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The Itsekiri Moment

The Itsekiri Moment

By Michael Tidi History occasionally presents a people with moments they cannot afford to waste. Such moments are often disguised as anniversaries, festivals and celebrations. They arrive with colour and pageantry, yet beneath the excitement lies a more enduring question: Will this generation merely celebrate its inheritance, or will it enlarge it? The Itsekiri nation has […]
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Echoes of Fela’s dirge

Echoes of Fela’s dirge

ONE of the many things that that tireless nonconformist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, did for Nigerian music was to change it from merely a medium for praising and ingratiating the rich and mouthing romantic platitudes to a medium for mass enlightenment and crusading against bad leadership and social injustice.

The synthetic of Aso Rock

The synthetic of Aso Rock

LET’S take a close look at the seat of government in France, Great Britain and United States of America, in comparison to our own- the Presidential Villa which we refer to often as Aso Rock in Abuja.

Much ado about  APC (2)

Much ado about APC (2)

THE ACN is at best a relic of an African traditional cultural association which accords the elderly unquestionable loyalty and followership. And because of this, both Chief Akande and Chief Bola Tinubu have vigorously defended the lack of primary elections in the ACN.

BORNO: A league of Ignorants as professionals

BORNO: A league of Ignorants as professionals

IT was clear that some fifth columnists were at work, when last week what started like an agenda setting move by a faceless group snowballed into media bashing of former Borno State Governor, senator Ali Modu Sheriff, his godson Governor Kashim Shettima and Governor Kashim’s deputy, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha.

Reality TV Shows: A springboard  to stardom

Reality TV Shows: A springboard to stardom

Imagine Femi Kuti judging a singing competition, or Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde living her everyday life for the entire continent to see? These are just a few instances which may have seemed next to impossible a few years back. Welcome to the era of reality television, a place where fiction meets reality.

Much ado about  APC

Much ado about APC

I will use figures released by INEC on 02/02/2013 for the KanoState assembly bye-election result to illustrate the above point.

When work becomes a sexual battleground

When work becomes a sexual battleground

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, which focuses on ‘violence against women’, the ILO is highlighting the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace – an often subtle but disturbing form of aggression.

John Abba Ogbodo: Death is a crafty thief

John Abba Ogbodo: Death is a crafty thief

My brother, the Ogbodo One, it is still difficult to come to terms with what has become a sad reality. How could death have overpowered the one and only Ogbodo One- the enigmatic and energetic Ogbodo? Yes, the Good Son of the Good Man.