May 2023

Rise In Prostitution It's Time Africa Returned To Polygamy

Rise In Prostitution: It’s Time Africa Returned To Polygamy

May 29, 2023 1:42 am

One of the products of colonialism which has left very deep scars on the cultural institutions in Africa is monogamy. It’s effects have been far-reaching and disastrous yet, the victims have been reluctant to speak against it out of fear for backlash and misplaced prejudices.

The reality everyone has continued to shy away from is that the destruction of polygamy has continued to shred the moral fabric of Africans in so many ways.

Polygamy which is essentially the practice of having multiple spouses, has a long history in Africa and has been practiced across different cultures and religions. It was …

Why Tinubu Must Restructure Nigeria

Why Tinubu Must Restructure Nigeria

May 29, 2023 1:28 am

It has been shocking to discover that many Nigerians were actually expecting a free and fair election from an unjust system. It is even more perplexing to notice that a vast majority of these same Nigerians are currently holding onto the belief that the results of the just concluded ‘selections’ in Nigeria will be annulled by a court in Nigeria. The truth is that recent events have shown that many Nigerians do not understand Nigeria.

For many years, we have continued to highlight the structural deficiencies of the Nigerian state and why Nigerians should jettison their hopes of fixing the …

The NLC Needs To Reduce The Casualisation Of The Workforce

The NLC Needs To Reduce The Casualisation Of The Workforce

May 29, 2023 1:17 am

Nigeria, like many other developing countries, has a long history of exploiting workers. Casualisation, or the practice of hiring workers on a temporary or short-term basis without providing them with the same benefits and protections as permanent employees, is a significant problem in Nigeria. This practice is not only unethical but also has negative consequences for workers, their families, and society as a whole. 

For many years, this practice has gone on unrestricted and unpunished mostly because the culprits are big firms that are owned by ‘big fishes’. In the corrupt Nigerian business environment where survival is often predicated on …

Kanu's Unjust Incarceration, And The Shame Upon Nigeria

Kanu’s Unjust Incarceration, And The Shame Upon Nigeria

May 25, 2023 12:14 am

For two years, the federal government of Nigeria has continued to persecute, dehumanise, humiliate, and subjugate citizen Nnamdi Kanu whose only crime was a blunt retaliation against the injustice being perpetrated by the Nigerian system against indigenous people.

In 2017, the Nigerian state designated his group – the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – as a terrorist organisation. This was the same government that always looked the other way when marauding Fulani herdsmen wreaked havoc on innocent villagers. They were neither blacklisted nor designated terrorists by the Nigerian government rather they were pampered and treated with so much respect as …

Sudan Crisis And The Abysmal Failure Of The Africa Union

Sudan Crisis And The Abysmal Failure Of The African Union

May 25, 2023 12:07 am

When the African Union (AU) was established in July 2002, there were a lot of loud and boisterous statements about shunning the intervention of external countries, such as the US and the UK, and the enthronement of African solutions to African problems.

Over two decades later, the AU cannot even be called a shadow of itself because it never, at any point, lived up to the boasts and promises that the African leaders made. Instead, it still continues to play second and third fiddle to the same external countries it vowed to push out of the scene.

Truth be told, …

NLYH Spring Symposium Empowering African Students To Soar

NLYH Spring Symposium: Empowering African Students To Soar

May 24, 2023 11:53 pm

If there is something common amongst African undergraduate and postgraduate students, it is that they are most times limited by the ideology of their origins and where they come from. Due to a lack of proper exposure, they often fail to maximise their potential. 

A good majority of them have bought into the mindset of mediocrity and settling for the little, which is usually neglected or disposed off as crumbs that must have fallen from the table of greater people who had once dared to dream and had pursued those dreams. In some cases, they just settle for the much …

Looting With Impunity: The Hallmark of APC Maladministration

Looting With Impunity: The Hallmark of APC Maladministration

May 22, 2023 3:41 am

Events over the past eight years have clearly shown that being an accomplished criminal is the minimum requirement needed to be a high-ranking member of Nigeria’s ruling party – The All Progressives Congress (APC). The party has managed to set staggering records as it concerns the blatant looting of Nigeria’s common patrimony.

By next week, the corrupt, senile, and incompetent President Muhammadu Buhari and his gang of looters who the APC foisted on Nigeria will vacate office after a second and final term as Nigeria’s President. The sad reality, however, is that the same APC is also gearing up to …

Why African Leaders Should Adopt The Sankara's Ideology

Why African Leaders Should Adopt The Sankara’s Ideology

May 22, 2023 3:31 am

One of the most valid reasons why Africa is where it is today is because it is utterly lacking the kind of visionary, courageous, upstanding, and tenacious leaders that are capable of meeting the increasingly complex challenges the continent has been contending with while also serving as a symbol of inspiration to their people. Most leaders who run the continent today are a bunch of opportunists who merely wanted power by all means, got it, and deployed it for their selfish aims and objectives. 

Africa is currently lagging behind globally because she cannot boast of leaders in the mold of …

Nigeria Must End The Payment Of Crazy Pensions To Ex-Govs

Nigeria Must End The Payment Of Crazy Pensions To Ex-Govs

May 22, 2023 3:27 am

In a manner reminiscent of a bazaar, virtually all the Governors in Nigeria who are set to leave office are currently ransacking their state coffers to empty them. Beyond the ongoing looting, they have conclusively put up systems that will ensure that they live off their poor states for the rest of their lives. It is sad and regrettably painful that Nigerian Governors through their state houses of assembly are hell-bent on impoverishing their states through the payment of mindboggling, obnoxious, and outrageous sums of money to themselves for life! 

What is perplexing and deeply confusing is how these Governors …

Imo Guber Race Why Tony Ejiogu Has To Be Elected Governor

Imo Guber Race: Why Tony Ejiogu Has To Be Elected Governor

May 22, 2023 3:20 am

Amidst all the chaos that ensues during election cycles, especially in Nigeria and Imo state in particular, it can be very easy to lose sight of the most important parameter to be considered as far as elections are concerned; the worthiness of the candidates. Without a doubt, it stands at the topmost of the hierarchy of things to consider when making a go at ascertaining who is best fit to pilot the affairs of the people. This alone has the capacity to make or mar a state as well as the masses and the results they expect.

One of …

Europe Must Return All The Stolen Treasures From Africa

Europe Must Return All The Stolen Treasures From Africa

May 18, 2023 12:35 am

For centuries, colonial powers from Europe took shameful turns to plunder the African continent, taking away its natural resources, enslaving its people, and looting its cultural heritage. One of the most significant losses of that inhumanity is the theft of African art and artifacts, which were taken away from their places of origin and displayed in museums and private collections across Europe. Today, there is an urgent need to right the wrongs of the past by repatriating these treasures back to Africa.

The scale of cultural theft from Africa is staggering. Over the centuries, countless cultural artifacts were taken away …

Kuti Vs Police Nigeria's Ugly Culture Of Impunity

Kuti Vs Police: Nigeria’s Ugly Culture Of Impunity

May 18, 2023 12:02 am

The culture of impunity is a phenomenon that has plagued Nigeria for decades. In Nigeria today, no matter how egregious or criminal their action is, it is very difficult to see privileged individuals or groups being held accountable. In Nigeria, impunity has become so ingrained in the culture that it has become a norm, rather than an exception.

Last week, a very shameful and embarrassing video that showed the verbal and physical assault of a police officer by Seun Kuti, Afrobeat musician and son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, went viral. The video captured, in moving pictures, the level of impunity …

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