By Ituah Ighodalo The future is bright regardless of what Nigeria or Nigerians may wish. The future is bright for all and sundry and the generality of Nigerians. Let us all stop complaining and try to make things work. Let us all roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty. A lot [...]
By Taulpaul Oselen According to The New Method English Dictionary; Education is the act of teaching; causing to have knowledge, good character and manners, and power to make a living. The word Alumni is simply defined by The Chambers 20th Century Dictionary as former pupils or former students of an institution. Education (formal [...]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo As I was having a brainwave and contemplating what to write about the topic of our political leaders’ “achievement,” “performance” and their “humility”, it occurred to me that I personally don’t resound with the concept of focusing life on achieving end results outside of myself. The English dictionary’s definition of ‘achieve [...]
By Professor Ben Nwabueze THE crisis over the removal of petroleum subsidy, which has just ended, though it threatened the basic amenities and comforts of life of all of us, especially the common people, is only a symptom of a much more basic and fundamental malaise that threatens the very life of our dear [...]
By Ayodeji Jeremiah (1) Despite strong economic growths in the past 5 years, our government is broke because there is extreme wastage on recurrent expenditure. Our government is too big and extremely expensive to maintain. Our National Assembly consumes a huge amount of our budget. The president, governors and local government chairmen and their assistants [...]
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo I will be very frank with you; despite the raging debates over the past six months or so, I had not the slightest intention of writing on this contentious and controversial issue of fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria until the Federal Government actually did it on 1st January 2012. One [...]
By Zik Zulu Okafor I confess I am a fan of Is’haq Modibbo Kawu. I admire his granite cast personal convictions. I adore the impunity of his pen and importantly, the audacity of his political enunciations. Kawu’s pen can also be solemn. But most times it is petulant and he gallantly wears both the [...]
by Omololu Okuboyejo Alake stretched his arms and yawned. He was fully awake now. Sun rays streamed in through the crack in the wooden panel above his head. He looked out through another opening to his right. It looked like the morning was far gone. He must have slept like a log. But of course; [...]
Some days ago, at a re-fueling stop at a gas station, I went in to buy a drink and some snacks at the tuck shop. At the checkout, the lady attendant summarily gave me a bill, which I suspected was inflated. That was the third time such was happening to me at that same station. [...]
Taul Paul Oselen Who is the Nigerian pikin? This is that Nigerian child who is born into a family where the basic necessities of life such as food, shelter, a standard education, good health care and the love of parents are esteemed as distant luxuries. He finds himself among the greater percentage of the Nigerian [...]
