To Nigerians After The Election Charade In Ekiti
Opinion July 15, 2018
By Nneka Aroh If you are an adult Nigerian and you still can’t see how Ekiti State election is a testament to the rot in this country, then I shouldn’t really be having a conversation with you. And it shouldn’t even matter where your allegiance lies. The mere fact... Read more
By Akin A. Ajose-Adeogun President Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast was more astute than the leaders of the non-Igbo South and Central Nigeria in 1967, the critical juncture in post-colonial Nigerian history when the power of the Fulani ethnic nationality over the Nigerian state was entrenched. We have suffered... Read more
By O’Seun John On June 20th, 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria represented by the Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, disclosed the intention of the Federal Government of Nigeria to disburse the repatriated $322,000,000 Abacha loot from Switzerland to poor and vulnerable Nigerians in... Read more
By Ekene Odigwe The disaster started in the early seventies and has defied all manners of communal effort made in the past to combat it, the erosion threats takes its roots from Catherine rest house road (near beach junction) Nsukka that serves as confluence center for all flood collection... Read more
By Dr. Abdullateef I. ALAGBONSI Water is a necessity for life and it is the responsibility of every responsible government to give priority to provision of good water. The unmatchable importance of hygienic water to human survival has triggered the consciousness of some international organisations to flag off different... Read more
Busted N30 Billion Budget Scandal: The Real Reason Behind Senator Abaribe’s Arrest
Opinion June 25, 2018
By: Chidiebere Nwobodo Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, a known critic of President Buhari’s maladministration was hounded and arrested last Friday, not because of his link with Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing court case, but as a result of his testicular fortitude, displayed in busting one of the biggest scandal of President Buhari’s... Read more
Nigeria, Codeine ban and the Table-shaking aftermath
Opinion June 14, 2018
It was a bright morning during my university post graduate days. A morning in 2013 when a classmate returned after recess with a plastic bottle of a popular soft drink, and the bottle was being passed round the class while lecture was ongoing. In my usual curiosity I asked... Read more
Benue, a North-Central Nigerian State becomes more prominent in recent times for so many wrong reasons. It is a state with a population of 4,253,641 as of 2006 census. With farming as the main occupation, the state can be credited for cash crops such as potatoes, cassava, soya bean,... Read more
Child Bride: Issue facing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) attainment in Africa
Opinion June 14, 2018
By Ekene Odigwe Noura Hussein Hammad was forced to experience the misery of child marriage at the age of fifteen. Despite her refusal, she got married on paper to one of her relatives at 15 years old, and three years later the husband – along with her family insisted... Read more
By Ebirim Anozie There is something inherently absurd about a nation like Nigeria. A nation that lies to itself. Is it not wonderful that 1200 candidates passed the police recruitment exam from the north west and only 600 from the south east. That’s double. The south east and the South... Read more
