Featured Nigeria Notes Wole Olaoye

Autogas to the rescue

Reading Time: 6 minutes My heart bleeds each time I encounter long petrol queues which have become a permanent fixture of city landscapes in Nigeria. Petrol scarcity has become so endemic that we are no longer embarrassed by the scandalous petrol queues. All over the country, lives have been lost, millions of man-hours wasted and citizens’ health negatively impacted Read More…

Featured Notes The SDG Book Club Africa Series

The Role of Libraries in realising SDG 4 – Inclusive, Equitable and Quality Education: The West African Perspective

Reading Time: 7 minutes Libraries exist within the formal and informal sectors of the learning ecosystem. They are very important to learning in schools and in the different communities where they live all over Africa. They are critical for achieving an inclusive, equitable, and quality education where no one is left behind including those who are in employment and Read More…

Featured Nigeria Notes Politics Wole Olaoye

Nigerian Youths, Stand Up To Be Counted!

Reading Time: 6 minutes “There is always enough light for one who wishes to see.”  -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS) The forthcoming presidential elections will be determined, to a large extent, by the votes of the youth. There has been so much talk about how each succeeding generation in the last 62 years has betrayed the Nigerian project and bequeathed Read More…

Featured Nigeria Notes Owei Lakemfa Politics

The Afe Babalola testimonies

Reading Time: 4 minutes A lot of hope has been placed on the country’s February 25, 2023, general elections. It actually seems that the country’s continued existence depends on them. Already, some foreign observers have dispatched advanced teams. However, amidst all these, a 93-year-old statesman, scanning the horizon, advises that the elections be postponed by six months if the Read More…

Featured Nigeria Notes Politics Wole Olaoye

G5: Before The Night Market

Reading Time: 6 minutes The rumour mill was abuzz recently with news that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his four other colleagues who constitute the G5 group of dissenting governors in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), had concluded negotiations with the candidate of the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) with a view to campaigning for the APC in Read More…

Environment Featured Nigeria Notes Soni Irabor

The saviour of Makoda is 85

Reading Time: 5 minutes Every first day of the year family and friends gather to celebrate a gentleman who represents many positive things to many people in different ways. That gentleman is Dr Newton JIBUNOH.Born January 1, 1938, JIBUNOH must have been born into nature with a clear mind to show his commitment to anything natural. From his love Read More…

Featured Football Notes Sports Wole Olaoye

Soccer’s Greatest? It’s Pele!

Reading Time: 6 minutes As Qatar 2022 kicked off, Arabophobiacs went on overdrive with unsavoury stories about the host country. The stories ranged from deaths recorded during the construction of the various facilities to ‘human rights’ (read: gay rights) concerns. Those who thought nothing good could come out of that region were roundly disappointed in the end. Qatar gave Read More…