Some Nigerians at a public function Statutorily, Nigeria is seven years behind in the conduct of its Population and Housing census. Ideally, a census should be conducted every 10 years, but since the last exercise held in 2006, multiple factors have prevented Nigeria from conducting the exercise as when due. A fresh exercise was due […]
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As he did in 1984 when he was a military head of state, President Muhammadu Buhari introduced a naira redesign policy, which left in its wake tales of deaths, sorrow and anguish, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole writes. Nigerians who were alive during the introduction of the naira redesign policy by the Muhammadu Buhari military junta of 1984 […]
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By Kemi Ajiboye It is time to tell a ‘New Story of You. It is time to create a ‘New Magazine of You’ telling the story of how you acquired your ‘INNER PEACE through the SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS. It time to stop making yourself sick spiritually and physically… To withhold forgiveness keeps alive emotions of […]
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Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu was at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, where he spoke about the commission’s preparations for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. Following is his full speech titled “NIGERIA’S 2023 ELECTIONS: PREPARATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR ELECTORAL INTEGRITY AND INCLUSION” Introduction […]
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By Dorcas Ejemeh Krubu The word reincarnation is derived from Latin, literally meaning, entering the flesh again. Reincarnation as a belief has always been held by the great majority of mankind in the Orient. It is a concept which is known and understood as a given fact of life in almost all ancient cultures from […]
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By Femi Kusa If you have to assess a man or a woman for his or her networth, ignore the sounding brass and noise maker. Humility and being unassuming is the off shoot of greatness! Imagine what would have happened in Bethlehem on the night Baby Jesus was born if the wife of the governor […]
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Submerged house in Delta As floods recede after weeks of destruction and agony in parts of the country, homes, communities and businesses have started picking bits and pieces of ruins left behind. From Kebbi to Jigawa, Benue, and Rivers, cries of despair are as loud as they are deep. Bayelsa, Delta, Jigawa, Anambra and Niger […]
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By Jacob Akindele There is a discernible pattern of how things happen in our lives. From birth, we embark on the road of experience, in which one event leads to another. In every field of human endeavour, this pattern is constantly at play. As a person becomes cognizant of this never-failing working of life, he […]
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By Jacob Akindele In 2008, I read an article in The Guardian on Chinua Achebe’s ire toward his fatherland, in which the great writer was reminded that had he not been born in Igboland Nigeria, his masterpieces would not have arisen and captured by him for posterity “with such simplicity, potency and impact.” Many Nigerians […]
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By Jacob Akindele We speak of emotions, feelings, attitudes, perceptions and thoughts, the entirety of what goes on within us. Often, we endeavour to conceal from others, this inner life that determines behavior. It is strictly personal, consisting of reactions to external stimuli. It is the product of how the human entity had used its […]
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