Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a generator at home. […]
Structure matters: Nigeria needs the right political system to succeed, by Olu Fasan
Too often, one hears that it is not Nigeria that needs restructuring, but the minds of Nigerians and their leaders. Those who hold that view try to shift the emphasis away from structure to culture. They are wrong! Of course, culture matters, and leadership matters too. But empirical studies around the world show that it is […]
Revising and editing your write-up, by Ruth Oji
Do the terms ‘revise’ and ‘edit’ mean the same? What do you think? Well, they are sometimes used interchangeably even though they are really two distinct activities writers engage in to improve their writing. What do the terms mean? On one hand, revising is rewriting, that is, changing words, phrases, sentences, even whole paragraphs in a […]
Advent: An invitation to convert our idols into icons of God’s Glory
Fr George Adimike While searching for meaning and happiness, man invariably searches for God―the principle and ultimate of existence―and often without realising it. As is usually the case, he gropes in darkness or twilight, embracing shades, shadows and systems, oblivious that the created order possesses vestiges of God and, as such, is supposed to lead […]
Questions for President Tinubu, by Ochereome Nnanna
President Bola Tinubu’s spokesmen have been oddly quiet over two very grave accusations which portrayed their principal possibly as a part of our security problems. When 25 students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State were abducted about ten days ago, the state’s Governor, Mohammed Idris, made a shocking disclosure. He said his […]
Bound to television by failure, by Okoh Aihe
Reality can be as cruel as the worst nightmare, leaving foreboding overhang that haunts you for an indeterminate period. One would always wish at this time to go back to sleep and wake up to a new world, the real truth. Reality. But it has been written in the sands as an incurable memorial in the […]
