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Oriire and the courage to reject compromise, by Rotimi Fasan

Oriire and the courage to reject compromise, by Rotimi Fasan

After 56 harrowing days, the 44 abductees in the Oriire community of Ogbomoso LGA are now out of the forest. These are schoolchildren and their teachers. Two of the teachers had been killed after the abduction while another was killed on their school ground. A commercial bike rider was also killed as the abduction unfolded. But […]
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The ‘Somaliasation’ Of Nigeria

The ‘Somaliasation’ Of Nigeria

For the second year running I have been warned by my kinsmen not to dare come home for Christmas. My family would be easy prey for prowling kidnappers. Now for a rural “boy” like me, this is nothing short of tragic. A calamity of unimaginable proportions. No matter what I may be today, I am essentially a village man at heart.

Taming the tiger

Taming the tiger

THE name Eldrick Tont Woods does not ring a bell as Tiger Woods, yet both names refer to the same person, the man famously known around the world as Tiger Woods.

How much can you tell your spouse?(4)

How much can you tell your spouse?(4)

Virginity is a thing a woman can not discuss with her husband. In our own days, virginity was still accorded much respect and a woman who still has her’s was the pride of her husband. But all the same it did not really matter where the woman is not with it.

The conceptual  status of the phrased- failed State (2)

The conceptual status of the phrased- failed State (2)

By John Moyibi Amoda WHAT would we say specifically of societies in Africa? Why can’t we capture their political conditions through the concept of failed state? The reason this is a difficult theoretical enterprise is because security and order like other goals and objectives are projects. They are not an inheritance. This is why weak […]

Utter confusion in CBN Monetary Policy

Utter confusion in CBN Monetary Policy

The question on the lips of all concerned Nigerians lately is whether or not the abysmal decline in our economy can be arrested by the measures currently adopted by our Central Bank. My usual response to this question is that you cannot sow rice and hope to reap cassava (a la Majek Fashek)!