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NATIONAL CONFERENCE TOO CRITICAL TO BE LEFT TO THE FLIP-FLOPPING PRESIDENCY

Since I first made known my initial reaction to President Jonathan’s proposed National Dialogue/Conference, the daggers have been out against me. The paid public relations gangs of the administration and some sympathizers have gone into overdrive in the media...

TEA PARTY ON FIRE PUTS WORLD MARKETS ON EDGE

Regardless of final agreement, time will tell if Tea Party has not already damaged U.S.A. United States financial analysts are trying to reassure the world markets that there is nowhere else to go. Well, think again because there is...

CHANGING NOTIONS OF MASCULINITY, PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

In Bangladesh, a man forced into marriage vents his frustration by beating his wife when she disobeys him. In Cambodia, a husband justifies slapping his wife on the grounds that she must have done something she shouldn’t. In Indonesia,...

Sallah: Shettima Seeks Prayer For Return Of Peace

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, October 15, (THEWILL) – Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday called on Muslims and all Nigerians to use the Eid El Kabir celebration to pray for the return of peace to troubled states of...

Liberia’s Charles Taylor Transferred To UK

Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has arrived in the UK to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes. He had asked the UN-backed special court in The Hague to serve his jail term in Rwanda instead. Taylor was...

Family Of Slain Nigerian Student In Cyprus Seeks FG’s Intervention

LATE GABRIEL SORIWEI   BEVERLY HILLS, CA, October 15, (THEWILL) –  The family of a slain Nigerian student, late Gabriel Soriwei, who was a first year student of Electrical/Electronic/Engineering at the Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, has called on the...

TO SPEAK OR NOT TO SPEAK

I used to believe that Nigerians who reside abroad – especially those in North America, Europe and the UK – were, on the whole, more likely than their home-based fellows to act as catalysts for positive change and good...

A FEW WORDS ON THE CHALLENGES IN THE AVIATION SECTOR

I have heard people call for the sack of Minister for Aviation Stella Oduah. Some of the loudest voices calling for her head include the cantankerous Femi Fani-Kayode and more recently Lagos based activist Bamidele Aturu. They say there has...

A SWIPE AT THE 2013 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Until recently when the Nobel Committee swiftly presented the 2009 award to President Barack Obama who had just occupied the Oval Office, promising to effect a change in the hawkish, hegemonic and aggressive nature of American foreign policy which...

ENOUGH OF WAR OF CALUMNY AGAINST EMEKA OFFOR

We are known for our hard work, industriousness and forthrightness.  We are Oraifite people and Oraifite means Ora group and Ifite means people and putting them together means group of people living together with common custom and traditions. Oraifite...

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