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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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Thomas Park Every week, I get a lot of unsolicited emails from people who are looking to make a career in global health, international development, or international law. The questions are usually the same: how do I get my first in-country experience? What should I study that will get me a
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By Obinna Chukwuezie I remember in the early 80s, growing up in the quiet university town of Nsukka in Enugu state, Nigeria, some of the university students bore "Castro" as nickname. At that time, I had neither heard about a man known as Fidel Castro, whose name they bore, nor the country
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Obinna Chukwuezie Within 24 hours after the Indepent National Electoral Commision (INEC) released names of the candidates for the November Governorship elections in Ondo state, the Ondo state Governor, Olusegun Mimiko left Akure to Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari at the President's office. communitystories.ng gathered that the list that was released
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By Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo (written in September, 1994) “African countries often consist of twenty to thirty tribes, a mishmash of mini-nations, while many tribes have been cut into two by inherited colonial boundaries. The resulting lack of national unity makes democracy almost an impossibility, economic development a distant dream, internal tension
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Corn or maize is a staple food crop in Nigeria for decades. Nutritionally, it is a carbohydrate, however, it does more! If you have been very keen in Nigeria’s political campaign landscape, you would have discovered that this grain has assumed an amazing political value and potency. The value is not
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Happy fathers Day to all fathers. Knowing that you can impregnant a woman is a great feeling. Do you remember the swag-feeling that your thing works, and well too? You even feel better when someone from you calls you "daddy", I'm talking about the great feeling of being a Nigerian
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