Money rituals From the left: Initial preparation as sent by Ifatunde; Ifatunde preparing the money-making charmBy Segun By Segun Adesina The craze for getting stupendously rich through the senseless killing of humans for rituals has reached an alarming crescendo in Nigeria. The phenomenon has thrown families of victims into untold anguish. For two months, posing […]
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Climate-change By Olamide Francis Climate change has become a global challenge with far-reaching catastrophic consequences. Not just in sub-Saharan Africa and countries in South Asia or the Antarctic, but in cities in America like New York, in Germany and in London, where 2021 summer was marred by flash flooding and various consequences of heatwaves. It […]
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Cannabis | Image: WSVN The philosophical saying in some cultures that whatever that is sweet is also bitter seems to capture the hardline positions taken by those agitating for the legitimisation of cannabis cultivation and use in the country and those against the campaign. While the protagonists of the idea are looking at the economic […]
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Last week’s historic adoption of ‘bitcoin’ by El Salvador as a legal tender presents a new analytical trend on the entire concept of money. The mistrust that clouded the courageous roll-out as well as the widespread dip of the cryptocurrency market points to the increasing role of external variables in determining the value of money. […]
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By Prof. Benjamin Okaba Any further delay in the inauguration of the NDDC board is a clear betrayal of trust and display of State insensitivity on ljaw nation and Niger Delta region. After 16 months of postponement and rigmarole, the Hon Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio has finally submitted the long overdue […]
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With insecurity pervading almost all parts of the country, heightened by atrocities of Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, kidnappings, banditry and other crimes in other regions, these certainly are worrying times for Nigerians at home and abroad. Police stations, which used to be safe havens, have become the subject to attacks with police officers […]
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By Onyedika Agbedo As Nigeria contends with escalating insecurity, it has become obvious that unless the country mops up illicit arms circulating in its territory, citizens’ hope of sleeping with their two eyes closed might remain elusive. Last Sunday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) disclosed that its officials in Ebonyi State intercepted about 753 live ammunition […]
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Protesters march at Alausa, the Lagos State Secretariat, in Lagos on October 20, 2020, after Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu, declared 24-hour curfew in Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked cities across the country. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP) By Joel Popoola That the simmering resentment of Nigeria’s […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, flanked by Akeredolu and Jegede By Bolu-Olu Esho Ongoing series of violent attacks and deadly activities of miscreants masquerading as supporters of politicians and political parties in Ondo State ahead of the governorship election should be given a drastic attention if President Muhammadu Buhari indeed wants a free, fair and credible election in […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu HOW TO IDENTIFY RAPISTS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF HANDWRITING SPECIMEN The recent surge in rape cases across the world have become deadly tragic and source of serious concern to many a right thinking person and enlightening groups…. which have led to recent protests and outcries all over. Contemporary accounts of rape cases […]
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