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These times call for courageous voices that “Terror will continue until Islam...
These times call for a departure from the default mode of dealing with terrorism by Islamic extremists: near-denying of the role played by Islamic teachings and practices that have led to people...
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Language, politics and historical cleavages in Yoruba’s continued search for...
The subject of Yoruba unity – actually, the lack of, and need for it – came up again at a recent public lecture given by a social commentator, Professor Niyi Akinnaso, as one of the events to mark the...
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USA: Fish rotting from head downwards calls for Democrats framing ALL...
This is definitely Monday morning quarterback(ing) as there’s no other way to look at an election that came tantalizingly close than looking back at what should have been the route to take. Handel, who...
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US Visa Reject, Khadijatou Gassam: “… disappointed not representing The...
I watched a program on al jazeera recently showing the all-girls Afghanistan team to the Robotic Competition who were denied visas to the same competition. To think Afghanistan is a country where...
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T r u m p ’ s L i e s, the Definitive List – David Leonhardt & Stuart A....
FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 23, 2017. Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to...
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Obit: Maitama Sule, one of rarest of Nigerian politicians, dead at 89 – Tola...
I have no house in Abuja, none in Lagos, none in Kaduna – Maitama Sule, Erudite & Nationalist Nigerian, in a SUN interview. How many Nigerians who held posts below his landmark achievements can...
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Want to teach your kids self-control? Ask a Cameroonian farmer – [US]...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let’s ask what a classic test of child psychology shows in a different culture – a test of self-control which involves being presented with a tasty marshmallow, which you’re not...
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FAMILY PLANNING: IRETI EDA” Radio Program Returns
An old idea of using radio to disseminate an idea like family planning in Nigeria is ver welcome. It seems Nigeria’s run-away population growth is of no concern to govt at all leveks by the sheer...
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NIGERIA: Senate President, Saraki/ Abba Kyari’s purported power game to throw...
Nigerian websites and even some foreign ones have lit up lately as hopes for return of President Buhari from his very long and unusual leave have dimmed. Is Buhari dead; Buhari is dead, and it is de...
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Once a former child bride, now a high school graduate helping young girls...
GOATS AND SODA/Stories of Life in A Changing World FORMER CHILD BRIDE IS PEDALING HER WAY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE Courtney Columbus At 14, Jenipher Sanni married a man who already had a wife and kids....
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Oh-oh! – Obama makes him do stuff –
The Truth On Common Sense JIM MORIN: From The Miami Herald View original post
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Another world’s 1st from Nigeria, soon: President may run for 2nd term...
President Buhari is mortal and deserves nothing but utter sympathy by his compatriots for an illness that has seen him away from the country for multiple oversea medical trips since he became...
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Nigeria: Femi Aborisade questions Buhari’s media aide & his threat of...
Protests in Nigeria was in full steam over President Buhari’s second long stay at great expense and, despite Vice-President Osibajo’s very able acting capacity, the protests might not have been...
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The Great Total Eclipse of 2017 – Tola Adenle
I watched live telecasts and after it was all over, I read live reports, replaying live videos but my favorite, a sort of blog that should enable those outside the 70 mile-wide swathe of earth...
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President Buhari, Nigeria’s remaining one will be negotiated despite your...
The issue of “National Question and Identity” – “Restructuring”, National Dialogue and other titles given to a needed-conference of the different nationalities which the British haphazardly married...
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Group of Elder Statesmen calls for true federalism to reflect Nigeria’s...
Highlights of the joint declaration on Nigeria’s Restructuring by the Group of Southern Leaders of Thought, an association of elder statesmen led by Professor Ben Nwabueze who laid to rest the idea...
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Yoruba names for some animals & birds – Adelagun Abudu & Co.
This contribution answers the many questions that have always appeared as search terms on this blog for a long time. Unfortunately, I’m not equipped to answer those questions about the names of birds,...
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Fans the world over share Serena’s [& Ohanian’s] joy of new baby – Tola Adenle
Delta seems ready when Serena’s baby is, and oh wow, what better Gate to await Ohanian’s precious little girl! Delta seems ready when Serena’s baby is … at – where else – Gate 23! DELTA on...
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Nigeria: Political restructuring Summit brings out rent-a-crowd “protesters”...
A huge gathering of southerners gathered at Ibadan, the political capital of the Yorubas this past week towards the continued growing Southern calls for restructuring. Before going forward, here is a...
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USA: Sloane Stephen’s US Open victory & the ressurection of America’s women’s...
First of all, a huge congratulations to the four semi-finalists at the just-concluded US Open: Coco Vandewghe, Madison Keys, Venus Williams and, of course, the newly-minted Leader of the Pack, Sloane...
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