holes</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/17/square-pegs-in-round-holes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/17/square-pegs-in-round-holes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tribalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=10414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I sit down with these beleaguered fellow travellers to discuss our respective predicaments, we wind up agreeing that we’ll probably have more joyful and prosperous existences if we pack our bags and take off to an overseas haven in which people who aren’t hard-edged or shrewd can thrive.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reflections on reactions</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/03/reflections-on-reactions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/03/reflections-on-reactions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ogoni elders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And I’ve also been criticized by a handful of individuals (friends as well as foes), who either disagreed with some or all of the points I made or simply felt that my article was too divisive…and that I should have urged my fellow Ogonis to forget about the bitter mistakes of the past, instead of highlighting internal rifts. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tribute to Auntie Chinyere</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/26/tribute-to-auntie-chinyere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/26/tribute-to-auntie-chinyere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rioters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=5254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Donu Kogbara
VERY few of the people around us have significant impacts on our lives. And I want to pay a brief but heartfelt tribute to my beloved auntie, Chief Mrs Chinyere Asika, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday and is not only one of the most intellectual and accomplished women of her generation but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postscript</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/19/postscript/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/19/postscript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had hoped someone would come forward to offer a factual, balanced perspective to the Ogoni issue. Shell had absolutely nothing to do with the arrest, trial and murder of Ken Saro Wiwa and others.]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell  to a great man</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/12/farewell-to-a-great-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/12/farewell-to-a-great-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Okrika]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Pikibonengima Daniel-Kalio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He was a pioneering indigenous bureaucrat of distinction who started to make an indelible mark on public life during colonial rule and famed patriot whose dedication to excellence and the common good won him admirers all over this country.]]></description>
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