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Justice for Uwa is victory for all women

Justice for Uwa is victory for all women

By Morak Babajide-Alabi Once again, the death of the 22-year-old Nigerian university student Vera Uwalia Omozuwa has shifted the discussion about rape to the forefront. Uwa died on Saturday, May 30, three few days after being physically and sexually assaulted by unknown individuals. According to reports, the student had gone to a quiet church near […]
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For Trump, It’s One Day, Many Troubles

For Trump, It’s One Day, Many Troubles

I am not only fascinated by the actions of this president, but by the fact that his supporters have not lost an iota of faith in his abilities to make America Great. By now one would have thought they’d turned against him, regretting ever voting him into office

Racial attacks:  Delhi has a history of violence against ‘Nigerians’

Racial attacks: Delhi has a history of violence against ‘Nigerians’

Anger spread like fire at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida, about 40 kilometres away from the heart of Delhi, on Monday. More than 100 people, who had gathered at the quaint roundabout with candles to stage a vigil after the death of a 17-year-old student, ended up attacking Africans spotted anywhere in the vicinity. They alleged that the teenager died after a few Nigerians forced him to inhale drugs.

Isidore Okpewho

Isidore Okpewho

What more appropriate way isthere to remember Isidore Okpewho – scholar, classicist, and novelist, than to invoke Ovid, the exiled Augustan poet, who was banished from Rome by Augustus, and whose melancholic longing for Rome inspired some of the most vivid poetry ever crafted by man?

Brexit: A Long Road To Independence for UK

Brexit: A Long Road To Independence for UK

When on June 23 majority of British voters decided it was time to dump the European Union, they never expected it would take this long before the process that will ease them out will start. The joy of the announcement of the result in the early morning of June 24 had turned into nightmare for them now. While some have openly regretted the decision to vote to “leg” it from the EU, majority have no idea what is going to happen next because of the foot dragging of their leaders.