nigeria

Nigerian army

January 8, 2019

When is the Nigerian military going to be called to order?

While it is expected that the military should have purged itself of anti-democratic behavior, the Nigerian Army continues to perpetrate acts that are in constant violation of basic human rights and the country’s constitution. Human rights abuse and other forms of abuse of power might have reduced since the country left behind its era of... Read More

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democracy, Military, nigeria

Human Rights

December 13, 2018

Does Nigeria have anything to celebrate on International Human Rights day?

December 10th is globally recognised as the International Human Rights Day. The day set aside by the United Nations general assembly in 1948 review the state of human rights across the world. Here in Nigeria, the day actually went unnoticed by several individuals except few in the civil societies and the media. This is unsurprising... Read More

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human rights, nigeria, police

November 23, 2018

What is the Federal Government hiding about Boko Haram?

One of the common characteristics of an insurgency is that it has no timeline. Also, insurgency cannot be likened to a war that can be altered through the signing of a peace treaty or a ‘no victor, no vanquished’ declaration, rather it goes on for as long as the terrorist group is strong and equipped... Read More

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boko haram, Insecurity, nigeria

November 21, 2018

How the Zamfara twins experience shows the apparent lack of adequate security

That Nigeria’s security apparatus is at its lowest ebb is an understatement. Despite the huge amount of money allocated to security by this administration, the effect is nearly unseen going by the reality that surrounds us. Currently, the nation is battling insurgency, banditry and the newest and deadly entrant, kidnapping. Even though kidnapping is not... Read More

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Insecurity, nigeria, Zamfara

November 15, 2018

From stolen dates to rotten rice, the story of how Nigeria maltreats its IDPs

At Tedx Ikeja in 2017, Busayo Morakinyo, one of the speakers who spoke on the topic “IDPs, it could be you” stated unequivocally that any human being can end up an internally displaced person at any point in time, irrespective of social status as natural and manmade disasters are not a respecter of persons. He... Read More

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corruption, IDP, nigeria

November 12, 2018

N3.5m feeding allowance: In whose interest is the FG detaining El-Zakzaky?

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed recently declared that the federal government is spending an average of 3.5 million naira monthly as feeding allowance on the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The Minister who made this assertion while addressing statehouse correspondents at the Presidential Villa would not... Read More

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Feeding, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, nigeria

2019

November 1, 2018

Is it too much to ask for integrity from Nigeria’s 2019 presidential candidates?

Once again, Nigeria is at that auspicious moment where it is expected to choose its next set of leaders for the next four years across all strata of government. At the federal level, more than seventy individuals are expected to slug it out with the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the ruling All... Read More

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2019, nigeria, Tax

WHO

October 25, 2018

Nigeria’s life expectancy rankings should make you very worried

Beginning from 2018, a male child given birth to in Nigeria is expected to live for an approximated 54.7 years while the female is expected to live approximately 55.7 years. This was the conclusion come to in a recent life expectancy data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the year 2018. This report... Read More

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healthcare, nigeria, WHO

October 22, 2018

2019: How political parties “killed” Not too Young to run law

When President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Not too Young to Run bill into law in May 2018. One of the caveats he gave in his speech was that the youth can contest in 2019 but they should suspend their ambitions to be president to the next electoral year. Although the president and other attendees at... Read More

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nigeria, Politics, youth

Ola Orekunrin

October 10, 2018

In new book, Ola Orekunrin advocates for restructuring of Nigeria’s Healthcare system

Founder of West Africa’s first Air Ambulance services The Flying Doctors and social commentator, Ola Orekunrin Brown has joined the growing lists of individuals calling the government’s attention to the rot in Nigeria’s healthcare sector which has been left unattended to by successive governments and the current administration. President Buhari and this present administration has... Read More

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HEATHCARE, nigeria, Ola

October 7, 2018

“I am the 16th President of Nigeria” | 7 things we learned from Tunde Bakare’s State of the Nation Address

Every year, the founder and Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly Tunde Bakare, delivers a rousing ‘State of the Nation Address’ that is meant to act as a roadmap for the country. Today, the pastor and politician had some interesting things to say during his October 7 address titled ‘The Road to 2019 Covadis... Read More

Church Culture, Featured

church blog, nigeria, restructuring, State of the Natin Adress, Tunde Bakare

Teachers

October 5, 2018

World Teachers Day: Is there anything for the Nigerian Teacher to celebrate?

