*Democracy, Conviction and the True Meaning of Honour In recent days, there has been considerable public reaction to the list of honorees announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in commemoration of Democracy Day. Understandably, questions have been raised about the omission of some individuals who paid dearly in the struggle for democratic governance in Nigeria.Investment…
She married down, below her needs, wants and vision for the future. She was already a nurse in the state hospital when she met Dare. All Dare had was a fine face, great physique and creative hands. She was ambitious. He was not. She believed in setting goals and burning her candles at both ends…
Growing up in post-independence Nigeria in the 1970s, at home you always had access to the Bible if you were Christian, or the Qur’an if you were Muslim, along with books in the Heinemann African Writers Series. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was a staple, and the plays of Wole Soyinka: The Lion and…
His words: “I booked Air Peace… They delayed the flight for over five hours. In the end, they announced a cancellation. I had to get another ticket. Yesterday, I booked a flight for 6:30 a.m., which is their first flight today. I booked and asked them to check me in online, which I did, along…
I encountered the relic of his presence long before I met Sam Amuka, known as Uncle Sam. Inside a room in the far corner of the old Kudeti PUNCH building, predominantly constructed of plywood and steel frames, there was a wooden armchair that had been a fixture in Uncle Sam’s office when he served as…
Key Takeaways China and India accounted for more than half of total international student intake during the 2023/24 year Overall, the U.S. welcomed 1,126,690 students from over 210 different countries Despite travel bans by the current U.S. administration, international education remains a cornerstone of the U.S. academic landscape. In the 2023/24 academic year, over 1.1 million international…
By Babalola Johnson When B arrived in Canada as a widow, her heart was heavy with grief, but her resolve was firm: to give her three children the best life possible. After the sudden death of her husband, she had endured humiliation, abuse, and rejection from his family in Nigeria. Her only option, she believed,…
Fellow countrymen and women, let’s take a trip to a party. Biko, I don’t mean a party like the alphabet soup you have in Nigeria known as APC or PDP or RIP or whatever. I’m taking you to a real party, a rollicking party where the ideology is alcoholism. The party is heavy, but the…
By Ugo Onuoha THE first thing that the legislative and executive branches of Nigeria’s government do every year is to break the law – to violate the 1999 Constitution as amended. This is not peculiar to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) political party. It has been the norm almost without exception since the advent…
