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It is another time to relive the consequences of ‘the writing on the wall’ that our former leader, Muhammadu Buhari did not bother to read when the oracle drew his …

Before year 2000, Children and Youth Days were jointly celebrated, until the United Nations pronounced that the erstwhile “International Children and Youth Day” should be separated and celebrated apart on …

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This famous quote by Nelson Mandela underscores the transformative power of education. The quality of education …

As most of you know, I am not a medical practitioner, but someone living with sickle cell, who is deeply interested in the disease—how it affects us, how we cope …

Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s urban renewal vision is a carefully orchestrated symphony of economic, cultural, infrastructural, and environmental revival, much like the rebirth of cities that have risen from their ruins …

In Nigeria, the dust continues to settle on the recent Basic Education Certification Examination (BECE) results and the state equivalents, with celebrations (or commiserations). For students transitioning from Junior Secondary …

The story of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Okuama recalls the wise words of former United States First Lady, Michelle Obama, who declared that “grief and resilience live together.” …

In the global arena, sovereign states ‘hustle’ really hard to be ‘very demure, very mindful’, very value driven in their exchanges with other states, and are expected to maintain a …

Nigeria’s minority ethnic nationalities are crushed under the weight of the above problems. This is evident in the onslaught of minority ethnic nationalities in central Nigeria, for example, and the …

When I hear the word ‘cross’, it indicates life’s many challenges, trials, and tribulations. It speaks of the intractable burden of protracted problems that sometimes defy solutions. It is a bellowing …