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Men gang-rape, kill, eat lizard

“Most recent cases of sexual abuse against animals include a man raping and killing a pregnant goat in southern India, and a 60-year-old man raping a female stray dog last year.” Just when you think you’ve heard the worst, a most bizarre shows up. Pray what manner of pleasure were four men who raped a monitor lizard seeking? They…

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The Curse of an Incapable State

BY Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Nigeria’s response to the onset of murderous mass violence has evolved through phases of co-optation, brutal reprisal, appeasement, and state incapacity. The two options that have never quite been attempted with conviction are effective accountability and civic inclusion. Through phases of anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism and, now, interminable and metastasizing counter-insurgencies, the country has…

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A holy land inhabited by evil spirits

By Lillian Okenwa “For a number of Nigerians”, David Hundeyin wrote in BusinessDay of 31 January 2022: “[The] Christian faith is little more than skin deep, no matter what he might tell you…” Hundeyin in his article Religious syncretism and Nigeria’s “money ritual” problem said: “…Take the trans-Atlantic slave trade for example- a 300-year economic…

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One Good Friday

By Gloria Mabeiam Ballason I hurried my steps to catch up with mom as we made our way to the Church which is a few blocks away from our home for the 2022 Good Friday service. Mom was wearing very comfortable shoes. "Looks like it's going to be a long day today as you accompany Mother…

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Senior Advocates of Whatever

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation is the only ministerial office or department created directly by Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. Described in section 150(1) as “the Chief Law Officer of the Federation”, the Attorney-General is also supposed to be the repository and defender of the country’s highest constitutional and civic…

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The Artist and her Art

By Dike Chukwumerije In the song ‘Ekwueme’, Osinachi calls The Almighty by many names. In truth, they are all deeply moving. But the one that struck me the first time I listened was the name, ‘Ga Ga N’Ogwu’. He who tramples on thorns. Ga Ga N’Ogwu. It struck me because, up till that moment, I…

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