The
blistering pace promoted by the U.S Democrats to bring to an ignominious end
the reign of President Donald Trump has at last been halted by the U.S Republicans. Voting by 52 – 48, the Republicans
effectively threw out the “thrash” initiated and spearheaded by the vengeful
Nancy Pelosi, longtime foe and Speaker of the Democrats filled House of Representatives. The historic verdict quashed the two articles
of wrong doing and gave Trump a clean bill of health. Trump has all along called the process “hoax”
and “diversionary”. Once the news broke
out, Jubilant Americans became overjoyed.
It was clear that Trump’s acquittal was overwhelmingly accepted by the
generality of Americans a blunt signal to President Trump’s impending victory
at the November 2020 Polls! And trust President Trump; in his State of the
Union address dripping with concealed venom he lambasted Pelosi and Mith Romney
calling them “horrible”, “terrible” people. What a way to end a circle of
mistrust and blackmail.
Journalism has continued to evolve since the days of veterans like Professors Alfred Opubor, Onoura Nwuneli, Ralph Akinfeleye, Adidi Uyo, Idowu Sobowale, and other greats, not to mention the shining lights of flawless prose writing like Dan Agbese, Ray Ekpu, Yakubu Muhammed, Dele Gowa, and not least, Olatunji Dare. But the entrance of Sahara Reporters appears to deviate from those widely held pragmatic principles of decency. Stories by our reporters In those days, the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos was very hot and remains so to date. Exciting lecturers in the mold of Dr Adidi Uyo, Ralph Akinfeleye, and Idowu Sobowale made teachings very robust and thirsty to listeners. Students learnt the trade and picked up fast. They taught the tenets of practical journalism exhaustively and left no stone unturned. They made journalism so sweet that students were always hungry to learn more; the thrills were such that even the 13 points cut-off mark for entry ...

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