The Nigerian Bar Association, its August guests, and the vacuum we must fill
Reflections on the 66th NBA Conference in Port Harcourt By Douglas Baye-Osagie The 66th Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will be remembered for many things. Not just the swearing in of the first elected female President of the Bar, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, but also the quality of some […]
Need for constitutional role for First Lady
We are concerned women in Nigeria, who have decided to write you on behalf of 69,086,302 females (women) estimated to be the population of women in Nigeria, according to the 2006 population census.
Overcoming Nigeria’s water, sanitation challenges
IN an era that is witnessing the resurgence of Ebola and other contagious haemorrhagic viral diseases, having access to running water may well be considered a national security issue. Adequate water supply is a problem that faces most of us daily, almost regardless of income bracket. If you live in a rural area, you probably have to go and fetch water from a well, stream or river.
Angry Letter to Nigerian Youth: The future is here with us
It was Albert Einstein that said “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it”.
The impudence of Rabiu Kwakwanso and his Fulani brothers – Fani Kayode
I am saddened that the former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso, a man whom I have always considered a friend and one whom I have always respected could insult our revered Yoruba elders.
This work and ‘chop’ mantra
The time this article is published, the ministerial screening would have been completed and the majority party’s candidates would have sailed through irrespective of the people’s feelings. That has been the tradition- take a bow and go-, it has not changed. That is our Nigeria, a country that was promised a radical change from the past, well, we wait and see.
