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21
Nov
IMO: WINNING THE WAR AGAINST KIDNAPPING
I eased my car into Mmahu-Egbema last week Sunday as fierce looking police officers of the Operation Rescue team in the middle of the road signalled me to pull over. I rolled down my window, greeting one of the officers with a "morning." "Do you live here? Where are you coming from? Who is the owner of the car" the officer asked."I live here" I replied.
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03
Nov
The sacred cows in our midst
TO a few incurable pessimists, Nigeria needs more than a miracle worker to turn things round. To them, all manner of programmes under different nomenclatures are sheer propaganda that does not depart from what we have witnessed in the last 40 years. As far as they are concerned, the much-orchestrated Vision 20:2020 is nothing but a tall dream.
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03
Nov
Chinua Achebe's 'There Was a Country'
For instance, take his Achebe's portrayal of Azikiwe and Awolowo. Here are the features and profiles that the author draws of the two:
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29
Oct
Still on Nigeria at 52
Nigeria recently celebrated her independence, but at 52, the country is still facing grave problems that have been eroding its capacity to be a global power in many spheres. The Boko Haram insurgency is threatening the existence of Nigeria as a sovereign nation. Corruption has become a lifelong companion of Nigeria which continues to inhibit the growth of the Nigerian economy.
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29
Oct
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is Nigeria's greatest link not weakest
It was an interesting and engaging article - Ngozi Iweala: Nigeria's weakest link- written by one Sonala Olumhense. It was not that the piece was illuminating the encumbrances in the affairs of Nigeria’s contemporary democratic dispensation that made it compelling but for the acute misunderstanding on the role and achievements of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in her capacity as the minister of finance for both Obasanjo and Jonathan administrations.
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