Despite institutional and individual efforts at reducing the cost of traditional marriage rites in some parts of the South East geo-political zone, especially Imo State, to foster timely marriage among young men and women of marriageable ages in the region, the desired result has remained a mirage; no thanks to greedy parents and kinsmen who […]
Continue ReadingBy Nelson Fadoju This is fine.It is our Prayer. Righteousness is key and IN-THING for New Nigeria. But,it goes beyond the mere rhetorics of “Newness”. Newness in what and what ? Newness in name ? Newness in change of President as usual ? Newness in change of Party ? Newness without the change of Leadership’s […]
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By Bisi Olawunmi The public spat between two prominent media owners – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Television Continental (TVC) and The Nation newspaper and Nduka Obaigbena, proprietor of ARISE NEWS TV and THISDAY newspaper – with their media warriors engaged in mud fight on behalf of their principals, has unnervingly exposed the ugly underbelly of media […]
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Lagos State Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo, on Friday arraigned Drambi Vandi, 53, the Assistant Superintendent of Police accused of fatally shooting a pregnant lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, at a checkpoint in Ajah, Lagos. The unusually swift official response; arrest, detention, and prosecution of the accused is welcomed, but it will neither bring back the dead nor assuage […]
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By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa In the words of the learned authors of Collins English Dictionary, a hidden agenda is ‘a situation in which someone secretly tries to achieve a particular thing while they appear to be doing something else.’ It is more of an ulterior motive, subtle hypocrisy and blatant deception. Under and by virtue of […]
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By Tunde Odesola With a halo round his head, Pelé packed lightning in his right foot, thunder in his left; the reason his footsteps sparkled, the reason he shone like a million stars, the reason he was named Edson after the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison: the reason he turned football to ‘jogo […]
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By Martins Oloja In normal times and climes, today shouldn’t be a day to lament. For Christians, it should be a day of celebration of the reason for the season: the birth of the greatest leader of all times, Jesus. For me, I should remember the day in a sober mood as I lost my […]
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By Tunde Odesola Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t born in a manger to a carpenter father and a virgin mother. His father was a soldier who fought in Angola for imperialist Portugal in the 1970s while his mother was a cleaner and cook. Ronaldo’s father, José Dinis Aveiro, a drunkard, died in 2005 from liver failure. His […]
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The intention of the Federal Government to conduct the 2023 general election along with a national population census, all within a space of two months is too ambitious and does not look feasible or realistic. General election scheduled for every four years, being the heart of the country’s democratic system of government, is a necessity […]
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By Niran Adedokun As a communications practitioner, I am scandalised by the response of Messrs Bayo Onanuga and Dele Alake, two media veterans and leaders of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign, to a statement issued by the THISDAY/Arise Group earlier this week. If the statement was in their individual capacities, perhaps it would be […]
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