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Should the FCT shut down ‘substandard’ private schools?
A private school in the FCT PHOTOS: ITUNU AJAYI Experts Weigh Controversial Education policy …Offer Solutions On Shoddy FCT Private Schools The term, ‘private school’, was not prevalent in the lexicon...
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Still an endless search in the North
A search for schoolgirls with great efforts Aisha, 14, would be getting married next month. She has never been to school, and not interested in going either, even if she gets somebody to sponsor her....
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How sokoto varsity tackles insecurity with education
Issues around human security are becoming more quavering, especially as terrorism activities are getting more pronounced. And to raise the discourse on human security and proffer solution where Nigeria...
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After N23.2bn, Delta’s IPP project remains a mirage
The N23.2bn IPP project (also inset) PHOTOS: HENDRIX OLIOMOGBE State Officials Give Conflicting Accounts •As Civil Societies Urge EFCC Investigation The figures are confusing. While Engineer Felix...
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Chibok Girls : still dramatic narratives two years after
Only fifteen out of the 219 girls still in captivity were shown in the video. PHOTO: CNN In the thinking of many Nigerians that voted for the President Buhari-led government, the second anniversary of...
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Herdsmen/Farmers clash takes a new twist in Enugu
Protesting natives As the 76 local farmers of Ugwuleshi Community, Awgu council, Enugu State breathed the air of freedom recently, after their two weeks incarceration, courtesy of a court bail and as...
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Iwuchukwu: Women empowerment is key to self-actualisation through Focu-Feminism
Onyeka Iwuchukwu, Associates Professor of English at the National Open University, With increasing violence against women globally, experts are proffering different solutions to tackle the menace....
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Why other west coast artisans are preferred to local boys
The rate of unemployment in Nigeria is increasing. It rose to 9.90 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 from 8.20 per cent in the second quarter of 2015. A lot of construction work, especially...
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After N23.2bn, Delta’s IPP project remains a mirage
The N23.2bn IPP project : HENDRIX OLIOMOGBE State officials give conflicting accounts •As civil societies urge EFCC investigation The figures are confusing. While Engineer Felix Abojei, the Director,...
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Drug exposure and saving youths from addiction
A den of drug abusers PHOTO: Courtesy of www. transparencyng.com • In Plateau State, Goskolo Reigns • Youths Now Inhale Gutter, Fuel And Glue • Out of 10 Boys, Seven Abuse Drugs in Kano As you approach...
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Labour’s throes in last ditch to rescue self, masses
In the course of the political gamesmanship, which became the defining feature of the 2015 Presidential election, there was a particular moment on the campaign trail when the then All Progressives...
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Police and doubtful feats in kidnap rescues
Olu-Falae The Nigeria Police Force prides itself as one of the best in the continent, based on exploits in international assignments. Sometime ago, the former Under-Secretary General of the United...
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Ali’s Women
Ali and Yolanda Lonnie Williams Although, his mother said that Ali never fooled around as a teenager, there is no doubt that like most champions, he developed an enormous appetite for the ‘foxes’ as he...
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June 12: Finding remnants of once thriving MKO Abiola’s empire
< Previous 1 of 10 Next > MKO Abiola Backview of the late MKO Abiola’s family house in Abeokuta MKO Abiola book shops Entrance of the Concord Press Limited At the heart of the MKO Gardens and...
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‘Children don’t have any business being in prison’
Dr Olayinka To Dr. Olayinka Atilola, a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), there is no reason whatsoever for children to be in prison....
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Looming cost of resurgent militancy
‘Why Nigeria must seize the moment’ When it seemed the country was set to sail and overturn much of it’s dashed hopes after the passage of the 2016 budget, Nigeria was hit by the surprising resurgence...
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Baby prisoners – How they fair in captivity
Wife of Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo carrying a baby prisoner during her recent visit Last Thursday of every month for the past fifteen years or more, finds one on visitation to the prisons in Lagos...
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Maternal Mortality in Kano State:Civic group, activists drill down to root...
nigeria.sweetmotherinternational.org From the deeply emotional and touching personal stories that were told about the silent tragedies in the form of the many avoidable deaths of expectant women or...
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Olusegun Obasanjo: Ideas, politics and the love for country - Part 2
President Muhammadu Buhari receiving former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the State House, Abuja… What parameters could enable a balanced perspective on Obasanjo and his sojourn so far on the Nigerian...
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Open defecation: Trigger for polio, diarrhoea and high child mortality
Lekan Akinfenwa was surprised when he needed to answer nature’s call during his visit to Oke-Itoku, in Abeokuta, and was told to defecate in a nylon or paper, which then will end up in the nearest dump...
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