I Am Un-SURE About Nigeria By Prince Charles Dickson
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- Published on Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:10
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'Its near impossible to wake a man pretending to be asleep, as it will be foolhardy for a dog not to bark, because the owner may mistake it for a goat and offer it to the gods as thanksgiving sacrifice'--Local proverb Within the week I came across the news item "SURE-P board spends N70bn on infrastructure in 6 months-- Kolade". He said "Although
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How Much You Go Pay?
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- Published on Monday, 28 January 2013 10:05
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It has lately been called the bribe-for-job scandal, most people are talking about it like it is new but really is it new, or is it a case of business gone sour, business as usual or simply put, it is escalating? Well, let me say in my admonition that it comes in many shades; do not mind our dramatic nature, now the National Assembly seems to be
Gov. Idris Wada, His Leg, And Our Legs
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 January 2013 15:11
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The antics of the monkey will eventually be his undoing when he jumps from one tree to another playfully until he falls to his death. Just looking at pictures of Jonathan's visit to Kogi state governor at a private hospital in Abuja set me thinking in this new year. Very quickly, let me say that this year, I will talk, I will write, I will agree, I will
Townhall Meeting With Jonathan At Potiskum
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- Published on Monday, 21 January 2013 11:34
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It was a townhall meeting with a difference. We all had arrived the dusty town of Potiskum in Yobe. It wasn't the regular town hall meeting; the choice of Yobe state was deliberate. It was a do or die affair, and the stakes were high. Townhall lunch meeting with Mr. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Jonathan Goodluck. For
Can Nigeria Die For You?
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 December 2012 19:06
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The person we were supposed to sell and buy a lantern, asked, "if you sell me to buy the lantern, of what use, when you have disposed the beauty for which the lantern was meant to help you see". Last week I asked a cross section of Nigerians in my weekly admonition if they would readily die for Nigeria? With their varied answers, we
Sad Ke? Nigerians Are Very Happy Joor!
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- Published on Monday, 14 January 2013 17:59
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Last week Forbes Magazine, listed Nigeria as number 20 in countries with some of the world's saddest people, as usual the reasons were not farfetched, poor leadership, corruption, inability to do this and that...Very quickly commentators were quick to mourn and moan; how did we decline so fast, from the once happiest, to now
Persons Of The Year, 2012: Mr. Jonathan Goodluck
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- Published on Sunday, 09 December 2012 14:48
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The lazy person eats the products of his native wisdom; only a fool does not know what devious way will be fruitful. (If one lacks industry, one had better be resourceful.) Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year) is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, group, idea or object
The Audacity Of Hopelessness And Jonathan's Posters
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- Published on Sunday, 06 January 2013 13:55
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Sà á bí olóògùn-ún ti wí. Meaning, 'invoke it exactly as the maker of the charm instructed'. We ended the year 2012 with dead, hurting, missing and perhaps dying governors. In a global village outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from a New York hospital after treatment for a blood clot, we watched as Venezuelans have
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Nigeria, Our Surname Is Corruption...
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- Published on Sunday, 02 December 2012 22:35
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A woman has a child by you and you still say you do not see her inside “know her mind”; would you have her expose her intestines? Today, my admonition is targeted at the people of Nigeria...when I say we, let me use it as it appears in the Nigerian constitution... "We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having firmly and
Political Islam: The Experience of Nigeria and Senegal
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- Published on Friday, 04 January 2013 02:07
- Written by Buya Jammeh, and Prince Charles Dickson
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose,” Antonio says to Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. In other words, religion is often used and misused by politicians to gain power. - The centuries-old passage carries new meaning as the political arena in North Africa is increasingly characterized by politicians integrating their Islamic
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How Nigeria Take 'Concern' You..?
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- Published on Monday, 26 November 2012 13:02
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The leopard's stealthy gait is not a result of cowardice; it is simply stalking a prey. (Do not mistake people's gentle nature for spinelessness). 'Concern' is an English word, used both as a verb either reflective or passive, and as a noun. 1. Concern, means to relate to; to be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The state of
