The place of love in nation building (Part 3)

By Sola Adeyegbe Where lies development? Peace will reign where we shun unhealthy rivalry and evil thoughts. This peace in turn creates the environment in which development occurs. Amongst other factors such as building sustainable national institutions, three things that contribute to national peace and development are: 1. Observance of the Law of Balance; 2. […]

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Does a prayer offered by the living on the dead have any effect?

By Sola Adeyegbe The departed are still living human spirits like us on earth! The main difference between them and those on earth is that they have discarded their physical bodies. On leaving the flesh, the departed one simply changes his location from one part of Creation to another part. The departed is held fast […]

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The place of love in nation building (Part 1)

By Sola Adeyegbe A nation has been defined as a stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity, and a common culture. The concept of nation building means the efforts of newly independent countries notably the countries of Africa to transform their territories into viable nations. These new states […]

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Trying to make some sense of the world

[the_ad id=”1966″] African migrants on the Mediterranean Sea By Owei Lakemfa American, Richard Russell, 29, was what you could call a normal guy. Married with a son, he was a Horizon Air ground control staff, directing aircraft and handling baggage. He might have watched the pilots with their pips and swag and concluded there was […]

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Kofi Annan: The UN’s ‘Rock Star’ Secretary-General

By Carole Landry Kofi Annan, who died Saturday at the age of 80, led the United Nations through the divisive years of the Iraq war and the trauma of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, Ghanaian-born Annan was credited for raising the UN’s profile during his two-term tenure, from January […]

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How to strengthen rights of Nigerian children

Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo being embraced by school children in Calabar When former President Olusegun Obasanjo signed the Child’s Rights Act (CRA) in September 2003, it was meant to enable the Nigerian child to benefit from rights enshrined in international conventions. The two conventions are the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child […]

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