“Nigerians cannot continue to run away from their own mess, Time is of essence and it is high time that the young people take the plunge into politics, social activism
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Nigeria; I am not your enemy – I am an Igbo man
We were never brought together to be this hating of one another in the name of religion, tribe or ethnic rather we were come together to represent the African pride of people of colour all over the world
The African diaspora and the burden of inferiority
We don’t honor the high schools that we attended. We don’t honor the universities we attended. We don’t honor the past. We don’t celebrate good people but worship bad people. We are now paying a very heavy price.
Nigeria’s checkered; Independent History; Time for introspection
Even if the government is inclined to celebrating, majority of the citizens are not in the mood. Faced with existential crisis, an average Nigerian would rather think of how to survive than celebrate a country that has offered no more than tears, blood and sorrow
The Threatening of a beggar
The Spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Mr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, should, with due honor addressed this begarly mentality of Nigerians in the North and guide the people to embrace honest productive means of earning livelihood out of hardwork
Every family needs a mad child; Nigeria government just got one
By Suyi Ayodele (Edited) “For so many years, the North has been behaving like the King that feels he cannot be challenged; the one who determines the destinies of others while wearing the toga of supremacy. The region has been reaping from where it did not sow and has been enjoying the sweat and labour of the South, unchallenged.” This is a true-life story. There was once a Yoruba Traditional Ruler who talked down on his subjects. His tongue was so acerbic that even his Council of Chiefs avoided him.…
The poverty of ASUU and government role in Nigeria’s failing education
Ebube George Ebisike “The notion that funding the National Assembly or any political institution in any measures is more important than funding the Academic Staff Union must be perceived as a grave error and those responsible should be banned from holding any political office” Authur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes novels and other literary masterpieces commented later in his life that the academic system he experienced in the 1860s could only be excused “on the plea that any exercise, however stupid in itself, forms a sort of mental…
Nigeria’s revolution; Nyesom Wike takes the shine
“With the size of a nation like Nigeria, taking into consideration its hardworking youth population, natural vegetation and mineral resources scattered all over the country, States naturally should be self-sustaining and competitive.
Fani Kayode; A Consummate Rabble-Rouser in Nigeria Politics
“If we allow politicians to get comfortable inciting division and violence when throwing tantrums, angling for chunks or crumbs, we will ruin the country. If we encourage politicians to forgo moderation in speech and action by rewarding political arsonists with recognition and prominence, we will destroy society.
What if we jail all the Pastors?
The pastors are religious representatives of faith, if they take advantage of people’s innocence or join the politicians to do wrong be rest assured, they cannot go scot-free both on earth and in the spirit and if they chose to be double faced and forked tongue…