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Many talented and brilliant Nigerians have had their promising future ruined by their desperation to seek greener pastures abroad. Some of them who quit thriving jobs at home end up doing menial jobs abroad with several others becoming fugitives in the long run, GBENGA ADERANTI reports. Henry was a top insurance broker in Nigeria before …
Over the last two decades, the use of the ‘Big Man’ concept to explain the complexity of African politics has grown steadily. Yet new research shows that the concept’s application is frequently inconsistent. A large dataset of published articles sheds light on the usage of ‘Big Men’ and the way its notions of accountability can …
It was Chief Zebrudaya Okorigwe Nwogbo, Alias 4:30 (Chika Okpala) who in one episode of his comedic program said, "If you are lie too much, that you are believe ya own lie, you have gone crazy." I have tried not to lie. If I do, it is necessary for survival, and I try not to …
George Floyd Square, the intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd died, last May, features a mural that says “You Changed the World, George.” And, in the eleven months since Floyd’s agonizing death, captured on video, we have seen changes ranging from mercenary corporate endorsements of the phrase “Black Lives Matter” to personal reckonings with the role …
I had, on 4th February, in a widely reported press release, coupled with outing on Channels TV (Politics Today), kicked against the extension of Ex IGP Mohammed Adamu’s tenure. I had termed it as not only “patently glaringly illegal, unconstitutional”, but also “because he was denying other members of the Nigeria Police Force who are …
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