Insecurity: The possible way out, by Eric Teniola
If we assume that kidnapping, insurgency and other security problems are politically motivated, then the solution is political, not military, and we must tackle these challenges through dialogue. As Sir Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, once said, “to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” The phrase simply means that it is always better […]
Retired workers waiting to collect their pension
It got to a point that school fees of our children could not be paid and we had to take undertaken with their school proprietors that their school fees would be paid as soon as salaries are paid. Luckily enough their school proprietors allowed our children to attend classes and also write their exams. To compound our problems gratuities were not also paid since our retirement since 2012.
Baba Bose, the Kano born beggar who is the face of a Lagos bus stop
As you climb the bridge, his pitiable condition is bound to attract your attention. And when you try to engage him in a conversation, you will be amazed at his good command of the English Language. But Baba Bose, as he prefers to be called, is not just a beggar. He is a peculiar one. At the pedestrian bridge at Ijesha-Tedo Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, where he has domiciled for over 25 years, Baba Bose is seen as ‘a worthy landlord of the bus stop.” He remains there during the rainy or dry seasons, begging passers-by for alms to make ends meet.
Much ado about First Ladyship
Truth is, Aisha Buhari and Dolapo Osinbajo are generally liked by Nigerians not as much for the reasons listed above as for the following two. First of all, the immediate past First Ladies of the Federal Republic had provided an excellent foil for them. Patience Jonathan had been as garrulous as Amina Sambo had been lacklustre, showing an ability to engage her publicly in a positive manner only after office.
Nigerian readers are natural leaders – Victoria Abraham
With a lot of people believing in reading today, the age old tale of hiding things in a book from a black man and him not finding it, no longer holds true as a lot of black people have now inculcated the habit of reading. Mrs. Victoria praise Abraham is one of those who seems to have come a long way through her writings. Believing in her abilities to impact the lives of many through her books, she has made it possible for even the younger generations.
Come away, my brothers and sisters
COME away my brothers and sisters. Come away from those foreign cultures where men make a career of bachelorhood and women make a hobby of single parenthood. Where men are applauded, even by presidents for allegedly changing their sex, and pre-nuptial agreements ensure that marriage, where it occurs between a man and a woman, is no longer ‘Till-Death-Do-Us-Part’
