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Emmanuel ChidiogoApril 18, 2015

Leonard Shilgba: Enough of the apologies, South African companies deserve to be sanctioned

by Leonard Shilgba While white minority rule prevailed in South Africa, black migrants were not slaughtered on the streets of ...

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Kolapo OlapojuAugust 5, 2014

Omawumi and Linda Ikeji featured as Pride Magazine Nigeria launches [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju   A new magazine comes into the Nigerian publication landscape, Pride Magazine Nigeria, a Celebrity, Fashion, Lifestyle ...

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January 12, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Conversations with Nelson Mandela

by Tunde Fagbenle NM: Wasn’t it your Chief Obafemi Awolowo, by the way, one of Africa’s greatest political thinkers, though ...

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December 20, 2013

Mandelas at war: Winnie fires first salvo, saying leader’s daughter from his first marriage should be head of the family and not rival grandson Mandla

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The widow of the Legend has fired a bombshell just days after the deceased South African president, ...

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December 16, 2013

State of the Nation: Impeach Jonathan now – APC tells National Assembly

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Redemption appears to be a distant dream for the Goodluck Jonathan administration as the All Progressives Congress ...

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December 15, 2013

#NelsonMandela: South Africa stands still as a King & hero is laid to rest (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu Today will go down in history as the day the peoples president was laid to rest. An ...

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December 15, 2013

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “It felt wonderful to shake Mandela’s hand” – 9 questions for 9ice on his 2008 performance

by Seun Oluyemi In 2008, musician 9ice was one of the performers from across the world who performed at the ...

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December 15, 2013

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: How to honour Nelson Mandela, by Joachim Mac-Ebong

by Joachim Mac-Ebong Part of the sorrow of Mandela’s death is that there appears to be no current African leader fit ...

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December 15, 2013

Editors’ pick: Our best 20 tributes to Nelson Mandela

by Emmanuel Osanedum and Mark Amaza From those who would preserve the myth because it comforts the world to those who ...

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December 15, 2013

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: We are now on our own, by Wilfred Okiche

by Wilfred Okiche A young African, Wilfred Okiche captures the sense that the ground has finally shifted under Africa with ...

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December 15, 2013

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “What have you wrought, Nelson Mandela?”, by Dele Olojede

by Dele Olojede How come we went from Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma in 10 years flat, like a racing ...

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December 14, 2013

#NelsonMandela: Mandela’s body arrive at Eastern cape ahead of state funeral (PHOTOS)

Nelson Mandela is being flown to South Africa’s Eastern Cape region, headed for a state funeral on Sunday in his ...

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December 14, 2013

No political party can use us – ASUU

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] has reiterated that it would resist every attempts made by any ...

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December 11, 2013

Opinion: Sleep well, Madiba

by Kayode Oladehin Into prison went Nelson and out came Mandela. But the story might have been different, Nelson Mandela ...

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December 10, 2013

Soyombo Ayomikun: Gold On Mortal’s Feet-Madiba

by Soyombo Ayomikun Gold On Mortal’s Feet:Madiba 1. We once heard about the warrior Achilles Who in a gruesome battle ...

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December 10, 2013

#NelsonMandela: First photos from the memorial service in honour of Madiba

by Oge Okonkwo Tens of thousands of people together with world leaders are currently gathered at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg, ...

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December 9, 2013

Collins Uma: Ijele Anaa! – Mandela has always been immortal (Y! FrontPage)

by Collins Uma Madiba Rohlilahla Nelson Mandela was Ijele. He was not mere man. His immortality did not just begin. He ...

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December 9, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nigerian politicians cannot be great like Mandela – Jonathan

by ‘Jola Sotubo According to President Goodluck Jonathan, politicians in Nigeria are devoid of the qualities which made former South ...

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December 8, 2013

Was Nelson Mandela really a Christian?

As the world mourns the loss of iconic leader Nelson Mandela, who many believe is the last man of his ...

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December 7, 2013

Tunji Olaopa: Surely, that man, Mandela is NOT an African

by Tunji Olaopa Once, while in a plane that was almost crashing, Madiba was asked why he stayed so calm ...

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December 6, 2013

SNAPSHOT: The world stands still – UN security council observes minute of silence for Mandela

by ‘Jola Sotubo As tributes continue to pour in for the late Nelson Mandela, the world literally stood still for the ...

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December 6, 2013

BE INSPIRED: 12 letters from the desk of Nelson Mandela, the freedom fighter (LOOK)

  1964 Rivonia trial, statement from the dock These are the five points Nelson Mandela jotted down in preparation for ...

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December 6, 2013

‘A great light has gone out’- Desmond Tutu, Prince William, Goodluck Jonathan, others react to Mandela’s death

by Adeola Balogun Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died yesterday at the age of 95. From ...

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December 6, 2013

“If I had my time over I would do the same again:” READ 15 of Nelson Mandela’s most striking statements

by ‘Jola Sotubo Nelson Madiba Mandela is dead. The anti-apartheid icon passed on yesterday at the ripe old age of ...

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December 6, 2013

We will never forget: One of the final photos of Nelson Mandela before his death (LOOK)

by Adeola Balogun The most important times in a person’s life are the day of his birth and the day ...

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December 6, 2013

“But why did Paul Walker allow Mandela to drive his car now?”: 7 shocking blunders on Madiba death (LOOK)

by Tutu Akinlabi The death of Nelson Mandela has attracted sympathy and caused sorrow all over the world. However, when ...

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December 6, 2013

President Jonathan declares 3 days of national mourning for Nelson Mandela

by ‘Jola Sotubo The world as a whole is mourning the death of former South African President, Nelson Mandela. Nigerians ...

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December 6, 2013

#NelsonMandela: 17 things you SHOULD know about Madiba

The world knows Nelson Mandela as a man who forever changed the course of modern history and who will surely ...

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December 6, 2013

He wasn’t perfect, but he was Mandela: An obituary

“Black man, you are on your own.” – Steve Biko “In the fell clutch of circumstance/I have not winced nor ...

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December 5, 2013

“Nelson Mandela now belongs to the ages”: Pres. Obama, others pay tribute to Madiba

President Obama praised Nelson Mandela on Thursday, saying the former South African leader symbolized the fight for freedom and dignity ...

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