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Drunken Captains of a Sinking Ship
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ronald Reagan, former President of the US, once said that “African leaders spend like drunken sailors; only that drunken sailors spend their own money while African leaders spend public money”. This opinion decries endemic corruption and the resultant underdevelopment in Africa; it reflects […] More
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Africa and the Nixau Toma Syndrome
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 1980 Box Office comic movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy” garnered over $200m. Meanwhile, Nixau Toma, the lead actor, was paid $300 for his role; he died a wretched poor man in 2003 at 59 years. How so? Nixau was hugely exploited […] More
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Fubara’s Governance with a Humane Heart
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow .A few weeks ago, I walked into the office of Elder I.O. Samuel, Director-General of Rivers State Pensions Board (RSPB), and everyone was in a jubilant mood; they were grinning from ear to ear, virtually summersaulting, and exchanging robust handshakes and bear hugs. […] More
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Nigeria and a Poet’s Crystal Ball
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Poetry has been referred to as “language of the gods”. It is said that the source of the art is in the void, the complex cosmos of consciousness, which is in the mysterious hands of the multi-Omni Divine. The rhymes and rhythms of […] More
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A Contemporary Review of “Ye Are Gods
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The phrase “Ye are gods”, as contained in Psalm (82:6) and reiterated by Jesus in John (10:34), has been a major source of controversy in humanity. Taken alongside the biblical assertion “God created man in his own image and likeness” (Genesis 1:26) it […] More
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The Essence of a Liberated Mind
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow To speak truth to power takes a great deal of courage, especially in Nigeria where social security is lacking, and the judiciary has failed woefully in its traditional role. To speak truth to the pulpit takes more than courage; it takes a liberated […] More
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in OpinionIn Jesus’ Name Ltd
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In April 2023, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) demanded an apology from FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, makers of Peak Milk, for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday 2023. Subsequently, the management of […] More
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The Death of a Nation
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow When students study to knowYet have to sort to passAnd sorting is incrementalEven with the horizontalThe process of examBecomes a shamSemesters come and goThe system produces a massOf semi-illiteratesAs university graduates You need not deployOppenheimer’s deadly toyMuch time will not elapseBefore structures collapseOrgans […] More
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The Process of Being Begotten
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The gestural appellation “The Only Begotten Son of God”, which is ascribed to Jesus Christ is one of the numerous hoaxes in the literature of Judeo-Christian theology. Firstly, and rather unfortunately, it places Jesus on a humanly unattainable pedestal thereby psychologically incapacitating and […] More
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The President as a Role Model: A Reprise
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Following the publication of my article titled “The President as a Role Model”, I had a profoundly worrisome encounter, which produced a narrative that necessitated this reprise and seemed to answer the closing question at the end of the original article thus: “What […] More
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Towards the Bala Usman Laws
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow During the meeting of Secretaries to the State Governments (SSGs) in Calabar, Cross River State in 1981, a proposal to travel to the United States (US) to “study the presidential system”, which was discussed in a previous meeting, was raised for decision. Reacting […] More
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Bola Tinubu as a Hoochie Coochie Man
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow This piece addresses a serious national issue but is laced with an ample dose of comic relief. It is, basically, satirical albeit topical. Inspired by a classical Chicago Blues tune titled “Hoochie Coochie Man”, the article is partly experiential hence entertaining even in […] More
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