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The people’s pain points (Lagos) – ipledge2nigeria TV

2018 is a crucial year in the political landscape of Nigeria. President Mohammed Buhari was voted in for his change mantra in 2015, but has this change really had an…

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The national question: Is re-structuring the answer?

  Another major point of heated discussion at the conference, was the creation of 18 new states to bring the total number of states in the country to 54. This…

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2014 Confabulation and the resurrection of the national question.

On the 17th of March 2014, in accordance with the increasingly agitated will of the free people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; President Goodluck Jonathan convened a national conference…

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Kwalita: Community desirous of civilisation

The stench hanging in the air was terrible; naked children running around looked like they needed urgent medical attention; flies buzzi ng on adults and children alike could make anyone…

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EGUNGUN MASQUERADE – Rising from the dead?

If you pass through Ojuelegba on a regular basis, you’ll certainly remember having to ward off some colorfully dressed individuals holding canes. These annoying individuals, who perch to your side,…

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Achebe at 87 : A Posthumous Reproof on The Nigerian State of Affairs (How things fall apart)

An Igbo proverb tells us that a man who doesn't know where the rain began to beat him cannot say where he dried his body. The rain that beat Africa…

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Surviving in a ‘man’s world’; Abuja female drivers dares the odds

They are a rare spectacle on roads in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. They are women engaged in the strenuous job and tough world of commercial driving. To make ends…

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YORUBA TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE

Yoruba traditional marriage ceremony is known as Igbeyawo in Yoruba usually takes place weeks, months before the white wedding ceremony while some families choose to hold both wedding on the…

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SOS – Corruption; Fraud; Public Theft

On Sunday, February 17, 2013, a fugitive fled from Nigeria to escape arrest by the police and other security agents on his trail. Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina was reported to have…

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Raid on judiciary: Comments and reactions unending

  Like the popular axiom: “When you fight corruption, certainly corruption fights back,” seems to have come into place in Africa’s most population nation presently, as opposition is gathering in…

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