Rehabilitating South Africa evacuees
The latest xenophobic violence in South Africa has again exposed the precarious existence of African migrants in a country that owes much of its liberation history to African solidarity. Nigerians and other foreigners have been harassed, threatened, and driven from homes and businesses by armed mobs and vigilantes. More disturbing is the apparent inability or […]
No Rights, Just Plights Of The Child
EVERY child has a right to life
Every child has the right from birth to a name, a nationality, and cared for by parents
•Every child has a right to health and health services
•Every child has the right to be protected from hazardous or harmful work and economic exploitation
Where Are The Ports, Rails?
NIGERIA cannot survive on partial implementation of promised policies.The foresights on which planning of the country were based at independence have been jettisoned for measures that sustain impressions that Nigeria exists for the moment. A simple example is the infrastructure used in distributing fuel, when it is available.
Policing the Police
JUVENAL was said to have uttered these words in relation to the challenges, maybe, futility, of ensuring marital fidelity. In our context, we would apply them to the inabilities of the Nigeria Police to look after their affairs. The matter is becoming embarrassing, even shameful.
We Are Still Not Broke
IS it possible that the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is supposed to have commanding stands on the economy, as other appendages to her title suggest, is the last person to know that the Nigerian economy is in dire straits?
More To Nigeria Than Figures
CRITICS would surely feed on President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration speech, shred it, score it and deliver a damning verdict in line with the times. We are in the campaign season; not a time to admit that the opponent has a trumpet, talk less of agreeing that he has musical skills.
