The glass appears to have overflowed for Nigeria’s out-of-school children, with all thirty-six states and the Federal Capital Territory all featuring prominent on an index of states with out-of-school children. …
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Nigeria’s foremost sovereign nation
Egbaland, otherwise called Abeokuta (the capital of Ogun State), emerged as a sovereign nation, four years before Miss Flora Shaw eventually invented a name for the entire geographical area, now …
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Foundationally, international law aims to govern relations between nations and is encapsulated in binding and non-binding bilateral, trilateral and multilateral agreements, pacts and treaties; it extends to UNSC resolutions on …
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Beyond accumulating resources and living comfortably, an important desire that is common among the successful is the desire to tackle important challenges that leave a lasting impact. The post How …
Read More »Soludo, Anyaoku and their solutions to Nigeria’s multifarious problems
The name, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, is firmly imprinted on the collective psyche of millions of Nigerians and non-Nigerians. The post Soludo, Anyaoku and their solutions to Nigeria’s multifarious problems appeared …
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It is yet nebulous, formless, what President Tinubu said – on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, during his visit to Akure, the Ondo State capital – to the leader of the …
Read More »Weakening terror financing: A potent antidote for insecurity
Security experts and analysts have long identified ‘funding’ as the main breathing oxygen that continues to keep terrorists relevant in the cause of perpetrating their heinous crimes. The post Weakening …
Read More »In Nigeria, food is not ready
In any city or town in Nigeria, you are likely to find a sign board in some shady corner that announces in a hen scrawl “food is ready.” The roof …
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