Category: Opinion
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The Boxes in the Boxing Day
The day after the Christmas celebrations is called Boxing Day. Now the question in some minds would be that if people get on the street to box one another. I know. Many would think that sounds a bit foolish. However, you may be surprised that some people actually thought this to be so. I also…
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Merry Christmas
This is to wish you the best of the year. The year had been awesome. God has done great things for us. Indeed, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is being celebrated. The question is, how many people really understand the reason for Christmas. Some state that it is rooted in the winter solstice…
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The Power of Love
Love compels us to do right by those we love. Love seems so unending in its ability to end conflicts. Love becomes the last resort when every other thing fails to achieve the goal of destroying the selfish trait in us. They say that live conquers all. Don’t you think that only works for a…
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Lara the Night Owl
Are you more of a night or morning person? I am a night person. I have always been since I was young. I prefer to conclude all my daily tasks before sleeping. As someone going to my 60s, I don’t think it is a great lifestyle anymore. However, I seem stuck in this lifestyle. Been…
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A New Nigeria is Possible!
So, today I resumed with the Prayer Squad of my Church after being away on sabbatical at the University of Benin for the past year. The pastor gave the charge below. I hope you wake up and join the call to action and act. Our blood shall not be used to wash the ground in…
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Meet Mrs Adenike Adeyinka Ademisoye
– Your Awesome Ikeja City Mall Bus Driver Today, I boarded a bus from Ikeja to the Ikeja City Mall. As I finally got to the parking lot for this route, I saw that the next bus to be boarded was being driven by a woman. However, more interesting was the way she was handling…
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There Is Nothing We Can Do
There is nothing we can do. Really! I cannot count how many times I have heard the different versions of this statement from the mouth of Nigerians. It is either that ‘There is nothing We can do.’ or ‘There is nothing anybody can do.’ Different versions of this same powerless mindset. Is it a surprise…
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The Certificate before the School?
by Lara Authe Why does the certificate come before the marriage? asks Lara Authe Marriage could be described as the coming together of elements that were previously apart. In the biblical sense, marriage is the coming together of a man and a woman in obedience to God’s injunction in Genesis 2: 18 that it is…
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NOUN 2025 CONVOCATION CEREMONY: SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
So, today, 12 April 2025 marked the culmination of the activities surrounding the 2025 Convocation ceremony at the National Open University of Nigeria. The sight and sounds of the ceremony are interesting and awesome. The beginning point is about a year ago. The intensity increased recently when focus on the harvest of students for graduation…
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The First Lawmakers: My Reflection on Home, Discipline, and Duty
By Tunji Disu, Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) Law and order do not begin at the police station or the courthouse; they begin at home, in the quiet corners where parents teach their children right from wrong. When this foundation cracks, society inherits the fallout. As a police officer, I’ve witnessed this truth…
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