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AN AVOIDABLE OUTCOME: THE TRAGIC END OF A FATHER IN THE HANDS OF 'HIS CHILD' (A REFLECTION ON CHIDINMA & ATAGA'S LOVE DEBACLE)

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    Before you start thinking if I made a mistake in the title I chose for this article as per the use of the short phrase " his child", I can confidently tell you that those words were deliberately used. Yes, the story may not have been that of a father whose life was lost in the hands of his biological child but you'll have to agree that the age difference between the victim and the suspect shows the possibility of the former capable of being a father to the latter in an ideal society. Anyway, our world is not even a sane one anymore, hence anomalies happen every day.                                                  So, earlier today, a friend drew my attention to a piece of trending news on social media and was surprised when I told her I haven't heard about or seen any strange thing yet (as I was yet to even surf the internet for the day to know what's going on), after briefly narrating what the issue was, I became more interested in getting further detail: he
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  THE GOAL OF THE TWITTER BAN AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR NIGERIANS WITHIN THE COUNTRY Many quotes were made by one time president of Uganda, Idi Amin Dada but the one I will never forget is his quote in relation to freedom of expression. He said: " There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech". This quote expresses the intentions of a dictator whom many agreeably saw Idi Amin to be during his reign. Well, I am not here to write about Idi Amin rather, I am about to write about a modern dictator not in the military regalia like Idi Amin (even though Buhari was once in the military regalia too) - the President of Nigeria! The current situation with regards twitter ban in Nigeria simply suggests that the rights and freedom of Nigerians is not valued anymore. Sadly, that has been the case for many years. For the President of a nation to agree to the suggestion of his Minister of Information & Culture (Lai Mohammed) and some other loyalists of his to ban