Guinea Schoolgirl “Why do some of our people sometimes talk and behave as if they are not educated,” queried the man from the podium, as he addressed his largely West African audience; “Illiteracy, the Bane of Africa’s Underdevelopment,” the international magazine headline recently declared; and according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, as at 2007, only 3 out of 10 adults in sub-Saharan Africa are literate. The above, represent the widespread belief…
Since the first bomb explosion on 1st October 2009 at the Eagle Square in Abuja, one can no longer count how many other bomb explosions the country has witnessed. Responsibility for most of these explosions, if not all, has been claimed by the extremist Islamic sect tagged Boko Haram (Western education is forbidden). Generally based in the north-east of Nigeria (Borno State), the activities of the Islamic sect have now spread to…
Chinua Achebe once wrote that when things fall apart the centre cannot hold. It is exactly the case of this Town hall Meeting held by Nigerians in New York. The meeting started with two strong prayer warriors, one christian deaconess and a Nigerian muslim, both surely asking God to take over the situation in Nigeria. But shortly after the prayers the whole situation turned soar. The outcome was catastrophic. Nigerians demostrating their…
The African Union has always been seen by diverse persons in different ways. While some see it as an important organization that helps in restoring peace in Africa as a Continent, others see it as a toothless bulldog. Her incapacity to implement some of her principles in areas of security and corruption fighting remains one reason that makes every conscious African doubt their goodwill in making Africa a home for all. Also,…
This is one of those articles that draw my attention and make me reflect on certain similarities in the way things go about in this nation. I just feel this article is worth considering. It made me remember the story of the Nsukka guys that were shot in those days. More reasons why I am convinced the national system is just rotten. I propose it to you to analyze it yourself. “This…
Here comes one of the Nigerian litterature gurus that I will never stop admiring and looking up at as models. They are just the image of the Nigeria that I pray for. A Nigeria where intelligency is used to review the sitaution of things. A nation where human right and respect is a value, where men are regarded as men and not as things. A state where the government workers see themselves as…
GENEVA – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Nigerian national, local, religious and opinion leaders to make a bold and concerted effort to halt the spiralling sectarian violence unleashed by a series of recent attacks by the Boko Haram group. “It is essential that the country’s leadership, and especially its Muslim and Christian leaders, join forces to unequivocally condemn all violence, including retaliation, and encourage their…
One of the few articles that made me happy about Nigeria these last days was carried by “Thisdaylive[1]“. I am really happy to read that in Nigeria there is a move towards religious Unity. Though it might not be uncommon in some parts of the country to hear that Christian and Muslims come together for a celebration but hearing that muslims attended Church services on Sunday is for sure not only a…
The man that the government of Nigeria has thought dead is here again proving the army and the world wrong as he has once done it in one of his public appearances. Apart from the interview that Vanguard reports here, that he granted to journalists last year, he is out again, but this time to defend his recent attacks on christians and also to reinterate his desire to pursue what he deems a just course. From all…
The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti, Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye, donned the cassock to lead anti-subsidy removal protest in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State, yesterday. The Bishop marched with protesters who took off from Ajilosun through Okeyinmi and Ojumoshe, and stopped at Fajuyi Park. He and a coalition of labour/civil groups addressed protesters. The protest was peaceful, although there were bonfires on Fajuyi-Adebayo Road and Danimo-StadiumRoad, where some youths converted the roads to…
