Anthony Kila Dear Readers, As I have had the course to point out in other epistles, “How did we get here?” is a refrain often heard among a defined group of the society that you probably belong to -as a reader of these notes. It works this way: in the face of news of violence […]
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By Anthony Kila Dear Mr. Fela Durotoye Today’s epistle is directed at you, courtesy of your widely reported statement in which you explained two essential aspects of your relationship with the present administration led by President Bola Tinubu. Firstly, you are no longer a member of the government, and secondly, whilst you were part of […]
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Dear Readers The title of today’s epistle is taken from an event held in the last week of October 2024 at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). The event was to inaugurate the Bashir Adeniyi Centre for International Trade and Investment, and participants were like a list of who is who of the Nigerian […]
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Dear Professor Tahir Mamman Thanks to your recent position and consequent policy around our children’s education age, you have earned our attention and today’s epistle. From what we read in the media, it appears that you are keen to stop young students who can do so from getting into tertiary education before the age of […]
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Give me freedom, Give me fire, Give me reason, Take me higher. See the champions, Take the field now. Unify us, Make us feel proud. In the streets, our, Heads are lifting’ As we lose our Inhibition. Celebration. It surrounds us. Every nation. All around us. Staying forever young, Singing songs underneath the sun. Let’s […]
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Dear Readers Yes, we have made it to that time of the year again when we start to wish ourselves Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, or Seasons Greetings as the savvier and more politically correct ones teach us to say in the name of diversity, inclusivity and sensibility. To each its own… If […]
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Dear ReadersRegardless of where you started and now what you have become in life (or what life has turned you into), there is no doubt that, if you have had the fortune or misfortune of going through what can even minimally described as a decent education you must have had at a lesson about forms […]
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All is now set for an Abuja Town Hall meeting to reflect on the future of Nigeria. The event organised by CIAPS in collaboration with the NPSA has been conceived as a forum where political leaders will meet other leaders of thoughts, captains of industries, policy analysts and policymakers to exchange views on the future […]
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Dear Governor Babajide Sanwo-OluI am sure it is safe to say that I speak the minds of most Lagosians and many Nigerians when I write that “it is with great delight that we read that the Federal Government of Nigeria through the ministry of aviation has granted approval for the development of a passenger and […]
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Dear Readers, Today’s epistle could have easily been titled “A Candidate’s Health and the Rest of Us”, that would have been a general title to introduce and discuss what we as citizens should know or care about some personal aspects of the lives of those planning to stand for elections in a bid to rule […]
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