OPINION
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1.1KDiversification: An Agenda for Buhari
Nigerians are used to sloganeering. It has never solved any problem. In the agriculture sector, for instance, we had Operation Feed the...
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1.1KIn Times Like These…
My guess is that the phrase Nigerians google most frequently now is “How to survive a recession” or “Businesses that prosper during...
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1.2KFor Unmarried Nigerians
One gnawing problem of young Nigerians today is their inability to “settle down”. By the time they complete tertiary education, they become...
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4.8KJobs Still Looking for Workers
I first published the article “Jobs Looking for Workers” on May 8, 2011. It was meant to draw attention to food or...
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1.5KLeadership Crisis in a Recession
My friends that have been tagged “wailers” – because they didn’t vote for “change” in 2015 – remind me in the social...
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1.3KOn the Road with Nyesom Wike
By 2019, four Ikwerre men would have ruled Rivers State for 20 unbroken years. The people of riverine Ogoni, Kalabari, Opobo and...
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1.5KThe First Martyr for Nigerian Unity
A moment before he was shot, on July 29, 1966, Nigeria’s first military head of state Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi reportedly...
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1.2KUsman: The NPA Change Challenge
Judging by his appointments alone, President Buhari has hardly exuded the “change” slogan of his party, for most government agencies are still...
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1.4KVain Search for Soldiers of Fortune
Twenty-three years ago, I used to interview Lagos lawyer Femi Falana and report on the activities of activists like him. At times...
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1.3KAisha Buhari: First Lady or What?
By UMAR SA’AD HASSAN — Prior to his victorious campaign in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari had contested in three presidential elections and...