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They shall remain young forever
What were your parents doing at your age? They shall remain young forever as they never got old. They left too soon because they got old too soon. Our timeline never met, they got old while I was still young at any point of their timeline. At sixteen I was still a kept child, while …
Creating an Ecosystem for Elected Officials (and Other Tin Gods)
Power in Nigeria does not arrive alone. It comes with luggage—overweight, unclaimed, and suspiciously packed by other people. Once you gain prominence, whether by election, appointment, or sudden economic elevation, an ecosystem forms around you. Not a natural one—this is not rainforest biodiversity—but a carefully cultivated human barricade. Family, friends, distant cousins, and acquaintances by …
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Xenophobia, Re-Education and the Long Shadow of Apartheid by Lawson Akhigbe
I recently stumbled on a YouTube channel documenting a mixed marriage between a Black South African woman and a Nigerian man resident in South Africa. It was not meant to be an anthropological study, yet it quickly became one. The South African lady narrated her initial fears about entering into a relationship with a Nigerian …
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From ABUJA AND JOS BY Dr. James C. Agazie
The Delta landed at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and I bid farewell to a group of fellow travellers I met on the plane: Bert Nwakamma flies from Atlanta to Abuja more often than I go to Wal-Mart on Hwy 85 Riverdale; Oputa, an attorney from Delta State shuttles between law offices in New Jersey …
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What Manner of State Is This? An Update from the Theatre of the Absurd by Lawson Akhigbe
When Late Prof Pius Adesanmi first wrote about the convoy clash between Rotimi Amaechi and Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt, he advised citizens to conserve their data and their sanity. He said you had no dog in that fight. He said you were the grass beneath two elephants. I regret to inform you that the …
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