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One of the baffling mysteries of life is the spectacle of a cross bearer who ordinarily is tangential to the commission of an offence, to the happening of an untoward event or to the misjudgment of an

It is tempting to regard the Nigerian political landscape as bereft of ideas or as discouraging of issue-oriented debates, discussions, or campaigns; or that creative thinking is not a forte of the political

There is no gainsaying the fact that Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Rochas Okorocha (Imo) and Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara) and some others like them have a special or, in fact, filial relationship with

In mythology nemesis as a general concept is the personification of retribution, especially the indignation or anger of the gods when men show signs of hubris, arrogance or over-confidence. In prosaic

Writing about Nigeria in these days of a menacing or threatened enactment of a Hate Speech law can be irksome. The writer may be unable to properly delineate the terrain of a possible infraction of the

Political parties, as incidents of the democratic culture, are formed to project or promote group interests within the context of their national reality. By their expressed philosophy or ideology, they

In international relations discourse or practice, balance of power is understood as a state of equilibrium of forces in which no side has the resources to go to war with another or others with likelihood

The story is told in classical mythology of the invulnerability of Archilles, except in the heel. A great Greek hero of the Trojan war, Archilles was said to have been dipped in the Styx by his mother

I am in mourning, especially since Monday, May 14, 2018 massacres when well-trained soldiers and snippers deliberately picked out youths and children and sent them to early graves. Ezz el-din Musa Mohamed

Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President and studious Professor of Law wears a noble face even in his small frame. Smallish, pocket-size and dour, he is however exciting to behold. As a school boy, he spoke good

On my way to Onitsha recently, a police officer seriously waved me down, pleading that I should help take him in my car to Onitsha where he claimed he served. It's not in my character picking people on

God did not create us to wallow in poverty, self-pity, or mediocrity in any form. Many African countries, especially Nigeria is blessed with abundant and innumerable raw material and human resources necessary

If you have registered a limited liability company with the Corporate Affairs Commission and you have opened a bank account and you are using the account for personal transactions, you run the risk of

Suppose Nelson Mandela had yielded to the threat of apartheid, it would have been a very big loss to the dignity of mankind. Before South African got their independent, 250,000 tireless marchers exchanged

Dear All, There is no doubt, things are tough in Nigeria today. To enjoy a healthy living and survival, it takes the Grace of God. Times like this, we need God for absolute peace of mind to live in peace

The Nigerian rich and upper middle class folded their arms and allowed Nigeria to go to the dogs. We reasoned we don’t need to care if others go hungry, once we have had our fill. The result is here! We

In local Nigerian parlance, stratagem or the plan for deceiving otherwise trustful people is rendered euphoniously and even metaphorically as “lie, lie” or “connie, connie” (both of them amusing and melodious

A criminal responsibility, To suffer from the murder mystery, Being raped and bruised and pleading guilty, A life of terrorist activity. Standing on the brink of suicide. An automatic gang activity, A

I was trying to get a picture of the caught thief in the marketer but the crowd was much in a small place. Suddenly I heard thief, thief and everyone gathered to leech the thief. While some people were

The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. William Hazlitt ~ Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they