Peter Obi cannot be different from us
By JOHN ONWE This essay is inspired by a cartoon by a journalist called “Sergo”, published in the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki’s newspaper, called Advocate, on page 4. The cartoon has an image named “Obi” standing in the centre of a group of four men who were labelled variously as “Presidency”, “EFCC”, the “Police” and […]
The 2024 World Teachers Day: Musings on the Nigerian teacher
By AMINU JAHUN THE centrality of the teacher to the school system underscores the yearly observance, since 1994, of the World Teachers Day, which originated in the 1966 UNESCO/ ILO Recommendation on the status of teachers, complemented by another recommendation on the status of higher education teachers in 1996, making the ILO/ UNESCO recommendations on teachers […]
Political parties and the stumbling democracy in Nigeria
By CHEKWUBE NZOMIWU Judging by the experience of the advanced Western democracies and even some evolving ones, political parties, without a doubt, play a critical role in the survival and growth of democracy in any country where it is practised. Besides recruiting and training aspirants for public office and seeking to get their candidates elected to […]
Onyejeocha: Health, hope and humanity – 17 years of impacting rural Nigeria
BY EMAMEH GABRIEL In the quiet corners of rural Nigeria, where the struggle to survive often overshadows the hope for a healthier tomorrow, in 2007, a beacon of compassion came shining bright on the lives of the people of Abia and neighbouring states. For 17 years, Barr. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, the Honourable Minister of State for […]
Impoverishing Nigerians into prosperity
By KELECHI DECA I HAVE studied in great detail the economic policies and trajectory of over 35 countries that moved from low income to middle and high income in the last 50 years. There is nowhere on earth where their people were ‘Impoverished into Prosperity’. This clearly reminds me of that evergreen quote by the wartime prime […]
Big Data Applications in Non-Profit Organizations: Transforming project management and reporting
Big Data is defined as large and complex data sets that require advanced tools to analyze. Big data holds transformative potential for non-profits, offering insights that drive more effective project management and comprehensive reporting
