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DEMOCRACY MAY BE   Some of the conversations and essays written on the ongoing Middle East crisis are self depressing and also a personal reflections on grief suffered by the Palestinians longing for social justice. Some of us tried to explore fundamental themes that confront the Palestinian people in this unprecedented time. The contents of all narratives constitute our guide …

Unravel Oil Mystery Now: A Letter to Petroleum Minister, Bola Tinubu Dear President Tinubu, permit me to congratulate you on the independence anniversary of our dear Nigeria or is it “independence anniversary celebration” (if there is anything to celebrate)? As so much water has passed under the bridge of the existence of our dear nation in the last 64 years, …

WHAT NATIONAL PEACE COMMITTEE (NPC) NEEDS TO ADDRESS. In its effort as a platform for constructive dialogue and collaboration to address the concerns and aspirations of all Nigerian citizens, this eminent platform chaired by General Abdulsalam Abubakar GCFR, while reaffirming its commitment to supporting Nigeria’s democracy should FRONTALLY CONFRONT the issue of AL-MAJIRANCHI in the forthcoming Thursday 26th September 2024 …

*The Irony of Nigeria’s Rush for Progress: A Call for Reflection* According to the National Policy on Education (2013), the minimum age for entry into Junior Secondary School (JSS 1) is 12 years, and students must have completed Primary School and obtained a Primary School Leaving Certificate. For entry into Senior Secondary School (SSS1), the minimum age is 15 years, …

LAMENTATION OF A NORTHERNER. Where has thou gone wrong? “Those who dream of the banquet, wake to lamentation and sorrow”. /realist We are always busy talking of THE NORTH, our cultural heritage, yet the North is being sacrificed with lots of tears being shed. Who do we hold responsible? Is it a collective mistake or a deliberate act of those …

Remi Tinubu’s Iconic Garden Fellow Nigerian, as it is said that what meets the eyes also meets the nose, I bring to you in this episode something very important to all of us and the sustained existence of our dear Nigeria. Being typical with Nigerian to blame another and government for his personal failure, the time has come to tell …

DICHOTOMOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE- LOCAL GOVT Any student who has endured civic or history lectures about the working relationship between local and state govt in Nigeria should be well aware of the basic dichotomy between full responsibilities in terms of addressing basic social needs, especially during emergencies versus the most effective ways to guarantee their long term survival. Professor M …

DECREE 25 In line with the Igbo proverb popularized in “Things Fall Apart“ that a man who does not know where the rain began to beat him cannot say where he dried his body”, we must begin to think of where this heavy rain began to beat us in Nigeria so as to know what exactly went wrong and how …

A Journey to Yesterday The Biblical aphorism that “if the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” is the best question to ask in the face of the current uncertainties facing Nigeria, particularly as our history since the past 60 years has justified in various ways that African leaders who stepped into the shoes of their former slave masters …

Remembering Tayo Olafioye’s Minimum Wage: Maximum Wahala .As poets are prophets who see the future ahead of others, the current minimum wage wahala that grounded the nation’s economy earlier this week for two days, has again brought to the fore, the re-examination of why minimum wage negotiation in Nigeria always result to maximum wahala which wrote Tayo Olafioye *Minimum Wage: …