House of chiefs should be the next (6), by Eric Teniola
This week, we continue the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly. He was labour officer, Federal Ministry of Labour, Lagos, 1962–1963; lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963–1965; assistant professor of political science, California, 1969–1971; associate professor of African Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1972–1974; dean […]
The Boy we forgot, By Stephanie Shaakaa
The boy child is dying in silence, and we are too busy clapping for our progress to notice. In our hurried race to lift the girl child and rightly so we trampled over the boy
Battle of the decades: Life of triumph & tragedy, By Stephanie Shaakaa
The air carried hope like the harmattan dust, drifting into every crack of our national consciousness. The shadow of military rule was finally lifting
Aso Rock and the solo flight to Eldorado, By Stephanie Shaakaa
When news broke that Aso Rock was going solar, a few clapped. Some saw it as a bold move toward sustainability
THE in Chinyere Bamigboye
By Emeka Obasi As the first governor of Kwara State, Brigadier David Laisi Bamigboye began the process of Reconciliation in 1967 long before Gen. Yakubu Gowon made the ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ proclamation at the formal end of the Civil War on January 15, 1970. Bamigboye, then a 27 – year – old Major, had […]
Alia, Tinubu, and Yelewata, by Ugoji Egbujo
Father Alia is at his wits’ end. Under his watch, Benue has become a human abattoir, a slaughter field where hope bleeds out. As the sore he inherited festers and turns gangrenous under his nose, he dithers and waffles, unruffled. Alia’s phlegmatic calm mocks the screams of his people. While Benue, slashed and fractured, writhes in […]
