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The Lady Gaga-led cast in House of Gucci weave various irrefutable facts about true love into the movie. Taken together, these facts demonstrate the superiority of true love over fleeting passions and wandering lusts. This Valentine, as love takes centerstage across the world, we would be sharing some of these well-being enhancement components, encapsulated by true love, as identified in House of Gucci. Because true…

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My neighbour says the calls for restructuring in Nigeria compares favourably with the sight of the tiger pacing the windows of guests at the Sendi Tribe Treehouse Hotel that is located inside the Nantong Forest Safari Park in China. Some of the rooms in the hotel were built around a tiger’s pen that gives guests a full view of the tigers as well as gives…

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He was Israel’s greatest king. After leading the nation through many great moments, his eyes fell on his neighbour’s wife while she was having her bath one evening in her home not far from the palace. He was smitten immediately by her beauty. Then he sent for her to warm his bed and subsequently masterminded the death of the woman’s husband to make his unfolding…

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I beg your pardon! I don’t have any friend who is a petroleum products marketer Will you then be tempted? Tempted to do what? Sell adulterated fuel? What do you take me for? Without exception, we all face temptations. It is why our teachers emphasized that portion of the Lord’s Prayer when we were in primary school – ‘Lead us not into temptation and deliver…

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“All hail Macbeth! Hail to the thane of Glamis, all hail Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Candor, All hail Macbeth that shalt be king thereafter,” crowed the witch on behalf of her colleagues. Was one hail not enough? Why make it five when one hail could have done the job? Why make him begin to think of himself more highly than he ought? Was…

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The three witches consulted among themselves to underscore the importance of the collective, although one of them spoke to Macbeth and Banquo on behalf of the other two. If consultation is not the most important word for Nigerian politicians, what is the most important word? Winning? Campaigning? Certificate of return? Rigging? Opponent? Ballot paper? Electorate? Votes? Defeated? PVC? INCEC? Electoral observers? Voter turnout? Carry along?…

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From the beginning of the Tragedy, the three witches imposed themselves in the story but planted enough seeds for doubt. These seeds of doubt were introduced so that choice would not be encumbered. And so that Macbeth will not be able to defend himself satisfactorily, where he to ever say that the three witches made him do it, if such a moment ever came. The…

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Mehn, 70 whole years! That’s definitely a whole lifetime on the throne. But what can I give Her Majesty that she doesn’t already have? You will be surprised But seriously what’s the most meaningful gift anyone can give her at this time? She has owned it all, seen it all and experienced it all. And she is 95years old this April. What a life! She…

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The exact words of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki who visited Kyiv this week, to express solidarity with Ukraine in the face of what has been interpreted as ‘Russia’s provocation,’ were “Living close to a neighbour like Russia, we have the feeling of living at the foot of a volcano.” What Prime Morawiecki did not say while comparing nearness with Russia to ‘living near a volcano’ is the fact…

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… that it stimulates a conversation about common issues in order for us to take away the necessary lessons? In the coming days we will provide for our readers some parallels between some unforgettable lines/moments/features from the movie with key features of party politics in Nigeria.