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KK:For me "L'Etat, nous tous!", not "L'Etat, c'est moi!".And there you have it. What the state cannot or will not do, we get it to do - or (if our lives really depend on it) we do.Bolaji AlukoOn Wed,...
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Dear Professor Mobolaji Aluko, Who are the "we" and "us" that you are assigning state duties?I am thoroughly shocked and sad at the implicit insinuation in your posting. Whatever happened to humanity...
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Recent ArticlesBOKO HARAM KIDNAPPINGS: THREE WEEKS OF TERRORTHIS MAN MADE $3.5 BILLION LAST YEAR8-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED PROTECTING SISTER FROM RAPE"WE ABDUCTED THE GIRLS AND WILL SELL THEM," BOKO...
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IBK:I cannot reiterate that while skepticism is an ailment, cynicism is a disease - but hope cures all.Best wishes always.Bolaji AlukoOn Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Ibukunolu A Babajide...
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“There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.”- James Truslow AdamsLove & Best Wishes, always;...
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Bolaji, Even if a cynic is sometimes someone who is a scoundrel "who might whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be (The Devil's Dictionary)", nonetheless "cynicism is an...
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Being a Pan Africanist I empathize with the families whose daughters have been kidnapped by the Boko Haram whose actions are dastardly and should be condemned by all.Though most Nigerians love to...
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Pablo:There is probably no stereotypical cynic, no single story to cynicism.When I shake my head episodically, it is to shake the marbles in my brain into a new acceptable configuration after what I...
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Nigeria: Keeping up with the JonathansMAY 7, 2014 BY JAPHETH OMOJUWA 2 COMMENTS Japheth OmojuwaWhen people suddenly find themselves in such latter position (being the wife of Nigeria’s 1...
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William Bangura:I do not blame you for this gratuitous diatribe against our Nigeria. The Yoruba say that when the rain falls, both pigeons and chickens are forced to huddle together. There is this...
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This is an unfair and perhaps, ill-informed, characterization of Nigeria and its problems with governance and economic growth and development. Even, highly developed countries with robust and matured...
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dear all better not to think of this situation as being unique to nigeria how many children were kidnapped, turned into sex slaves or child soldiers, for the lord's resistance army. also run by a...
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My People:Okay, and what, exactly, should be done from here on?1. There must be a commitment to DO ALL THAT IS NECESSARY, WITHIN THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT, to ensure that EVERY SCHOOL CHILD is released...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/indiana-university/nigerian-immigrants-strug_b_5265055.html?utm_hp_ref=thesis-project From: Assensoh, Akwasi B.Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 8:47 AMTo:...
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William Bangura: Great Britain a superpower in its own right sought the help of the USA during its war to repossess the Falkland Islands in the 1980s. The USA's war on terrorism under three Presidents...
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very interesting. ahidjo was in the process of slaughtering bamileke resistance--and much anglophone resistance generally-- in the west, as well as douala, so it makes sense he would have been hostile...
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Prof., I can understand where you are coming from on this matter, and I do appreciate your concern too. However, not everyone is gifted with optimism, while most of those who have been optimistic in...
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May 8, 2014 The man Shekauhttp://nigeriacamera.net/the-man-shekau/He is the face of terror. A ruthless leader with a twisted ideology. And the sadistic architect of a campaign of mayhem and misery.And...
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Ademola:Feeling "very very sad and angry" is okay, but it will not help unless it galvanizes you into action, presumably because you don't want to continue to feel "very very sad and angry" for ever,...
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