Unraveling Nigeria’s Jobs Crisis (1), By Rafiq Raji
43 per cent of the labour force is without a full-time job or any job at all. That is a labour crisis. And to think just about four years ago (Q4-2014), that is, relative to […]
43 per cent of the labour force is without a full-time job or any job at all. That is a labour crisis. And to think just about four years ago (Q4-2014), that is, relative to […]
Introducing A People Defined by Hierarchies Nigeria is a country defined by hierarchies in which everyone is expected to fit neatly into a box. These hierarchies are many and multi-dimensional. They vary in both shape […]
Nigeria’s currency profile has notably failed to serve the needs of our people and our economy. Evidently, lower denominations of primary kobo coins and low value notes have been largely rejected by the public because […]
Act 1: Scene 1 In slow motion, common sense somersaulted repeatedly as an absurd scene unravelled along the Abuja-Lokoja Road at sunrise. It wasn’t a Nollywood session. Call it Horror-wood, you won’t be wrong. Right […]
The year 2019 would for a very long time to come, remain one of the most treacherous seasons for Nigeria’s judiciary going by the self-inflicted but externally induced credibility catastrophe that befell it and successfully […]
There have been several complaints in the press about inadequate funding of our tertiary institutions one of such complaints is the Editorial in the Guardian Newspaper of Monday 18th March 2019. Several suggestions have been […]
The preference for a boy child over a girl, is an ill-informed practice that still persists all over the world and amongst the worst perpetrators below China, India and Egypt and also Nigeria. The existing […]
There are situations or times in which a town or city stamps its imprimatur, positive and/or negative, on a person or persons. Each town I dare say has its own spirit, its own way of […]
It was a few minutes to midnight. Then, the folks who man the rail lines between Maryland and Washington had slammed the access to the train station against late night commuters. “WG,” he said casually, […]
In a play The Balcony by the French playwright Jean Genet, a group of actors and actresses play-acting power roles of Queen, General, Judge, and Pope find themselves being these powerful people in real life. […]
The biting and harsh reality of the Nigerian economy has made migration very attractive. Right from the time of military rule, professionals and non professionals alike have been fleeing the country that touts itself as […]
This is another right time to discuss the 8th Assembly within the construct of the last four years of democracy under our leaders. There are so many leaders in this contextual reporting of the last […]
A fresh crisis is brewing in Ogoni over plans by the Federal Government through the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to resume crude oil production in the Ogoni area of OML 11 by October. Not […]
William Shakespeare, perhaps the greatest English poet and playwright, in his epic play- Macbeth, looking melancholic and distraught, as a result of the death of lady Macbeth, had soliloquized- “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, creeps […]
Pope Francis says abortion is like “hiring a hitman” and can never be condoned, even when the foetus is gravely sick or likely to die. The pontiff was speaking on Saturday at a conference at […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari drew attention recently to the offensive Almajiri system that features children yanked at an early age onto the streets in the Northern states to become beggars and social miscreants in the name […]
My Lord Bishop, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, if you ask me and if I am permitted to… once again air my views, I will, without hesitation recommend that we go back to that number one […]
Recent happenings across the country show that there is an alarming upsurge in incidence of suicide. Usually, Nigerians are considered lovers of life and as such would never contemplate suicide for whatever reason. But recent […]
In Lagos, a few days back, the heavens opened and it rained profoundly. If the enormity of the recent rainfall is anything to go by, Lagos residents must gear up for more of such fierce […]
True, there is no nation without security challenges. As we have become accustomed to hearing in the last four years, it did not start with this administration. This and many other excuses are often used […]
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