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
By The River Osin, I Sat Down And Wept
Opinion May 13, 2018
By: Olalekan Waheed Adigun The Osin River or more well-known as (Odo Osin) occupies a unique position in Igbomina history. Legend has it that a pretty woman angrily turned into the river after she had to endure long societal insults for barrenness. Osin flows from Ila Orangun to Ajasse-Ipo,... Read more
By Nkem Ekeopara Last year, some statements were attributed to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the author of the critically acclaimed novel on Biafra, Half of a Yellow Sun, and winner of the prestigious Orange Prize for Literature. She was quoted to have said or written that “I’m Nigerian because a... Read more
By Rudo Kwaramba-Kayombo I remember being swept up in the crowds in Trafalgar Square in July 2005. Nelson Mandela assumed the podium to roaring applause to deliver his powerful Make Poverty History speech. The atmosphere was surreal and around 22,000 people came together to march as a collective... Read more
By Leke Agbarin-Agba The only way for Nigeria to get out of the current catastrophe that they have complained so much about, is through the restructuring of the polity to return to true federalism as was practiced before the military interventions of 1966. The middle belt and the south... Read more
By Ozo Igbonekwu Ogazimorah “Army not neutral in the killings going on”…TY Danjuma. Hmmmm. Seriously? Danjuma expects the Army to be neutral? He, in league with Yakubu Gowon and Murtala Muhammed, working other middle level and junior officers destroyed the neutrality of the army in civilian affairs, way back... Read more
THE MADNESS OF SHEIK ABUBAKAR GERO ARGUNGU AND THE DEVIL IN YEMI OSINBAJO By Femi Fani Kayode “My brethren the Infidels in this country are pointing their fingers to our faces we also should do the same. After the message I gave in Rijau Niger state and presently am... Read more
The Nigeria project has been on my mind for decades now and the more I try to forget about Nigeria and her problems, the more I get a push that I should not be discouraged in joining hands with other patriots in finding solutions to the problems of Nigeria.... Read more
By High Chief Edem Effiom Edem Duke Calabar, NIGERIA The Reality of Our Situation In the last few weeks the word or term industrialization has become synonymous with our politicking in the South Senatorial Zone as Asuquo Ekpeyong and his gang flagrantly flout INEC regulations in conducting open rallies... Read more
