Ethics
is the driving force of uprightness on this journey to sew the torn pieces of
our conscience together. The Nigerian constitution is very vocal about what our
national ethics should be. According to
Monday, 2 January 2017
WORDS IN PIDGIN AND THEIR MEANINGS IN ENGLISH
It is not surprising that in Nigeria today, pidgin English has become part of our daily lives. so i decided to put this list together, words in pidgin and their meaning in English. feel free to
ABUJA IS A BIG LIE!
In 1976, the then military
government decided to move the capital
of Nigeria from Lagos to a new place. The
major reason for this was that Lagos was
overcrowded, located at the tail end of the country and thus will be an easy
target for
Friday, 30 December 2016
NIGERIA, THE UNFORTUNATE SICK MAN
On that fateful day of January 1 1914, the British colonial
disciple, Sir Lord Lugard acted out a script with a hidden agenda of
exploitation by hurriedly amalgamating the Northern and Southern protectorates
into a single country (Nigeria) without the consent of the people concerned
(Nigerians). They shaved our heir in our absence. With this, they succeeded in
creating a nation with ethnic and religious bias through the ink of their pen.
This gave birth to
WHO NEEDS CHANGE
WHO NEEDS CHANGE?
Even the layman on the street understands that the concept
of leadership entails that leaders should lead while the followers should
follow; and not the followers leading while the leader following. It is on this
note that I have chosen to air my opinion on the Federal government’s launch of
the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins with You”. I am writing this
piece not to antagonize the government or the president but
NIGERIA, A NATION ON ITS KNEES
Each time I pick up a newspaper, my eyes are always covered
with the written pictures of how most states in Nigeria are swimming in financial
crises especially in respect to the payment of workers salaries and the
indebtedness to contractors. The reasons are
A NATION WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES
A NATION WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES
It was on the 5th of May 2010 that we (Nigerians)
were slapped with the harsh reality of the sudden death of President Umaru Musa
Yar Adua. Constitutionally, the then vice president, Goodluck Jonathan was
sworn in as the president of the Federal republic of Nigeria