Unity Schools provide an opportunity for us to see ourselves as Nigerians irrespective of which part of the country we come from. At this critical time of our national development, we need such intervention tool for nation-building.
With advancement in technological changes and poor performance by mainstream print and electronic media, Africans vis-a-vis Nigerians are using new media to expand the platform of public debate via citizen journalism. However, will increase in internet access shutout professional journalists?
Sadly now the dollar talks, Naira shivers; public officials loot in the dollar, and we citizenry spend Naira to cowardly defend them because of faith, creed, religion and ethnic cleavages. When shall all these end?
The robbing and raping of some female secondary school students last week has raised to the fore the nation’s increasing rate of insecurity. For the Nigerian police to showcase their new crime fighting credential, they must apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to book.
As a true son of the soil, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has the rare opportunity to assiduously ‘develop’ the Niger Delta to become that which the great Chief Obafemi Awolowo is today to the South-West. His inability to do so may bestow on him the most notable failure figure in the Niger Delta should he exit the exalted seat of power.
After study, practice is the next step towards developing a nation. What pioneering & participating initiative would you launch today? Are you ready to build Nigeria?
The Nigerian situation has become pathetic, courtesy of a people whose hope and ‘outrage with no action’ is steadily shrinking the nation-ship called Nigeria. Will this ‘insanity’ ever end?
Amidst the problems bedevilling Nigerian sports is the use of “federal character” policy in selecting players/athletes for games, coupled with parochial interests of some individuals in the sports ministry. But, who do we believe?
Corruption in Nigeria is increasing unabatedly, especially in the civil service. Until government discipline offenders in various corruption cases, it may impact negatively on its image and anti-corruption crusade.
In the face of hardship, where civil servants can’t be paid N18,000 each monthly by most states, each members of the House of Representatives receives a quarterly allowance of N27million. But does the throne really make the king?
