When Wole Soyinka cut up his American green card in 2016, many dismissed it as theatrical excess. A Nobel laureate choosing dignity over privilege seemed excessive to those still enchanted by the myth of American exceptionalism. Today that gesture stands as one of the clearest moral diagnoses of our time. Trump’s record in domestic life […]
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I honestly don’t think we can recover from this …..at least not in my lifetime. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney just delivered a cold, surgical eulogy for American dominance….and laid the blame squarely at Donald Trump’s feet. “This bargain no longer works.” That single sentence will echo forever in history books. World leaders almost never […]
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few hours before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and I are due to speak, the result of the US election is finally called. The Nigerian novelist, who is based in Maryland but is currently in Lagos, where she spends part of the year, had been on her way back from taking her daughter to a birthday party when she […]
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Israelis and the world On Holocaust that lasted for 4 years (four years too many) “Never Again.” “We must never forget.” Museums are built to remember it. Every American president goes there to feel the 4 years of anguish of the Jew. The world came together and gave Israel a “controversial” Palestinian occupied land. (choosing […]
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DAILY INDEPENDENT COVID-19: WHO Warns Of Gaps In Global Defence Against Pandemic Nigerians May Not Accept Extension Of Lockdown ‘Anike UNILAG Faculty Of Education Produces, Donates Fabric Face Masks To Management COVID-19: Ebonyi APC Commends Umahi’s Proactive Measures COVID-19: OPU Donates N5m To South-West States, Kwara, Kogi Lockdown: Borno Assembly Postpones Resumption Indefinitely Diri Presents […]
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Chief Obafemi Awolowo, God rest his soul, once said: “There can never be peace in a kennel where there are three bones to four dogs.” Simple but profound analogy. At the heart of many communal tensions and conflicts — such as the latest attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa — is the […]
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BUSINESSDAY Reps moves to end land encroachment in FGBC Apo, LGEA Uye as FCTA defends N30.70 billion REA seeks NASS’ ratification of $350mn World Bank loan to provide power to 100mn off-grid Nigerians Magu tasks youth on corruption Lagos slashes penal fee on building by 50 percent CCT dismisses Onnoghen’s no case submission, asks him […]
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A murder is a deliberate and unlawful killing of a human being. A Saudi Arabian journalist Mr. Jamal #Khashoggi was recently murdered in cold blood in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul,Turkey. And because of the callous and brutal nature of his killing, there has been a great outcry that has reverberated throughout the world! […]
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It is a great privilege standing before you today. This gathering is important to me and every stakeholder in the online media industry. As a result, I decided to leave my workstation in Lagos to be here with you all. Also, the topic to be considered during this two-day convention is relevant and timely even […]
Continue ReadingThe United States president Donald Trump referred to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless” shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30, Financial Times said on Monday. Buhari, the first sub-Saharan Africa president to meet Trump since he was sworn in January 2017 as the 45th American president, was […]
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