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A jolly good ride with Bankole

A jolly good ride with Bankole

There are warnings that cannot and must not be ignored, daring fate is an invitation to chaos, and not cutting our coat according to our cloth is foolish in a flippant world that many take

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Miranda July’s ‘All Fours’

Miranda July’s ‘All Fours’

With each passing year, a woman becomes more attuned to what matters, more fluent in her boundaries, more rooted in her contradictions. The body may soften, sag, or ache, but it also speaks with a

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Lola Akinmade returns with ‘Bitter Honey’

Lola Akinmade returns with ‘Bitter Honey’

No society is perfect; no home is perfect; there are no perfect parents, no perfect countries, and no perfect works of art. If perfection existed in these things, the world would be dull. It is

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Who is a journalist?

Who is a journalist?

What unites all great journalists is not a certificate but a commitment to the truth, a relentless curiosity, critical thinking, strong communication skills, and the ability to build trust with sources and readers alike It

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Inside Olatunji Ololade’s long-awaited novel

Inside Olatunji Ololade’s long-awaited novel

Like every nation on earth, Nigeria isn’t perfect and there’s no doubt that many of our challenges are self-inflicted, and the solutions are in our hands. And until we confront these issues head-on, we will

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Even ‘never’ may not last forever

Even ‘never’ may not last forever

Perhaps the wisest approach to "never" is caution. We may use it to mark our moral boundaries, but we must also leave space for revision, for new understanding, for the unforeseen. To say "never" too

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Issues in ‘Dream Count’

Issues in ‘Dream Count’

Life is a stage and we are all playing our parts. No gender has the monopoly of being bad. No nation is without its unpleasant side and no one's life will be without low and

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IBB didn’t disappoint me

IBB didn’t disappoint me

Leaders do not self-flagellate in print; they reframe history to fit their chosen narrative. If anything, the real story lies not in what Ibrahim Babangida says in ‘A Journey in Service’, but in what he

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Dear The Right Honourable Kemi Badenoch

Dear The Right Honourable Kemi Badenoch

I hope this letter meets you in the same unwavering confidence with which you deliver your party’s latest grand vision for immigration reforms. Your recent video was nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece. If Michael Bay ever decides

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Tragedies in the air

Tragedies in the air

While we mourn the lives lost to the American air tragedies, extend our sympathies to those affected, we acknowledge that despite America’s supposed mastery of the air, passengers are forever at its mercy. Behind every