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Mercy’s personal tragedy

My wife was the first to break the news of Bobo’s death to me and it hit me like a sledge hammer. She and Mercy had been friends from the early nineti

Why Brazilians protest against the World Cup, and why Nigerians should pay attention

Why is this land of iconic footballers like Socrates, Zico, Garrincha and the legendary Pele, (and more recently, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Kaka and the ju

For qualitatively improved political parties

One of the weakest links in Nigerian democracy is the very poor quality and low capacity of political parties. Since parties emerged in 1922 to contes

With an ally like this…

The real reason why Chairman Bamanga did not call a PDP NEC for a year was because he had alienated its most important voting bloc, i.e. the PDP gover

WHEN NORTHERN AUTHORS CONVERGED ON KEBBI

Be that as it was, the theme for this year’s Summit was “Multimedia and Northern Nigerian Literature”, in view of the impact today’s computer- and mob