October 5 of every year has been designated World Teachers Day by the United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) as a day to celebrate teachers and the invaluable service they offer worldwide. The role of teachers in any society cannot be overemphasised. In fact, education is a two-way interaction between the teachers and their students... Read More

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nigeria, teacher, World

flood

October 3, 2018

Flood after flood wracks Nigeria’s cities, when is the death and carnage going to stop?

If you thought Nigeria learnt from the devastation caused by the floods in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and While other nations of the world have devised several measures of combating the disaster, you’d be wrong. Nigeria has done practically nothing to stem the tide of the annual flood, which have become an annual occurrence in... Read More

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flood, homes, nigeria

Leah Sharibu, Buhari

September 28, 2018

Leah Sharibu, Hauwa Leman, Alice Ngaddah and the forgotten Chibok girls

It’s a sober moment for Nigeria and the world at large as reactions trail the murder of Saifura Ahmed, one of the health workers abducted by Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) a faction of the dreaded Boko-Haram sect. Saifura, a staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was murdered in response... Read More

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abduction, Buhari, nigeria

September 23, 2018

Prophet Tomi Arayomi sounds a warning to the Nigerian Church ahead of the 2019 elections (WATCH)

He may not have made anyone’s list on the prophets to watch out for in 2018 but apparently, Prophet Tomi has made some pretty big predictions in the past. Madiba’s death? Tomi prophesied it. Conservatives winning over Labour and David Cameron emerging as Britain’s Prime Minister at a time no one thought that could happen?... Read More

Church Culture, Featured

2019 Elections, Brexit, mandela, Military rule, nigeria, prophecies, Prophet Tomi Arayomi

Nigeria Air

September 20, 2018

Nigeria Air has failed but we demand accountability

According to the Minster of state for Aviation Hadi Sirika, operations for Nigeria Air, the country’s 11th attempt to create a national carrier airline were expected to begin in December 2018. He’d stated in one of many addresses, that unlike previously owned National carriers, Nigeria Air will be majorly owned by the private sector while... Read More

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air, nigeria, Sirika

HSBC

September 20, 2018

Nigeria in decline: Dashed hopes, HSBC and presidential melee

A review of news in leading international media depicts that all is not well with Nigeria, a country in decline and in need of redemption. In the pages of New York Times, DW Germany, The Guardian UK, The Economist, Financial Times of UK, CNN, basically all major Western mainstream media are articles on Nigeria. Top... Read More

Herdsmen

September 5, 2018

Herdsmen vs Farmers clashes: Where do Buhari’s loyalties really lie?

It is important we take a deeper look at the ongoing herders’ vs farmers’ clashes that has claimed a lot of lives in the country especially because President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to offer a satisfactory response. It is true that the killings predate this administration but it also is true that the killings have... Read More

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Buhari, Fulani, nigeria

Nigeria

September 4, 2018

The scrabble for a New Nigeria: A battle between the believers, the achievers and the deceivers

by Alli Bob-Chinwon Randomly surfing the news I stumbled on a very intriguing headline published on a prominent international news platform. The title was “Nigeria becomes the poverty capital of the world”. To satisfy my curiosity, I opened the report and the first paragraph read “Nigeria overtakes India to become the poverty capital of the... Read More

Citizenship, Opinion

Alli Bob, nigeria, opinion

Buhari

September 4, 2018

Buhari’s China trip just confirmed he is not a man of his word

“What is the difference between me and those who elected us to represent them, absolutely nothing. Why should the Nigerian president not fly with other Nigerian public? Why do I need to embark on a foreign trip as a president with a huge crowd with public funds? Why do I need to go for a... Read More

