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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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 …
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017. This is the first time in history that a country caused an event so catastrophic and impactful, that it'll be taught in history lessons just as important as those about the rise …
Digital Deity Merriam-Webster defines “idolatry” in two ways: “the worship of a physical object as a god” and “immoderate attachment or devotion to something.” Using either of those definitions, it’s not a stretch to say most of us are idolaters with our smartphones. Smartphones are physical objects we take everywhere; they’re rarely more than an …
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Bari Weiss We are told, constantly, that the mark of a serious person in turbulent times is neutrality. To be above the fray. To see “both sides.” To deal only in facts, untainted by the messiness of moral judgment. This framing is seductive; it casts its adherents as the sober adults in a room of …
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