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Disdain For Rule Of Law And The Avoidable Strife In Senegal

Disdain For Rule Of Law And The Avoidable Strife In Senegal

June 12, 2023 3:54 am

Senegal is on fire, and it seems nobody is taking active measures to quench the fire. From Dakar, the fire is spreading throughout the country and even across the borders, and the rule of law seems to have gone out of the window, as well as respect for human life.

Following the jail sentence of Senegal’s prominent opposition leader and the head of Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity (PASTEF), Ousmane Sonko on May 31st, demonstrations have broken out, leaving over a dozen people dead and hundreds of people injured.

Sonko was initially charged with rape and …

Why Nigeria Needs To Restructure Now Or Disintegrate

Why Nigeria Needs To Restructure Now Or Disintegrate

June 8, 2023 3:25 am

Unknown to the people who currently run Nigeria, the country as presently constituted is living on borrowed time and if the structure is not tinkered with, it will only be a matter of time before it cataclysmically implodes. Alarms have repeatedly sounded and have only been greeted with deaf ears, however, this pretense can only be sustained for a while and this is something the present crop of Nigerian leaders must be made to come to terms with. 

Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria is an amalgam of many ethnic groups forcefully or deceptively joined together for the administrative convenience …

NYLH Crafted On Character, Competence, And Consistency

NYLH Crafted On Character, Competence, And Consistency

June 8, 2023 3:22 am

The excellence of any institution of learning is based on more than just the process of instilling knowledge into students and getting them ready to thrive in the business world and the labour market. It also goes far more than just going through the process of understanding the various concepts associated with different fields of learning as well as the processes of application. It is rather, a function of the ideals associated with the entire process.

At the New York Learning Hub, emphasis is paid to ensuring that learners do not just pass through the institution picking up academic knowledge …

No Hope For Africans If The Reading Culture Is Not Embraced

June 8, 2023 3:18 am

According to Lord Bacon, ‘reading maketh a man whole’, If we go by this maxim, then it is safe to conclude that the indisposition of Africans to reading is one of the reasons Africans especially black people are not wholesome, lacking in many areas of human endeavour.

The truth is that there is no single area in life where Africans are not lagging behind. Even in sports and entertainment, where they appear to excel, it is because of the infrastructure and managerial skills the white folks have made available in various parts of the world.

A careful study of this …

Why Mbaise Should Be Carved Out As A State In The South-East

Why Mbaise Should Be Carved Out As A State In The South-East

June 8, 2023 3:15 am

So much has been said about the creation of a new state in the south eastern part of Nigeria that it now looks as though it has become a persistent outcry for something that should really not have required such prolonged attention before it is given the attention it deserves.

Some might even begin to wonder if there is any sense in creating another state in the south east when the current states on ground still require a lot of work to attain the level of a well-run state. Some could even come up with diverse reasons to justify leaving …

Dysfunctional Nigerian Refineries And The Fulani Domination

Dysfunctional Nigerian Refineries And The Fulani Domination

June 5, 2023 2:51 am

It betrays every iota of common sense to think that a country with a substantial part of its earth’s crust filled with crude oil is currently facing an existential threat due to a man-made energy crisis. Despite being one of Africa’s biggest oil producers, Nigeria is today, unable to refine a drop of crude oil after over six decades of oil exploration. While ‘everyday Nigerians’ continue to groan under the harsh realities that are a result of this abnormality, what they must now understand is that the crux of their problem is tied to a particular oligarchy that has sworn …

Africans Must Destroy Their Inferiority Complex

Africans Must Destroy Their Inferiority Complex

June 5, 2023 2:28 am

Sometimes, the captives get so used to captivity that they miss their chance to leave. Like victims of Stockholm syndrome, Africans cannot see themselves any other way except for the way their ‘white’ oppressors and abusers see them. Their belief is simple ‘White is right and black is wrong’ ‘White is perfect and black is flawed’.

But how did we get here? How did the inferiority complex eat so deeply into the system of Africans that they forget to look within or even around them to see the wonderful things that Africans have done and are still doing?

It all …

Tony Ejiogu Why Imo Must Seek A New Deal

Tony Ejiogu: Why Imo Must Seek A New Deal

June 5, 2023 2:23 am

For many decades, the trend has been for shadily ‘selected’ political rulers to keep a few people pacified, amassing a lot of wealth for themselves and their few selected partners. They sometimes rule with an iron fist, yet, prior to commencing the campaign for their second term, they begin to embark on a well hatched plot to deceive the masses. They immediately commence on visible projects—typically road construction which has unfortunately become the yard stick to measure performance.

By offering a very insignificant piece of the pie, they win the support of traditional leaders and selfish opinion molders, who then …

Dear Africans, Your Culture, Traditions Are Not Demonic

Dear Africans, Your Culture, Traditions Are Not Demonic

June 1, 2023 3:31 am

One of the many reasons African nations have continued to wallow in painful underdevelopment is their inability to properly situate their identity. In the futile chase of ‘civilisation’ and globalist ideals, Africans have ignorantly relegated their cultural heritage and traditional inclinations, often referring to them as evil and demonic practices. What these Africans have failed to realise is that all over the world today, culture is the most important organ for existence which determines the politics, economy, religion, and education of a given people.

Culture and tradition are essentially what shape the existence of any society. The sad reality Africans …

Biafra: When Will The Nigerian Govt Fully Implement The 3RS?

Biafra: When Will The Nigerian Govt Fully Implement The 3RS?

June 1, 2023 3:26 am

Over five decades ago, no fewer than three million people needlessly died in a brutal war carried out with genocidal intentions against the Biafran people by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Since then, Nigeria has continued to make consolidated attempts to erase the scar of that bloody moment from its ugly history and these attempts have remained perpetually futile.

By the reckoning of successive governments who have managed to lead Nigeria after that war, those bloody thirty months are nothing but an unfortunate episode that should be forgotten or best swept under the carpet, however, the story is not the …

Restructuring Why Can't Nigerian Ports Be Decentralised

Restructuring: Why Can’t Nigerian Ports Be Decentralised?

June 1, 2023 3:18 am

In recent times, restructuring has assumed a pivotal position in national discourse around Nigeria. The devolution of powers, or true federalism which is based on the need for Nigeria to be weaned from its unfolding experience of dictatorial control under colonial bondage and military impunity has continued to garner wide support. 

It is regrettably sad that Nigeria is till date still strongly tied down to the unproductive centralised command on which its economy is anchored simply because it appears to benefit a few privileged and powerful people and their cronies to the detriment of the dynamic economic growth that benefits …

Tinubu And Shettima, Obviously Have Nothing To Offer Nigeria

Tinubu And Shettima, Obviously Have Nothing To Offer Nigeria

June 1, 2023 3:13 am

The calamitous combination of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima were inaugurated earlier in the week as Nigeria’s first and second citizens, respectively. Expectedly, the general mood of the country on the inauguration day was that of despondency and defeatism, however, a tiny section of Nigerians have remained overwhelmingly optimistic about what the odds hold for Nigeria and nothing can be more idiotic. 

It is utterly bewildering how Nigerians with well-groomed common sense and fairly intentioned instincts managed to force themselves to believe that a President who was a product of the famous gang of looters called the APC whose specialisation …

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