In 1985, or was it 1986, a top official of the Babangida administration said something that, up till today, I am still struggling to understand. The naval officer and member of the Armed Forces Ruling […]
I believe that our generation stands at the cusp of a turning point. Demographics are on our side. About 70 percent of our population is under 35 years old. We MUST become masters of our […]
The Presidency says the Federal Government will begin the non-graduates scheme component of the N-Power programme in July. Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation (N-Power Scheme), disclosed this at the […]
Because we run a nation-building company that is the continent’s leading expert on elections, we routinely sit in on meetings with politicians who want to be president, who want to explore being president, who want […]
The WEF Africa discussions closed with a clear rallying cry that now is the “Time for Impact,” and I firmly believe that it is our young people’s aspirations and ambitions, alongside innovative thinking and support […]
Some Frustrated Nigerian youths have been expressing their frustrations about the failings of government in Nigeria using the hashtag #OurMumuDonDo on Twitter. The hashtag #OurMumuDonDo has been trending on Twitter for weeks with the number […]
More than 1.7million young Nigerians are sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) being organised by JAMB, starting from Saturday. Of this number, fewer than 400, 000 or 20% will be admitted into universities […]
Just like yesterday, Barack Obama made history as the first black president of the world’s most powerful nation. Obama gave a resounding speech — one of the best speeches of the 21st century — saying: […]
Fellow Nigerians, I’m very sorry if I’m starting my weekly epistle with what may seem a rhetorical question today. Columnists are ordinarily expected to throw up certain questions from time to time and proffer answers. […]
For how long will our future be dependent on the giant strides of individuals and governments in other parts of the world? To eradicate polio, we were totally reliant on not just foreign funding but […]
If the conditions appear right for me to vote in 2019, I will be going to the polling booth with one of my children. The “millennials” – those born at the turn of the last […]
The young man’s video and growing alienation on display on social media perhaps indicate that the public is waking up from a transgenerational slumber. There seems to be an increasing sense of consciousness, and militant […]
As a society, we need to reconceptualise ourselves as a socio-political and cultural entity with a view to determining our fate culturally – by creatively and selectively controlling our own cultural reproduction in a way […]
Minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has urged the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to review its registration fee and process to give equal opportunities to secondary school leavers. Adamu made the call on Monday […]
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged the youths in the Niger Delta region to embrace peace and protect oil and gas installations from continued vandalism. The minister made the […]
On July 1, 2017, Canada, the world’s second largest country after Russia, will be 150 years old. There is a year-long celebration of this milestone for a nation that prides itself on being one of […]
Our leaders can either choose to look in the mirror and take full responsibility for their actions and inactions or look out through the window seeking whom to blame… our problem isn’t just corruption, it […]
The federal government has revealed its plan to hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power volunteer corps. Laolu Akande, senior special assitant on media and publicity to the vice-president, disclosed this in a statement. […]
If we utilise the simple precepts of humanity gleaned from great literature, we can go far in creating a better society for ourselves. The way forward in achieving this is to ensure that we don’t […]
He was widely rumoured to be under a spell. He was rejected by classmates and scorned by playmates. He was suffering from Dyslexia, a form of disability that impairs reading, spelling and even writing, in […]
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