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. […]
Diary of an Igbo herdsman
My paternal grandfather was a traditionalist to the core. He took the highest traditional title in Igboland and fought in two successful communal wars after which my town annexed the two communities, having sacked their inhabitants. The warriors from my town took away their women and married their daughters.
You talk too much- Handling that Chatterbox
It is true that there are times when you will enjoy a good gossip to keep the ball rolling during social networking gatherings. However, as a professional you run the risk of silently tarnishing your image if you are known to be that person who pays less attention to the work and more attention to being noticed.
Is President Uhuru Kenyatta a Nigerian?
Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta may not be a Nigerian but he shouldn’t find it hard to learn from Africa’s largest political entity
His word can heal you
For God to be with you, you too have to be with God
Presidential Executive Order: Nigerian content is good if…
Before her party got voted out of power via the most sophisticated polls we have ever had, erstwhile Petroleum Minister Diezani Allison Madueke actually did some good. She was an active champion of the Nigerian Content Act, which stipulates that every company executing a project in a community must establish a project office in that community with an attendant retention of created Nigerian Content value in Nigeria; which in turn is expected to stimulate the growth of the local communities including associated derivatives from Oil and Gas production.
