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Heroes and Villains: We are assessing

On April 4, 20207:29 amIn My Worldby Nwafor

Nigeria in handcuffs: The DISCOs and the spirit of NEPA

It is difficult in normal times, to differentiate those who really care for the people they lead from those who are just glib and silver tongued. It is a lot easier in peace times to mount the soap box and mouth platitudes that you think people want to hear or make promises that will win you votes.

UAE central bank takes new anti-coronavirus steps, bringing stimulus to $70 billion

As you lay your bed,so you lie on it

On March 28, 202012:23 amIn My Worldby Nwafor

A quick glance at my phone to see if there was an urgent message before shutting it down to concentrate on my article brought a jolt. It was to alter the direction and texture of this week’s column.

Fear of coronavirus is the beginning of wisdom

On March 21, 20206:15 pmIn My Worldby Nwafor

‘To travel or not to travel.’ That was the question to which I needed a divine answer last weekend. This would have been an easier question to answer had the travel involved only me. But involved were people from different parts of the world that I rarely see; we were looking forward to spending time together.

Is Sanusi riding into sunset or to glory?

On March 14, 20201:26 pmIn My Worldby Nwafor

The horse is a beautiful animal; sturdy and elegant. And when in full flight, a joy to watch. Little wonder that it is a favourite animal of royalty. Monarchies all over the world have formed a kinship with the horse and have created games and festivities round it.

Dino Melaye speaks to us

On March 7, 20205:59 pmIn My Worldby Nwafor

WhatsApp is a wonderful creation. It profiles us in ways only the discerning can notice. They say the way we drive; the games we play and the way we play them reveal who we are in more ways than we care to admit.

Another reminder; lest we forget

On February 29, 20203:29 pmIn My Worldby Nwafor

I learnt a lesson about 40 years ago that has stayed with me since. It was during the anti-apartheid days. Nigeria had hosted a three or five day ‘World Action Against Apartheid Conference’ which I had covered as a reporter. Little naïve me was exasperated that there was too much rhetoric and very little ‘action’ at the conference.

Why our Supreme Court must be protected

On February 22, 202012:17 amIn My Worldby Nwafor

The Supreme Court has been in the news lately; and for the wrong reasons. While we were still gabbling with the case of Imo State where a gold medal was given to a man who should not even be on the medal table according to INEC’s result of the State’s gubernatorial race that of Bayelsa State reared its head where a silver medallist was awarded a gold medal.

COVID-19: Nigeria, 38 other African countries to benefit from GPE US$250 fund

If I had five million dollars

On February 15, 202012:00 amIn My Worldby Nwafor

I had many things lined up for last Friday. I was actually looking forward to some of them; like my time at the club for instance. But they paled into insignificance as soon as I heard what was going to be on DSTV that evening. It was tagged: ‘The Match in Africa.’

Some things youths get up to

On February 8, 20201:13 amIn My Worldby Nwafor

We’ve all done things around our parents in our youthful years that they never wizened up to. They probably never believed we were capable of some of them. And no matter how liberal or strict a home is, youths will always want to test the limits.

Nigeria and new economic status in Africa

Land of extreme wealth and of extreme poverty

On February 1, 20205:34 amIn My Worldby Urowayino Jeremiah

It is natural to develop some vested interests in a place when you have lived there for as long as I lived in FESTAC town.So ten years after I left, I still know about the traffic to and from the town; I am aware of the congestion in parts of the town that is threatening to turn them into slums; I know about the rising crime caused in the main by a growing number of loitering, jobless youths.