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. […]
Why we need a new generation of leaders
Secondly, our concept of leadership in our part of the world makes the leader superior to the people he is leading which defeats the essence of leadership
Third sex tape of Miss Anambra may surface soon —source
Chidinma’s sponsor released just a part of the video after the former beauty queen reneged on their agreement after her victory
From bad news to good news
I RECENTLY saw a wonderful photograph that really cheered me up in a week that has been full of sadness and tears.
It depicted the 21 freed Chibok Girls dancing at a special thanksgiving service in Abuja. They were smiling joyfully and looked absolutely beautiful – vibrant young ladies with many years ahead of them – in their colourful new clothes.
Congo: ‘The bloodstained monument of tutelage’
THE President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC , Joseph Kabila this week, got his country’s general elections, slated for November 28, 2016, postponed to July, 2018. His tenure after two terms and a fifteen-year rule was to end this December. Now he has extended it by over 19 months; that is if he ever hands over power willingly.
Let’s build strong institutions not strongmen
THE midnight raid of the homes of judges by agents of the Directorate of State Services, DSS, has triggered a national discourse on how best to deal with corruption in the Judiciary. Some have applauded it on the grounds that something drastic had to be done to either force the Judiciary to clean itself up or get it done for them by the Executive branch.
