(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On October 2, 2024, we had to embark on a trip to Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, from Benin City. The question expected from the reader is: was the trip by air or road? We did not fly; we went by road! Road? What is/are the reason (s) for travelling by those unsafe […]
By Abdur-Rahman Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 10th month of the year, October, is as important to me as the month of August, in many respects. From August 1 to August 31, at least, I know eight people daily whose birthdays coincide with each day. Similarly, the 10th month of the year is so special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria approaches the 2027 General Elections, the recently concluded 2024 governorship election in Edo has emerged as a critical focal point for analysts and political observers. The off-cycle poll not only served as a barometer for the political sentiments of the electorate but also highlighted Nigeria’s position in her journey to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) in 2018 said that Nigeria has around 9,000 outbound medical tourists a month, over 100,000 a year, with India being the major beneficiary of 500 visits a month. Radiologists are important in diagnosing health challenges. They specialise in medical imaging in diagnosis and itreatment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) In the face of the challenges in the oil sector, particularly the current tightness in the supply of petrol, it has become fashionable to blame the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd), for everything. Last week, it was Prof. Pat Utomi who railed and fumed at the NNPC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Warning to the Serpents of Igboland “Record me very well. It is time to start poisoning the Yorubas and the Benins. Put poison in all your foods at work. Put poison in all your water so that you all will start dying one-by-one. “You people will not die one day. You […]
By Temitope Ajayi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – By his advanced age and eminent status as a former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is by no means qualified to be an elder statesman. Statesmen are highly venerated and revered people to whom we go for advice, guidance and direction. But sometimes, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar behaves […]
By Alu Deborah Oluronke (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is saddening how religion has taken cardinal point in the hearts of many Africans. Religion ought to be a tool to guide the moral behavior of people in a society, however, an average African sees religious activities as answer to all its problems. Most African countries are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deliberate enhancement of entrepreneurship education in Africa, balancing theory with practice, is as critical as the efforts to eradicate youth unemployment and poverty. We need, desperately, to build a pool of entrepreneurial youth that will create jobs for themselves and others, instead of seeking jobs in an environment that is not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Since the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria in the 50s, both present and successive administrations at all levels of governments, have deliberately neglected and relegated to the background the all important Agricultural sector which use to be the mainstay of the economies of some regions, and has the capacity to raise […]
By Philip Yatai (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shortly after assuming office as FCT minister on Aug. 21, 2023, Mr Nyesom Wike announced short, medium, and long-term plans to restore the Abuja Master Plan. Wike, along with FCT minister of state Mariya Mahmoud, explained that overhauling the FCT would reposition it to be among the best cities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The event played out like a rowdy parliamentary session, though, without a gavel to punctuate ruling or proclamation on a contentious educational issue. The occasion was a policy meeting, organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently in Abuja, which had in attendance the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was clear, even before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris ended for Team Nigeria, the knives would be out very quickly for whichever head available for cutting off. The reported12 billion naira approved for the Games by the Federal Government looked humongous, while the country was facing some form of discontent. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite being signatory to several international laws and Regional instruments prohibiting torture and other forms of ill-treatment against drug users, such cruel act by law enforcement agents is still alarming in Nigeria, report of a survey by African Law Foundation, (AFRILAW), a non governmental law, Justice and development organization has revealed. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The battle against substance abuse is one that spans generations and transcends borders. The prevalence of drug abuse is staggering, with far-reaching consequences that ripple through communities and societies. According to the World Health Organisation, substance abuse claims the lives of over 500,000 people annually, with a staggering 35 million people worldwide […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soji was full of expectations as he departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, in search of greener pastures abroad. The graduate of accounting headed for the U.S. after months of complaints of poor employment opportunities and general hardship in Nigeria. His parents had to sell some property to raise money for his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Health, they say, is wealth! Just as a clean environment promotes Healthy living. However, there is no gain saying the fact that a high number of human lives are lost annually across the globe, including sub Saharan Africa, Nigeria inclusive, owing to poor sanitation and hygiene related issues within the human environment. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria we hail thee! Members of the Nigerian national and state assemblies we hail thee! We have always maintained that many of those calling themselves political leaders in this country are collectively an unserious bunch; even so, we recognise the fact that irrespective of this unseriousness, this bunch of reckless characters can […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Life they say is a stage, and characterized by ups and down. In it, there is time for merrimaking and jollification, as well as gnashing of teeth, sorrowing, and weeping. For some classes of people, especially the poor in the society, life is meaningless and not worthy of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over the years, the dehumanising working conditions of police officers, especially the rank and file, has been a striking point. Successive administrations have largely ignored it and where remedial measures were taken they were grossly inadequate. Promises to improve their salaries, barracks, allowances and other welfare packages were often unfulfilled. Security experts […]
