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The Leadership in us and the leadership we seek
by Isqil Najim We've turned Aso Rock into a shrine of scapegoating for our personal failures. We've used the scriptures to justify our quest for mirac…
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The Selectivism Game: When Principles Bend for Power
By Isqil Najim There was a Muslim guy I knew on Facebook — an amazing soul, an influencer I genuinely admired. One day, I sent him a birthday greet…
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The Gilded Cage: How Civilizations Die from the Inside
by Isqil Najim There are many lessons to learn from the wars of the Middle East — if we can stop being religious bigots or educated ignoramuses lon…
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How Imported Isese and Religious Politics Enslaved the African Mind
by Isqil Najim Some Nigerians are obsessed with religious balance in politics, to the point where religion and tribe are now used interchangeably. …
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The Nigerian Silent Water Crisis: A Mirror of Iran or a Warning for the Future?
The ongoing protests in Iran revealed many things, but of particular interest to me is the water crisis. It made me think deeply about Nigeria. Leaving their p…
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Viewpoint: Deng Xiaoping: China’s greatest statesman?
By Ian Oakley There are a number of men and women who could lay claim to be the greatest political leader of the last 50 years. There is the transatlantic pai…
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Re- China vs Nigeria: Is Tinubu the Xi of Nigeria or Chinese Deng?
In response to an article where a writer, Oreoluwa Olaleye compared Tinubu to Xi Jinping of China, I think the comparison, though encouraging, missed the mark.…
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The Floating Friend, Loneliness in a Connected World and Way forward
By Isqil Najim. A recent conversation on a WhatsApp group about the Floating Friend Effect caught my attention. This describes the painful experie…
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Does the Silence of Good People Make Evil Thrive?
I have heard many people say, "The silence of good people makes evil thrive." This is one of the most misleading and counter-productive maxims in soc…
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Parable: How a Cheap Privilege Keeps Us In Colonial Prison
Two men were serving life sentences for the same crime, one in Kuje Prison and the other in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison. The Kuje man had one small, regul…
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The Irony of Discontent: Who Sabotages Nigeria?
Nigerians can never be satisfied—or perhaps humans in general. We destroyed, and we complain when someone halted that destruction pattern. Please h…
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When Outrage Trumps Fairness: Deconstructing Public Controversies on Airline Drama in the last two weeks
This piece is a response to a comment and I present the comment here while my personal comment is below it under the My comment Have we ever stopped standing u…
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Echo of my Mind: Perspectives over pain
It's understandable to feel that the world is inherently bad and people are wicked when you've experienced disappointment, pain, hurt and are caught in…
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Echo of My Mind: When Nigerians start Respecting You...
When Nigerians start respecting you too much, watch out! You better be loaded to handle this life. Poor people will ask for things you can't possibly give,…
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The Unseen Hand: Luck, Grace, and the Limits of Effort in the Pursuit of Success
This reflection struck a chord – I laughed at the initial thought, yet a deeper sadness followed. Haven't we all witnessed individuals who poured their hea…
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