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…