Beyond Akara: Preparing Nigerian youth for the future economy
By Livina Oluchi Maduabuchi Nigeria stands at a demographic crossroads. With over 70 million young people aged 15–35 — nearly 35% of our population — we possess a potential demographic dividend that could propel us into the ranks of the world’s leading economies. Yet, this promise is perilously close to becoming a demographic disaster. Youth unemployment […]
Is NIPSS really a graveyard of careers?
THE Hardball column on the back page of THE NATION newspaper of December 13, 2010, was as much a broadside against the police high command as it was an ill-informed disparagement of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos in Plateau State.
Evil triumph when good men keep silent
I HAVE the privilege and humility to come to you today, to formally declare my intention to run for a second term in office as the governor of Abia State, under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the coming 2011 general election.
Atiku and gains of democratic struggles
IT is not an over-statement that Atiku Abubakar is today the greatest champion for demoratic stability and advancement in the country. In life, reward for hardwork is success. Hardwork surely pays. The life story of Atiku Abubakar is full of hardwork, perseverance, patience, diligence, excellence, surprises and success. As an orphan, Atiku beat all odds and emerged as a superstar from a humble beginning.
For Tony Enahoro the fight is over
Eromosele Enahoro was an excellent newsmaker. That would have been sufficient for a prolific journalist that he was, except that Tony Enahoro was most times the news himself.
The gains of diplomacy in governance
In 2007, on assumption of office, Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina State established CDCs i.e Community Development Committees.
