I don’t have change o!” was all the rather laconic-looking boy piloting the craft said as we set sail. Though I had the requisite ‘change’ as it were, the mere mention of that word in this nation...
I instantly fell in love with the house I got into by accident. A house becomes a home when the host makes everyone feel at home. I had never met him in my life but in no time whatsoever he shattered all my past ideas...
ANEEJ has been implementing the CASARN project since December 2019 and it is expected to end in April 2021. This discussion is to highlight the successes recorded with the project and showcase areas that civil society...
Odogwu came on transfer to Lagos from Enugu, and put up in the apartment of his writer friend, Muritala Sule, in Surulere. His plan was to get his own accommodation in a matter of weeks. Exactly a month after settling...
Dear President Buhari, it is auspicious that I write this letter to you, not as Obasanjo or Soyinka writes, but as a concerned citizen of Nigeria. It is going to be a short one, not to bore you with long history and...
Title: The Work of a Press Secretary Author: Burkard Weth, formerly press attaché German Embassy Nigeria. Publisher: Shaker Media Germany Year of Publication: 2019 Number of Pages: 58 ISBN: 978-3-95631-709-5 Reviewer:...
When the news broke some weeks ago that Zenith Bank had declared an annual profit of 230.5 billion naira for 2020, it crossed my mind that my 148,354 naira withheld by the bank for the past year may have been counted as...
As the quest for secession by several ethnic groups in Nigeria hots up, two major tribes have been more vocal than the rest- the Igbos of the South East and the Yorubas of the South West. Surprisingly, and in spite of...
Lagos – always ever busy, you will frequently observe a high concentration of people moving in different directions in attempt to meet up with their daily endeavours. During the rush hour between 7Am and 8AM, the bus...
The governance processes of nearly all modern states are regulated by Constitutions that establish organs of Government to run government business in the form of (i) the making or repealing or amendment of laws for the...
Nigerians are “wailing wailers”, according to the most excited arse-licker of the government of change and terrorism. It’s another season of wailing for Nigerians now that Twitter has bypassed the “Giant of Africa” and...
‘Abiodun, stop crying; the storm is over!’ Those were the exact words of Peter Oluyinka Odumakin to me at Saint James’ Anglican Church, Aramoko-Ekiti in Ekiti State, on November 5, 2009. It was on the...
Having queried the criticisms that usually trail the appointment of judges and justices to trial and appellate courts – in the piece titled “Appointment to the Bench – Much Ado about Nothing”, it is necessary to lend...
Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following years of military rule, no woman has been elected as president, vice president or governor in any of the country’s 36 states. This prevalent low rate...