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The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
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Why the Desperation to Rope in Dr. Goodluck Jonathan?

Why the Desperation to Rope in Dr. Goodluck Jonathan?

The coordinated attack on the integrity and credibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan is unfortunate. That the same hastily cooked up lies were reported simultaneously and almost word for word by some known client media of the powers that be is evidence of the fact that someone powerful is out to get the former President.

Doyin Okupe, PDP and the futility of compromise

Doyin Okupe, PDP and the futility of compromise

When I warned the Nigerian people about what the APC represented and that, if given power, they would be the most reactionary, repressive, vindictive, insensitive, vicious, thin-skinned, paranoid, divisive and, worse of all, incompetent government in the history of Nigeria no-one listened.

FIRS: The fear of invading tax enforcers

FIRS: The fear of invading tax enforcers

MEDIA reports about invasions of business premises by the taskforce of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, could be worrisome. The enforcement exercise by the tax compliance team in shutting down tax-defaulting companies and ordering staff out of the premises is quite discouraging.

Why Niger Delta agitators must trust Buhari

Why Niger Delta agitators must trust Buhari

IT is not in doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari is a man with a clear vision of how best to administer a country like Nigeria. Not given to razzmatazz or needless bigotry, the President knows perfectly how to solve a seeming intractable problem without a fuss.