Hundreds of million for 90 minutes, peanuts for a lifetime of service, by Stephanie Shaakaa
*Nigeria’s Broken Scale of Value When the Super Falcons clinched their record-extending tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in July 2025, the Presidency rolled out the red carpet. The players received national honours, three-bedroom apartments in Abuja and the promise of the naira equivalent of $100,000 each. The financial rewards were eventually fulfilled in […]
Support our Armed Forces and security for your own sake (2)
“A steady patriot of the world alone/ The friend of every country but his own. George Canning, 1770-1827.
The simple life; when less is more
Education is a necessary tool in today’s environment, it is the operating system for our survival. Being formally educated increases one’s chances of getting good employment, we are more informed so we get more opportunities, know more about our world and even see more of it.
Holy week in the holy land
As catch phrases go, this is as good as many. And those who have been attracted—or entrapped—in the past by alluring phrases like ‘Land of the flowing sun’, The paradise of the East’, ‘An exotic blend of Western and Eastern civilisation’ to mention a few, only to find that what was offered and purchased was not what was delivered will hesitate to buy into it. (Nobody to my knowledge has been able to melt the sun to see its liquid form.)
Questions without answers
When Gov Nyako’s memo to Northern Governors’ Forum first leaked to the press, there was a huge argument on whether the letter was real or forged.
Bravo, ladies!
The abduction of 230 girls from their school in Chibok, Borno State, has shocked Nigerians and made headlines all over the world.
