Dear Professor Tahir Mamman Thanks to your recent position and consequent policy around our children’s education age, you have earned our attention and today’s epistle. From what we read in the media, it appears that you are keen to stop young students who can do so from getting into tertiary education before the age of […]
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Give me freedom, Give me fire, Give me reason, Take me higher. See the champions, Take the field now. Unify us, Make us feel proud. In the streets, our, Heads are lifting’ As we lose our Inhibition. Celebration. It surrounds us. Every nation. All around us. Staying forever young, Singing songs underneath the sun. Let’s […]
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Dear Readers Yes, we have made it to that time of the year again when we start to wish ourselves Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, or Seasons Greetings as the savvier and more politically correct ones teach us to say in the name of diversity, inclusivity and sensibility. To each its own… If […]
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Dear ReadersRegardless of where you started and now what you have become in life (or what life has turned you into), there is no doubt that, if you have had the fortune or misfortune of going through what can even minimally described as a decent education you must have had at a lesson about forms […]
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All is now set for an Abuja Town Hall meeting to reflect on the future of Nigeria. The event organised by CIAPS in collaboration with the NPSA has been conceived as a forum where political leaders will meet other leaders of thoughts, captains of industries, policy analysts and policymakers to exchange views on the future […]
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Dear Governor Babajide Sanwo-OluI am sure it is safe to say that I speak the minds of most Lagosians and many Nigerians when I write that “it is with great delight that we read that the Federal Government of Nigeria through the ministry of aviation has granted approval for the development of a passenger and […]
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Dear Readers, Today’s epistle could have easily been titled “A Candidate’s Health and the Rest of Us”, that would have been a general title to introduce and discuss what we as citizens should know or care about some personal aspects of the lives of those planning to stand for elections in a bid to rule […]
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Dear Readers A few hours after reading this epistle, those of you living in or connected to Nigerian affairs will be inundated with conversations about the celebration of the anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. Easy to predict because nothing has really changed. There will be ceremonies, analysis, lamentations, accusations, justifications platitudes and promises about Nigeria. The […]
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Dear Readers There is a prevailing and even popular idea and a call in the country amongst people of goodwill that more citizens, especially the teeming youths and the many productive professionals should leave their comfort zone and be ready to get more involved in politics and even participate in running for political offices. The […]
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Anthony Kila Dear Readers The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential primary election has come and gone, the winner, Aswiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is known and has been declared as the party’s flag-bearer. Congratulations to the Jagaban of Borgu and his formidable team for a landside and undisputable victory. Numbers don’t lie, disputing them is churlish.The […]
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