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The preachers also bleed

The preachers also bleed

"We all live, in some measure, within contradiction. The difference between the famous and the ordinary is only the size of the spotlight. The rest of us preach patience and lose our tempers in traffic.

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What Baba Segi reminds me of

What Baba Segi reminds me of

"Lola Shoneyin’s ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ portrays men’s role in infertility and the need for this reality to be adequately acknowledged; a woman’s value need not depend on whether or not she

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Toni Kan’s classy COVID-19 chronicle

Toni Kan’s classy COVID-19 chronicle

"It takes a village for most causes to succeed. Let's learn to cooperate rather than compete. Let's learn to pool resources together than pulling resources apart. Together, we can do more. Apart, we will do

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Kabiyesi 

Kabiyesi 

"The age of kingdoms and empires has passed. They belong to history books and folklore. What remains is the opportunity for traditional rulers to redefine their relevance, to serve as custodians of culture, mediators of

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The Nigerians in Adeboboye’s novel

The Nigerians in Adeboboye’s novel

"Must there be an evil force behind our ordeals? Are there evil people out there whose happiness stems from making others sad through fetish means?"   Some days ago, I found myself searching for my

News
Armed Forces Remembrance: Sanwo-Olu seeks support for widows of fallen heroes 

Armed Forces Remembrance: Sanwo-Olu seeks support for widows of fallen heroes 

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for greater support for widows of the country’s fallen heroes. He admonished the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) to also ensure that the widows are incorporated in their numerous empowerment programmes.  The governor spoke after a dedicated Jumaat

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The president’s son 

The president’s son 

They are trained to defend the territorial integrity of their nations and not to lead. No wonder they are always a failure. Military rule is an aberration and it will always remain so   Yoweri

Health
‘Govt must prioritise health funding, modernise hospitals’

‘Govt must prioritise health funding, modernise hospitals’

The Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS) has called on the Federal Government to increase funding for the health, hospital infrastructure and regional medical facilities to boost respiratory care. A communiqué at the end of its 32nd

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What Nigeria needs 

What Nigeria needs 

'What the nation needs is partnership built on respect, not paternalistic force. Nigeria must chart its own path to stability, drawing strength from unity and reform, not from interventions that history has proved disastrous' .

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Shades of theft

Shades of theft

Even in a world scarred by displacement and misunderstanding, the possibility of healing endures.   Africa’s most recent Nobel laureate in Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, returns with another powerful work, Theft. True to his literary reputation, Gurnah