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Opinion

When Am I A Nigerian? —Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye
Snowcalypse 2010 — Akunna Ejim
Letter To My Alma Mater — TOPE OLAIFA
Government Of The People… By Spirits — IFE BABALOLA
Save The Children From These Names! —Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye

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Back Stage

Back Stage : 15 March, 2010
March 8, 2010 (4 days ago)

What is happening in the Nigerian political stage is avoidable. I keep wondering why President Umaru Yar’Adua is being kept from all of us. Even in a totalitarian country like Cuba, the state of health of the former leader, Fidel Castro, was and still is, an open book. And when he knew that his health [...]

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Back Stage : 22 February, 2010
February 15, 2010 (4 weeks ago)

Even before Goodluck Jonathan settled down, last Tuesday, to assume office as acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a message had begun circulating on mobile phones and e-mails parodying the Goodluck name in the acting President’s eventful journey from primary education to his present No. 1 status.
The message dwelled on the sinister [...]

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Back Stage : 15th February, 2010
February 8, 2010

There is no smoke without fire, so the time-worn saying goes. So, Nigerians were surprised when the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Paul Dike and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Abdurrahman Dambazau made some soul stirring statements in Abuja on 25 January 2010. It was during the launching of the Nigerian Army [...]

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Back Stage : 8th February, 2010
February 1, 2010

When we hold our editorial meetings, some of our editors know how to crack jokes to break the ice. In fact, last week was a pure glacier for us because President Yar’Adua’s illness drama was (and still is) so fluid that we were careful not to agree on a theme that could become stale the [...]

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Back Stage : 01 February, 2010
January 25, 2010

Journalism is one profession that occupies the mind of its practitioners for 24 hours. When you are eating, or even picking your teeth, you think of where the next story will spring from. In the bathroom when you close your eyes and rub soap on your face, your mind drifts to how you will come [...]

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