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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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Opinion : When Am I A Nigerian? —Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye
March 8, 2010 (4 days ago)

I often wonder what it would be like to be a Nigerian. Many of you may find this odd as my name suggests that I am a Nigerian. Yes, but that is not where it ends? How can I consider myself Nigerian when riot after riot, unrest after unrest, tells me clearly that I am [...]

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Opinion : Snowcalypse 2010 — Akunna Ejim
March 1, 2010 (2 weeks ago)

This is winter season, the temperatures are frigid and it’s been snowing intermittently for a while now. Early last week, the meteorologists asked everyone to get ready for more snow which was going to fall over the weekend starting on Friday. People were advised to make provisions for food and other supplies because things were [...]

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Opinion : Letter To My Alma Mater — TOPE OLAIFA
February 22, 2010 (3 weeks ago)

There is no doubt you have received and nurtured many of my kind since you were founded 50 years ago. Therefore, you may not remember my face or my form.  I am Tope Olaifa.  I was Tope Ashade when you received me.  I was one of the second set of girls admitted into your fold [...]

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Opinion : Government Of The People… By Spirits — IFE BABALOLA

Each time I read the book of Genesis, my belief is reinforced that God intended that man would operate on the ground. Travelling underground for me therefore remains a daunting adventure. But the face of the earth, having turned treacherous due to a coating of snow, any kind of crevice underneath seemed inviting. I had [...]

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Opinion : Save The Children From These Names! —Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye
February 15, 2010 (4 weeks ago)

Nigerians take the naming of a child very seriously because, like the biblical Jews, we believe that the name a child is given can mould his or her destiny, so we give names that portend blessings, encouragement, good luck, mercy and so on. A child is also named to depict the circumstances surrounding his/her birth. [...]

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