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COVID-19: Common Sense Religion And Amnesia Concerning Afterlife By Leo Igwe

You may be wondering if a common-sense religion has a place for an afterlife. That is indeed a valid concern because life is a key element in the religious enterprise. In fact without life, human life, there is no religion, whether in the common or uncommon sense. Life is central to religious teachings and positions. Afterlife has been an exclusive… Read More
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Miss. TINA, The African Ruling Class, And The Intelligentsia Class: A Romantic Tale Amidst Coronavirus By Temitope Maberu-Fagunwa

The argument of the African ruling class, and their comradely class of intelligentsia, in defence of toxic ideas, has always been TINA. Simply put, TINA means There Is No Alternative. Under the regime of TINA, the motto is “Any other way is no way”. In postcolonial Africa, TINA-leaders have existed, and are still in existence. They are the World Bank… Read More
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Covid-19: Nigeria Needs A Purposeful Response By Tope Akinyode

There is currently no known vaccine in preventing global pandemic – Coronavirus (Covid-19). Healthcare experts say if you wash your hands regularly with soap or with alcohol-based hand sanitisers and observe some other basic-level infection control precautions, you may wade off the demon disease or reduce likely exposure. Globally, death toll arising from Covid-19 continues on an alarming rise with… Read More
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Rights-based Approach To Pandemic Policing In Nigeria By Oluwole Ojewale

The novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic is a global disruption with unprecedented geopolitical, health, economic and security implications. Although, the primary areas of concern are matters of health and public safety, the secondary implications this is generating in the areas of human rights has become an issue of greater concern in Nigeria since the declaration of lockdown and its attendant… Read More
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Will Nigerians Soon Wipe Out Each Other? By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

I know that the dominant health topic now is Coronavirus (or, if you like, Chinese Virus), but I feel compelled to draw attention to some egregious practices by some callous and cruel Nigerians that are ruining many lives daily in this country. These vile characters are able to unleash this grievous harm on innocent Nigerians because the various regulatory agencies like,… Read More
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Opinion: The pandemic is no time for fiscal distancing (By Akinwumi A. Adesina)

The African Development Bank estimates that Covid-19 could cost Africa a GDP loss between $22.1 billion and $88.3 billion in the worst case scenario ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, April 4, 2020/ — Akinwumi A. Adesina is President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus… Read More
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Penalty For Breaching COVID-19 Regulations By Femi Falana (SAN)

Last week, some video clips, which were in circulation exposed the horrendous physical attacks unleashed on members of the public by a number of armed troops. The victims of such attacks were alleged to have contravened the COVID-19 Regulations. But in a bid to cover up the atrocious infringement of the fundamental right of the Nigerian people to dignity, the… Read More
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Commissioner Danga And ‘Queen’ Elizabeth! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

On March 29 this year somewhere in Kogi State (Okenne and Lokoja) an innocuous post on Facebook by one Miss Elizabeth Oyeniyi against the current Commissioner of Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, had made national headlines online for its cruelty and abuse of power; abuse of privilege and how not to hold public office. Danga presents us lately with a new… Read More
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Soyinka Is Right, Garba Shehu Is Wrong By Huzaifa Sani Ilyas

Recently, Professor Wole Soyinka and Malam Garba Shehu have a clash. Perhaps, the two conflicting aggrieved parties have been in a covert conflict for a long time. One is a voice that is never silenced to reveal the truth and does not make any rhetoric in confronting falsehood or any suspicious move against the truth. However, the aura has not brought them together until recently when the… Read More
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