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By Nkem Alu When the Super Eagles lost to Croatia in their opening game of the current world cup campaign, a lot of tantrums went astir, and maybe, deservedly so. But somehow, I kept nurturing this stance that the boys played well, given the instructional circumstances on ground. Jokes apart, I
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By Patrick Okigbo III I had just settled into the metal chair in the departure lounge at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, when I saw him walk in. Having recently watched his 2017 TEDx Euston Talk titled, "Who Will Own Our Future Unicorns", I was excited to engage him on his
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By Obinna Chukwuezie, I went to the market to get soup condiments last Saturday. I had not made soup in a while, so I decided to make a try to see if my cooking skills are still intact and to prepare the kind of soup that body yearns for. Eating out
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By Obinna Chukwuezie, Nigeria is not a zoo, although some Nigerians who think that Nigeria has all the elements of a zoo, tends to disagree with me. Right before us, a certain Nigerian popularized the narrative that Nigeria is a zoo. Sadly, he recruited several Nigerians into such thinking or line of
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By Obinna Chukwuezie "Defeated" and "Degraded" are words often and repeatedly used by APC folks to explain, assure or persuade Nigerians that the government is winning the war against insurgency, sometimes in comparison with the previous government. The veracity of these words or its usage, in the light of recent happenings raises
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By Patrick O. Okigbo III It is possible that without him Nigeria’s football would have still developed to its current state. Or better. Or maybe not; after all, many other aspects of our society that sprouted green shoots a few decades ago have largely atrophied. Whatever the case, the history of
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By Obinna Chukwuezie One of the things that have become common sights in Nigeria is refuse dumps and garbage. Everywhere one goes, one will find “pure water” sachet, plastic bottles, cans, glass bottles, polystyrene containers, paper, cups and several other waste materials littering the environment which covers the parks, residential areas,
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Olawale Rasheed Nigeria is struggling with local poverty and grassroots under-development. Economically, depressed nations face several challenges. Uniquely, economic depression is not of the same dimension across nations. Within each country, the challenges also vary from States to States, and within States, from local government or counties to counties. Several strategies are therefore
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By Obinna Chukwuezie The truth is that President Buhari has spoken to those that he needs to speak with. Those he spoke with have all told us what he told them.The Vice President told us that the President spoke with him and he give him updates. The Senate President and Speaker
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By Obinna Chukwuezie When someone is appointed or elected to a public position, such positions gives one an access to state funds-funds meant for public good, not for the occupier of that position. However, no sooner the office holder settles in than they realise that they will not be there forever,
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