Things Nigerians want to change in 2019 If Nigerians had been told that a time would come when they will buy a bag of rice for N20,000, they would probably had laughed it off. But that is the reality on ground today as the nation is presently under the strong hold of ‘hunger’ and ‘anger’ […]
The continuous agitation for Biafra breakaway from Nigeria tends to be on the rise, following the recent successful organized sit at home order and also the release on bail of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and 3 others. While there is no doubting the fact that Igbos have been […]
By Omoshola Deji After about thirty years of stern military rule, Nigeria re-embraced democracy in 1999 and five elections have produced Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo (two term), Umaru YarAdua, Goodluck Jonathan and the incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. 2019 ushers in an opportunity for Nigerians to elect another president or return Buhari. Buhari has promised a free and […]
BY JOMO IROHA: A PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYST. “The structure of a country does not determine her development rather the behavior of the leaders and the led and the level of understanding between the components of the country” For some time now, the polity has been heated up by issues of restructuring, secession and quota system. […]
California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It’s economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that […]
Democratic governance in Nigeria does not promise to make us perfect, but at least, the process of striving will make us a better people. Nigeria’s democratic process can be described as nascent when compared to other countries’ based on our achievements on the key features of democracy. Nigeria, having gone through 18 years of uninterrupted […]
Things To Do Before Reaching 35 Years As you grow older, your emotions are more stable than when you were much younger, you find out that your needs outweigh your wants, you know that you want everything but you begin to actually take decisions on meeting more of your needs than your wants. This goes […]
The Pope’s clarion call to Europe’s heads of governments not to succumb to the surging waves of populism sweeping the continent’s political coastlines and threatening the foundation of its very revered liberal culture at a recent summit held in the Vatican was not only timely but also a reinforcement of his stance towards showing greater […]
Alas! The siege was finally over. Millions of blacks; Madiba’s kinsmen who had been subjected to inhumane condition by a policy that laid ambush and preyed on their human worthiness for close to a century had finally crumbled, giving way to a new order. Apartheid it was. A monstrous and horrific policy that did not […]
Human trafficking has been a menace in Nigeria. Over the years, this menace has been the challenge of many families and countries as thousands of men, women and children fall prey to traffickers promising a better life somewhere far from home. Trafficking in persons is a serious offence and in Nigeria, it is being tackled […]