Tag: Opinions
E-Day: How Nigerians Will Vote Tomorrow
Nigerians will go to the polls to elect a president tomorrow. And the battle is a straight one between incumbent…
Towards A Better Nigeria III: Recruiting Them Young
By Femi G. Oguntoyinbo The inspiration for writing this article was drawn from a statement, which I credit to the…
Still On The NYSC Scheme
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Like every other nation, Nigeria has had her own fair share of herculean challenges and difficult moments.…
The Immigration Recruitment Tragedy And A Crumbling Nation
By Peter Clever Opara More than the morbid count that emerged from the ill-fated recruitment exercise of the Nigerian Immigration…
Will This National Dialogue Be Any Different?
By Kanayo Esinulo This conference about to begin is important for so many reasons. It is coming at a time…
Building A Solid Healthcare System In Nigeria
By Akunna Ejim Good public health is vital in any country, not only for the purpose of maintaining a healthy…
Africa’s Declining Capacity To Manage Conflicts
By Makinde Collins At a recent debate in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a political think-tank…
On Lagos CCTV Security Scheme
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Lagos, being the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, and indeed West Africa, has enormous security challenges bearing…
Will Nigeria Disintegrate?
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, today, Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurated the 492-member National Conference whose task is…
NIS Recruitment Tragedy Exposes Nigeria’s Unending Mediocrity
By Joe Igbokwe We woke up in Lagos on Saturday, 15 March just like any other day, believing we will…
Helping The Displaced People
By John Tosin Ajiboye Displaced people are those who have left their normal living area because their lives or their…
Curbing The Excesses Of ‘Agberos’
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It was like a horror film from one of the ancient Hollywood collections. As the bus -conductor…
Nigeria’s Crisis Of Governance
By Bayo Onanuga We are all victims of Nigeria’s crisis of governance, and we all experience its symptoms: failed schools,…
Political Thugs And Elections
By Ignatius Adegoke The great body of critical discourse on the politics of the era seems to have little good…
Ukraine: A Country Divided Between Selfish Interests 1
By John Tosin Ajiboye On January 21, 1990, over 300,000 Ukrainians organized a human chain for Ukrainian independence between Kiev…
Fixing Nigeria’s Moral Deficit
By Lanre Etti If only a country could develop through words, judging from countless articles, both in prints and online,…
Creating Awareness For Endometriosis
By Bilikis Bakare It is often common for girls and young women to experience pain during early hours of their…
FG, Boko Haram And The Sanctity Of Life
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The concept of the sanctity of life is anchored on the sacred nature of life, and the…
Of Hallmark Award And Senator Ndoma-Egba
By Michael Jegede On 21 February, 2014, the award of ‘Lawmaker of the Year 2013’ was conferred on Majority Leader…
The Return Of Fuel Scarcity
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Without doubt, the availability of petroleum, a major by-product of crude oil, is crucial to the continuous…
In Praise of Hard Working Women
By Adeleke Adeeko About a week after the passing of Dorcas Abosede Adeeko (nee Oresanya), my mother and of three…
YCAD, More Than A Revolution!
By ‘Dimeji Daniels What existed in the agriculture sector in Ekiti State before the Fayemi administration came on board was…
Between Owelle Rochas, Imo People And The Gathering Locusts
By Peter Claver Oparah And so they gathered, like supercilious vultures, gathered around a rotting corpse. They made all the…
Blood On Troubled Waters
By Adebayo Lamikanra Being something of a bibliophile, one of the most enjoyable things about being a student at the…
Steady Electricity: How Long Do We Wait?
By Kanayo Esinulo There was a huge joy among informed Nigerians when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was…
Enhancing Teachers’ Capacity Through Technology
By Olalekan Olagunju Education is the bedrock of social and economic development. Throughout history, philosophers like Aristotle and Plato recognised…
By FERMA’s Fraud In Lagos
By Joe Igbokwe These are very interesting times in Nigeria. As 2015 Presidential elections draw near hell has been let…
Nigeria And The Challenge Of Mental Disorder
By Bilikis Bakare Medical experts in the country recently revealed that 64 million Nigerians suffer from one form of mental…
This National Conference Must Work
By John Tosin Ajiboye According to former opposition leader in the Uganda National Assembly – Paul Ssemogerere, “Africa must address…
Awaiting The Gathering Storm: The United Kingdom Experience
By Mac Durugbo In the last few days, global attention has been drawn to the United Kingdom where the wettest…