Opinion

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After 27years struggle, great history was recorded when the National Assembly ratified June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria. For 27years we struggled, we spoke, we appealed, we begged, we asked and called the attention of the powers that...

Abuja, the Nigeria's Federal capital territory is remarkably beautiful. Aesthetically, it can rank as one of the most glamourous cities in Africa. The city is rated as one of the best planned settlements in West Africa. The idea of creating a new...

After more than a decade in limbo, beef farmers are back in business Zimbabwe’s famed beef industry, which collapsed in the 2000s following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, is now rebounding. The Southern African country’s global beef exports resumed in 2017, 10...

Innovative projects tackle entrenched gender inequality As ride-hailing apps proliferate across the globe, the year-old An Nisa Taxi in Kenya is one of the standouts in Africa. Developed by 33-year-old Mehnaz Sarwar, An Nisa is run by women and serves female...

African women’s restricted access to quality education, knowledge and resources is preventing them from gaining leadership positions on the continent, says Togolese politician, Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, a veteran West African women’s rights activist. Another problem is that women—especially rural women—are...

President Buhari’s recent call for ‘true federalism’ has left many people confused and wondering what his real intentions were. At an award ceremony organised by the All Progressives’ Governors’ Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on May 10 2019, the President...

Mamadou Gouro Sidibé of Mali could have continued his comfortable life working for the French National Center for Scientific Research, but in 2017 he decided to return to his country to develop Lenali—a voice-based social network app. Unlike Facebook, Instagram...

The underdevelopment situation in Nigeria is overwhelming. The lives of many are a difficult, distressing experience. The country is supposed to come at underdevelopment with all kinds of programs, solutions, tests, products, etc. But poverty, for example, seems to be...

It is a known fact that Nigeria is peopled with highly ‘religious’ adherents, who somewhat become bigotry and fanatical; marked by excessive enthusiasm and intense devotion.  In every region of Nigeria, people competitively devout their time, energy and resources...