Tacking poverty in Nigeria: Onus on crony billionaires, not self-made musicians! By Olu Fasan
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s irrepressible first lady, recently made two controversial interventions on the country’s socio-economic situation. First, she told the jobless to start selling akara, roasted corn or kuli-kuli to eke out a living. Then, she admonished rich young musicians to help the poor. She received a torrent of criticism for the comments. Yet they […]
Jesus is a man
John warns Christians: “Many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” (2 John 7). This allegation is applicable to Paul in the bible.
MONEY: Teach children earning & budgeting
My goodness! Those are atrociously high shoes! ” exclaimed a cousin of mine when her 22 year old daughter, Diane, came out to whirl round for us to admire her before she left for a social engagement.
Is President Goodluck Jonathan now Emperor Badluck Jonathan? (1)
A lot have been said and written since President Goodluck Jonathan renamed my alma mater, the University of Lagos, as Moshood Abiola University on May 29, ostensibly to honour Chief M.K.O. Abiola. According to Jonathan, the federal government believes that the late businessman cum politician deserves “recognition for his martyrdom and public spiritedness and for being the man of history that he was.”
Nigerians our own worst enemies
Two friends, Professors, intelligent but not wise, were among several millions who proclaimed that they voted for GEJ but not PDP last year. One, a top ASUU executive, repented early when Jonathan failed to redeem the pledge he made to them before the election.
Lawan Farouk or how not to take a bribe
In the end, it comes down to this: Lawan Farouk is going down. As I write, the police has announced the arrest and d detention of the controversial lawmaker, who this past week has been embroiled in a bribery scandal that has rocked the House of Representatives.
Nigeria: Many people, many ghosts
One unsettled issue in Nigeria is the nation’s population figures. The nation’s census results including those of the most recent one which gave a population of 140,003,542 in December 2006 have been disputed. The exact numerical strength of the Nigerian nation has therefore remained a subject of controversy.
Who is casting the first stone?
“Political language … is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”-George Orwell
Child trafficking is recycling poverty – Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi
One of the plights of children that have continued to cause concern is the issue of child trafficking. Recently, Esther Onyegbula spoke with Mrs.Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi, a human rights activist and the Executive Director/President Women’s Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON), and she shed light on the fight against child trafficking, what constitute child trafficking, how it affects the society and other sundry issues.
Pushing up Daisies
It’s a morbid but acceptable truth that most of us will end up dead at one time or the other. From the time one is born; one expects to one day die. Most of us will choose to live a joyfully long existence but even given the best of circumstances; there are no guarantees and at some time we will be pushing up daisies.
I don’t believe it’s a man’s world – DSP Ngozi Braide
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ngozi Conchita Braide is the first female Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO. She was appointed on 11th of June 2012 and in this encounter with Saturday Vanguard, she talks about her beginning, her career, her experience and her future expectations. Excerpts.
