The West and shades of democracy – Salisu Suleiman
It would have been easy to be shocked by the absolute hypocrisy of Western powers in interpreting democracy and human rights, but their barefaced lies, pretexts and outright deceit have[…]
Why we produce illiterate graduates – Salisu Suleiman
In a country where a staggering N2.6 trillion was openly stolen in the name of fuel subsidies – including billions of naira paid to non existing companies – the statement[…]
Universal Health Coverage: Is it possible for Nigeria?
By Dr. Abiodun Awosusi I walked into a pediatric unit of a teaching hospital in Nigeria a few years ago to review a patient. On the first bed was a[…]
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Open Letter to Nigerian News Sites
by Damola Fakunle I am writing to you as a concerned Nigerian nineteen year old. After having visited your website, I find it disconcerting that there is scant mention of[…]
Mendicants, Social Parasites, and Our Rights As Human Beings
The most unusual contribution (thus far) to the current conversation over the forced internal relocation of mendicants in the country (the recent action by the Lagos State Government has been[…]
Is this a Peoples’ Constitution? – Mark Amaza
Months after the National Assembly set up two committees, one each in the Senate and the House of Representatives, to commence the process of reviewing the 1999 Constitution of the[…]
Growth: Between Savings And Investing
I spent the last couple of days mulling over the relationship between domestic savings and investment on one hand, and the outlook for growth for this country on the other.[…]
Issue #20: Of Literature in Retrieval
Sitting together one evening in Ibadan, discussing translation and the progress of African language technology, Tunde Adegbola, one of the pioneers in the field and fellow participant in the language[…]
Living by the Future
by Nnorom Azuonye There were songs inside his head and songs in the air outside Dartford Station; that cruel mix of screeching tyres, chuckles of train engines, and wailing buggied[…]