Nigeria must protect the classroom
“Can Education Survive Attack: The Resilience of Human Communities” is the theme of this year’s International Day to Protect Education from Attack, marked on 9 September. This is very apt for Nigeria as schools reopen for the 2026/2027 session. For a country where children are abducted from schools, the occasion is a painful reminder of […]
While They Haggle Over 2015
NIGERIA is a forward-looking country. It is making progress that the impatience of Nigerians and their own concentration on the present (and mostly the past) becloud. The politicians are thinking of the future and making great plans about them.
Even If We Panic
NIGERIANS have more than enough reasons to panic. It should be more so when the issue is security and government is not about to do anything about securing the country. The assurances have gone bare and the attacks are becoming deadlier.
Still Wanted – The President Must Remember
IT is time to wonder again if President Goodluck Jonathan remembers what he promised when he announced his intention to run for office in September last year. He promised to be a different President, one who would care for the poor.
Words Are Everything
IN a country of more than 42 Ministers, and more similarly ranked government officials, you would be forgiven if you have not heard about Mr. Samuel Ortom. He is the Minister of State for Trade and Investment.
Eid-el-kabir
MUSLIMS all over the world mark Eid-el-kabir, also known as Eid-el-Adha or Festival of Sacrifice, to commemorate the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his only son, Ismail, as an act of obedience to God. According to the story, which is also recorded in the bible, God intervened by providing him with a ram to sacrifice in Ismail’s place.
