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State Police: Security reform or a new weapon in the hands of governors? By Ejiro Ofoye

State Police: Security reform or a new weapon in the hands of governors? By Ejiro Ofoye

Nigeria may have found a compelling reason to reconsider its centralised policing system, but it must not allow the desperation for security to push the country into another experiment with power without adequate safeguards. The argument for state police is understandable. Kidnapping, banditry, communal violence and other crimes have exposed serious weaknesses in the country’s […]
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How can man be righteous? (1)

How can man be righteous? (1)

Can a man born of woman be righteous? One of Job’s friends, Eliphaz, does not think so. He asks cynically: “What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?”

Work towards his favour

Work towards his favour

Brethren, let’s remain faithful to our God and before this year comes to an end, that long awaited miracle will manifest physically in Jesus name

Charlie Boy: Cudgels and clubs chasing freedom and reason into hiding

Charlie Boy: Cudgels and clubs chasing freedom and reason into hiding

I remember 2015. The APC could not campaign in Okrika, Rivers State. Thrice they went, thrice they scampered away. Gun men shot at them with righteousness. APC supporters were sellouts. The police couldn’t help them. Their constitutional rights had limitations. They could not exercise  in the den of a certain lioness. The APC cried all kinds of freedom cries, and cursed the abuse of power.

The audacity of hate

The audacity of hate

There is a big difference between a politician playing politics, a hater hating and a man full of hate erupting. The symptoms are different, and so are the consequences. For the Millennial, a hater is simply someone who is supposedly jealous or envious of you, who disagrees with you in public while wishing they were you or who is just merely pissed off with you.