Nigeria’s Vibrant Reading Culture —Akunna Ejim

Akunna Ejim Suffice it to say that this is one topic that I am extremely familiar with. I grew up surrounded by books. I have a mother who loved reading so much that she had a library installed in our house. I have early memories of the nursery rhymes...

The Menace Of Kidnapping And Other Security Issues —Akunna Ejim

Akunna Ejim Nigeria is a great country. There is no place on the face of this earth that is quite like Nigeria. The people have a vibrant and rich culture and there is such a mix and variety that it is always exciting to observe the cultural peculiarities...

Tragic End Of Rimi — Ajayi Memaiyetan

Ajayi Memaiyetan The tragic end of acclaimed Limamin Canji (Apostle of Change), Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi as a glamorous politician of his era is not a pleasant story for me to write as his friend and professional colleague of more than...

A Purposeless Life —Akunna Ejim

This fellow I know has money to burn. As far as I know, he’s never had to hold down a job in his entire life; never needed to, actually. His father had been a politician who had been drummed out of office on account of the vast amount of money he had...

A Country Abandoned To Goodluck —Kole Omotoso

Kole Omotosho. We deserve better than mere good luck. After 50 years of existence as a country we should not be dependent on the luck of the gambler, the opportunism of a traveller and the well wishing of a fisherman in an oasis! But Nigeria is in the...

The Right To Self Defence

Chichi Aniagulu-Okoye We live in the era of ‘rights-based’ ideology. A few decades ago, support to poor and vulnerable people would have been done on a charity basis, but today, providing basic needs for people is not considered an act of kindness...

The Analysis Of A Name

I have often heard it said from different quarters that the names we bear have an impact on the course of our lives. I had not really given it much thought until recently. Since charity begins at home, I shall start with my own names. Before I was born,...

Save The Children From These Names!

Nigerians take the naming of a child very seriously because, like the biblical Jews, we believe that the name a child is given can mould his or her destiny, so we give names that portend blessings, encouragement, good luck, mercy and so on. A child is...