Why Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway (2), by Eric Teniola
This week continues the narrative on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. She resided in Odukpani Local Government Area, where she vehemently fought for the abolition of the ancient custom of killing twin children and their mothers. She built herself a two-bedroom mud house with a veranda, a store and a parlour. She called it a Caravan while […]
Reconnecting to the global radar (3)
In 1970-1971, Nigeria increased its contributions to the OAU budget to N150,000, 47 per cent over the 1968-1969 contributions, making it the third largest contributor to the organisation’s annual budget
Reconnecting to the global radar (2), By Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative how Nigeria played the big brother to other African countries, especially to South Africa DR. Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (81), who later became the President of South Africa from 16 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, used one of those offices at Iganmu. He was then the head of the […]
Reconnecting to the global radar, By Eric Teniola
Suddenly, we got lost on the global radar. All these could be traced to our internal problems or maybe our poor economy.
We have a choice on liberal democracy (5)
The Middle East is also a place where threats that will menace the world in the 2030s may play out early, including nuclear proliferation, extreme weather and even greater inequality, as weak countries fall further behind
We have a choice on liberal democracy (4), By Eric Teniola
These ideas and beliefs influenced the American Revolution and the French Revolution, which gave birth to the philosophy of liberalism and instituted forms of government that attempted to put the principles of the Enlightenment philosophers into practice.
