Towards healing a nation’s 60 yr old wound, by Muyiwa Adetiba
This is the sixtieth year – to the week – of the July 1966 coup that has been infamously regarded as a counter-coup. A coup thatunfortunately marked the degeneration of a Nigeria that our fore fathers strove for and tried to build.A coup that subsequently led to a thirty- month Civil War which still leaves a lingering […]
A nation in search of self-worth
A video of a young girl dancing on a thick, lush carpet of crisp Naira notes went viral recently. She was barely in her teens. She was also covered in a confetti of new currency notes by adults who danced around her.
Making a way for the young ones
By Muyiwa Adetiba The Jackson Five exploded into the world’s musical consciousness some sixty years ago. It was a family band of five brothers. Chubby cheeked and ‘petit’, Michael was the youngest and the most endearing. He was also the most prodigious. It was no surprise that he became the most enduring. Their father Joe […]
School vs Country: Which should attract more loyalty?
Alhaji Abdulkadir was the Managing Director of NIDB in 1985 when then-President Babangida made him head a committee on IMF following the heated national debate on whether Nigeria should go the IMF route or not. I had a good relationship with him and visited his office from time to time – often without an appointment – to pick his brains on national issues.
A nurturer of ‘all that is noble’ turns 90
Canon R.B Parker wept some forty years ago when he visited the school he nurtured as Principal during what has been aptly described as the school’s golden decade (1948-57).
Are we prepared for what it takes to be successful?
The Nigerian Super Eagles caged the much rated Pharaoh of Egypt during their opening match at the African Cup of Nations tournament which is scheduled to end tomorrow. They followed it with convincing victories in their two successive matches. These wins raised their profile from ‘an also ran’ to possible champions.
