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Coquettes, according to Robert Green, the author of; The 48 Laws of Power, are experts at arousing desire through a provocative appearance or an alluring attitude. Their strength lies in their ability to trap people emotionally, and to keep their victims in their clutches long after that titillation of desire. …

The best legacy Governor Ifeanyi Okowa can bequeath the people of Ika nation is the laying of a solid foundation for economic prosperity. The will to do this is not lacking, going by his antecedents when he was a Commissioner, Secretary to the State Government and now the second term …

An Ika child of the olden days had his circle of cultural contact limited to the primary groups only. Apart from the work group (a secondary group), which some of them might join as they grew up, the ancient Ika child did not go to school, college, church, club, neither …

If there is one event, or gathering in recent times that probably did more than anything else to convince Nigerians that 50 years after the Civil war that lasted (1967-1970), in the country overtly ended, the nation covertly remained at war with self, it is the conference organized by the …

It’s been argued for a very long time that some knowledge of history is useful to the scientist, the economist or the student of literature or philosophy on the grounds that no science or art is static. Historical science begins with reaction to the imagined happenings of the past. History, …

This moment appears not a good period for the nation, Nigeria. Apart from the wrong the signals that those in the positions of authority daily send to the masses via their decisions that breeds  poverty and perpetuate powerlessness, there are fresh happenings on the political geography that has become a …

Power properly understood is nothing but, the ability to achieve a purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, economic, political cultural and religious changes. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power …

Comparatively, apart from democracy conversations, there is no other political topic that has enjoyed more media attention than the debate on the urgency to have the federal system of government restructured to reflect true fiscal federalism. While some Nigerians argue that the federal system of government has become a problem …

One of the most trending news items that has enveloped Nigeria’s media landscape in the recent time is the statement credited to Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, the country’s present Minister of Works and Housing. According to the reports making the rounds in the print, electronic and social media, the man …

Where the media is free; the market place of ideas sorts the irresponsible from the responsible and rewards the later – Anonymous For media practitioners, oddities -particularly, human tragedies and other forms of unfortunate occurrences often always sell the Newspaper. But there is a more important consideration. In more civil …