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Our disappearing currency denominations, by Adekunle Adekoya

Our disappearing currency denominations, by Adekunle Adekoya

MANY Nigerians may not know it, but one of the issues at the root of our current economic hardship is that certain denominations of our currency have become utterly worthless. For the younger generation who may not know, our currency was formerly denominated as pounds, shillings, and pence, since the colonial times till well after […]
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To the Nigerian youth

To the Nigerian youth

The 2019 elections are only less than about two years away, and the subtle, subterranean moves are already quietly playing out, as parties begin to reorganize and ready themselves for a play at the power to govern this republic. Two fundamental and really vital factors are missing in these developments: it is the youth factor, and the factor of the left.

In UK, Politicians Lust In The Paradise

In UK, Politicians Lust In The Paradise

It’s been a roller coaster of events in the United Kingdom in the past two or three weeks. We have been regaled with “drama episodes”, from the ridiculous to the shocking and life-changing happenings that one could not have imagined.  It is been walking and reading from “Paradise Papers” to Hollywood sex assaults-themed bestsellers.

Cast out fear and doubt

Cast out fear and doubt

Glory be to God.  We are alive to witness the beginning of another week.  For a few minutes, reflect on events of the last week and you will find that you still have cause to thank God.    This is the simple reason the Psalmist wrote in Psalm 34 vs. I “ I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth”.

Rising trend of unqualified teachers

Rising trend of unqualified teachers

At this year’s World Teachers Day celebration held last month, it was revealed that there were no less than 300,000 unqualified teachers in Nigerian schools. The figure which was released by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, was said to be 50 percent of teachers in the country.