The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all
By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
Menace of taxes and levies on business owners
THE inability of government at all levels – Federal, state and local government- to provide jobs for the teeming population has long called for alternative means of livelihood for unemployed people in Nigeria. This has led to the establishment of different business ventures, ranging from vocational-oriented, artisanship and experimentation with different business ideas as such occurs to the individual. This has paved way for employment generation through engagement of assistants, where needed, thus reducing unemployment and crime rates in the society.
Next level for disability law in Nigeria
THE Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018, definitely was a milestone for those affected and probably for all the citizens. At least, the over 25 million persons that are living with disabilities in Nigeria are happy over the passage and signing of a law aimed at reintegrating them fully back into the society.
Hausa, Northern minorities need Southern solidarity, not Southern animosity – Reno
There is a popular picture on the web that shows chickens and other fowls, who normally don’t get along, forming a circle around their common enemy, the snake, in order to neutralise it. Even birds know how to unite against their common enemy. But in Nigeria, chickens fight other chickens so that the serpent can always oppress them. This is the story of how Southerners wrongly view the Hausas and Northern minorities.
As AfCFTA enters into force: What should Nigeria do now?
THE entry into force of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, Agreement on the May 30, 2019, is indeed a historic event in the long march for economic integration in Africa. The AfCFTA seeks to create a single unified market, thereby boosting Intra-African trade from 17 per cent to 52 per cent by 2022, and increasing the gross domestic product of the African continent from USD2.5trillion to USD25trillion by 2050.
Afe Babalola tasks Judiciary, masses on entrenchment of true democracy
IN his famous work titled“The Politics”, Aristotle, one of the often cited and quoted Philosophers, emphasized the place and import of the concept of Separation of powers as one of the strong pillars of democracy with emphasis on the independence of the Judiciary. And that was some 300 years before Christ.As it were, the independence of the Judiciary as enshrined in the principle of separation of powers implies that the Judiciary should be independent of the two other Arms of Government i.e. the Executive and the Legislature.
