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OPINION: COMMEMORATING WORLD WATER DAY 2017

One of the most challenging human needs is that of water, it is everywhere but seems never available or enough for use. Water has been on the front burner of development discourse since time immemorial. The sixth Sustainable Development...

OPINION: ANTI-BULLET CHARMS AND DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF SUPERSTITION IN AFRICA    

The recent case of a traditional priest in Ghana who was fatally   wounded in the process of testing his supposed anti-bullet charms has   once again illustrated the dangers of superstitious beliefs in Africa.   This incident has amply shown...

OPINION: YOUNG WOMEN BREAKING INTO THE MALE-DOMINATED ICT WORLD

One of Africa’s leading tech start-up spreads its wings It was a bright morning in March 2010, when a group of tech-savvy youths converged at a small hall in Nairobi to discuss innovation and technology.  Four young women exchanged phone...

OPINION: IT’S TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET POLITICAL

Zambia’s youngest mayor urges youth to get active in politics For many young people in Africa, a university degree opens the door to a decent job and a comfortable life. At university, however, not every student will focus on their...

OPINION: NOLLYWOOD STAR: MORE THAN JUST TALENT

Award-winning Stephanie Okereke Linus raising awareness on fistula While still in her teens, Stephanie Okereke Linus was not just talented but also a rising star in Nigeria’s film industry, commonly known as Nollywood.  What propelled her into stardom, however, was...

OPINION: SARAKI, MAGU AND THE PHANTOM WAR ON CORRUPTION

Wednesday, 15th of March was the day Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was hoping to have his appointment confirmed by the much vilified Nigerian Senate after having been rejected the first...

OPINION: EKWEREMADU’S TREATISE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION, OTHER ISSUES

Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, has long engaged issues of fiscal federalism, devolution of power and equitable allocation of recourses to the federating units, which are the States and, by extension, the Local Government Councils in Nigeria's current...

OPINION: EL-RUFAI’S MISSIVE AS BAROMETER FOR BUHARI’S TOLERANCE

It took the recent revelations of a letter written about six months ago by the governor of Kaduna State governor to President Muhammadu Buhari for Nigerians to realise that indeed the President tolerates opposing views. Ordinarily some cynics would have...

OPINION: NO OTHER GOD OR ALLAH BUT YOUR CONSCIENCE

How could that be? You just discoveredno other God or Allah but your conscience after all your prayers, investments and sacrifice that there is no other God or Allah but the Conscience within youis God. It cannot be true...

OPINION: THE MAGU AFFAIR

The Senate, for the second time, rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC chairman on grounds of adverse report by the Department of State Security Services (DSS). His first attempt at confirmation was rejected in December...

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