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Buhari, China, nigeria

roads

August 29, 2018

A Nigerian has decided to sue the FG for bad roads and it’s about damn time

After surviving a ghastly motor accident that killed three persons on Thursday August 23, 2018, Blessing Agbomhere has decided to sue the federal government for bad roads in the country. The politician who left Edo state for Abuja on Thursday barely escaped the accident with her life, but she was forced to watch his co-passengers... Read More

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accident, nigeria, roads

APC

August 28, 2018

APC’s reaction to the seizure of an illegal arms shipment is childish and unpatriotic

Apart from its “anti-corruption war”, another “war” this government is fighting is that of hate speech and fake news. But it seems the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) chooses only to fight these wars when the subject of its crusade is running against its wishes. Recently it was reported that a Lagos bound ship loaded... Read More

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nigeria, Politics, south africa

Durian

August 26, 2018

Durian Foundation trains rural communities on Bamboo waste to wealth

In a bid to fulfill its aim of empowering rural communities in Nigeria, Durian foundation, an NGO set up with focus on improving livelihood at the rural areas has completed its waste to wealth program at its base in Imafon, Ondo state. The foundation has just set up the first of its kind Bamboo center... Read More

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Bamboo, Durian, nigeria

August 23, 2018

Buhari promises to assist a visually impaired corp member but what about other Nigerians?

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to assist a visually impaired corp member, Okenala Ahmed currently serving in Daura, Katsina. The President made the promise while receiving corp members, who thronged his Daura home for a Sallah visit. According to his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, “Buhari will undertake the cost of medical care and treatment of Ahmed,... Read More

Ahmed, Buhari, healthcare, nigeria

Governor's Forum

August 19, 2018

Nigeria Governors’ Forum is a threat to the overall development of Nigeria

One group that has assumed undue prominence in Nigeria due to persistent media coverage is the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The forum comprising the thirty-six governors has consistently worked against the overall development of the country despite displaying a different posture. The NGF which is expected to be a conclave of thinkers that should proffer solution to the... Read More

development, NGF, nigeria

Gas

August 14, 2018

FG’s removal of VAT from cooking gas is apt but should have come earlier

After extended pressure on federal government by stakeholders in the oil and gas sector, the federal government has concluded plans to remove the value added tax (VAT) on liquefied petroleum gas popularly called cooking gas in the country. This removal is expected to crash the price of cooking gas by 20% once it is officially... Read More

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LPG, nigeria, VAT

CAA

National disgrace as African Athletic Championship in Asaba flops

There are a few things that surprise Nigerians and administrative incompetence is not one of them – it has even become a norm. However, what baffles me is when this ‘norm’, this so-called ‘Naija behaviour’ rears its ugly head in international events – ultimately showcasing our shame for the world to see. The latest part... Read More

Featured, The Sports Blog

africa, Asaba, nigeria

Education

Education about to suffer another setback as government considers levy for primary and secondary schools

While several stakeholders in the education and outside the sector are calling for an improved funding of the sector and at the same time improve accessibility by all and sundry, it seems the government is thinking otherwise. At the 63rd Ministerial session of the national council of education, a new directive concerning levies for school... Read More

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levy, nigeria, UBEC

NAPTIP’s iReport App is a good way to combat human trafficking

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in commemoration of the 2018 World Day against Human Trafficking and the fifteen years anniversary of the agency has launched the “NAPTIP iReport App”. At a press conference on Monday, July 30, 2018, the Director General of the agency, Julie Okah- Donli said the app... Read More

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NAPTIP, nigeria, technology

Nigeria

One action is all it takes to turn Nigerian football around

Over the past week, I have been pondering a lot on what to put up as an article, and a new perspective and outlook for Nigerian football. Then it struck me, rather lazily when I was walking down the corridor of my house. All the great marvels and wonders man has ever achieved were based... Read More

Featured, The Sports Blog

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