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LAGOS DEPORTATIONS AND CRISIS OF CITIZENSHIP

The debate over Lagos State’s deportation of some Igbo elements to Anambra State has done two things at once. One, it has underlined the shakiness of the idea of one Nigeria. Then, two, in focusing too narrowly on an...

2015: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

In the days of yore, when schools were still schools, this would have made an interesting topic for a debate or impromptu speech competition of any school’s annual Literary And Debating Day. But then, just like many good things...

THERE IS A DARKNESS OVER THE NORTH

In the news another young northern man is claiming to be the new boss of Boko Haram. Mohammed Marwana bragged that to prove he was the new don, he had promised ahead of time of the Kano bombings at...

LAGOS, THE IGBO AND THE SERVANTS OF TRUTH

''The claim that the igbo helped to develop Lagos is hogwash. The major institutions of the south-west were developed by the diligence, hard-work, industry and sweat of the yoruba people. This is a historical fact''- Femi Fani-Kayode I posted these...

5 Dead As Rival Civilian JTF Groups Battle For Supremacy

SAN FRANCISCO, August 04, (THEWILL) –  At least five persons were killed over the weekend following a deadly clash between two rival vigilante youth groups seeking to curb the menace posed by the Boko Haram in Borno State. The two...

Alleged Deportation Of Igbos: Fashola Chides Obi, Clarifies Issues

SAN FRANCISCO, August 03, (THEWILL) –  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has opened up on the alleged deportation of 70 persons of Igbo origin from Lagos to Anambra describing the report as misleading, inaccurate and a misrepresentation of...

DECODING THE THREAT: NIGERIA’S MESSAGE THROUGH GOVERNOR FASHOLA TO THE IGBO

“Nevertheless, he warned that while his government respects the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the constitution , none of them is absolute in the way that some “experts” want the public to believe.” This is quoted from: “Governor Fashola Dismisses...

PROFESSIONALIZING THE ART OF LAWMAKING IN NIGERIA

The major problem of modern lawmaking in Nigeria is not the appendage of lawmakers to the executive arms that operate at federal and State levels per se. Rather, it is about parliamentary quackery, profligacy and tendency to see lawmaking...

STANDING UP FOR PRESIDENT JONATHAN

The lead singer of the Salvation Gospel Band very early in the day summed up the direction of the Grassroot Development Initiative, GDI, grand finale and reception in honour of Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom...

BOYS TO MEN: THE INVENTION OF ADOLESCENCE

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.  -- Corinthians 13:11 (ISV) A life stage is obviously amiss...

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