Mike was moved to help after observing the level of desperation manifested by a young mother. Her husband had died leaving her with four children, and without a substantial source of income in Nigeria. The economic situation in Nigeria is already tough for working families that single parents without stable income may likely fail. Though […]
Relationship between men and women, husbands and wives, can be cool and remains the instrument of human-survival on earth. This relationship begins with the agreement of a man and woman to live and work as a team. Each relationship is unique, and couples continually adjust their conducts in their circumstances based on their initial agreement. […]
A king paid some foreign professional tailors to teach his villagers how to sow clothes. After learning, the villagers requested for materials to begin sewing clothes for the whole village, but the king refused. Instead, the king sells their available cotton materials to foreigners, while his soldiers guard the cotton-farms and warehouses. Eventually, many villagers […]
After Kano state governor Ganduje launched automated road sweepers,[1] commentators lamented that it would increase unemployment by displacing regular road-sweepers. These commentators, who insist that machines create unemployment, frown at inventions that can replace human labour with machines. The people threatened by inventions are usually less-skill workers like tellers, gatekeepers, dish-washers, road-sweepers, agricultural and industrial […]
Nigeria is rated as one of the most religious countries in the world.[1] Nigeria exports priests and pastors to many parts of the world: Europe, Americas, Asia and African countries. Despite the religiousness, Nigeria still rates as one of the poorest, most dangerous, corrupt and criminal places on earth.[2] With the level of poverty, criminality […]
There has been an uproar about ‘lopsided appointments’ to ministerial positions in the present federal government. Even the Sultan of Sokoto joined other Nigerian commentators in lamenting that “Nigeria is disunited because of lopsided appointments.”[1] These critics imply that there will be peace and progress in Nigeria, when there is ‘equal’ representation of the different […]
Watching couples play-fight with pillows can be romantic. But if other couples, who do not understand the pillow’s internal makeup, use sandbags for their play-fight, the outcome will be disastrous. Some people are quick to compare the imposed Nigeria’s federalism with America’s, without considering the process of formation. They charge Nigerians to ‘hold your leaders […]
Farmers consider the stability, fertility and location of land before they plant various seeds to expect good harvest. Those who sow plant-seeds like maize expect a quick one-time harvest, after which they start a new season of planting. Those who plant fruit-seeds for trees – mostly landowners – wait longer for continuous harvest. Though the […]
An accountant relocated to another state in response to the company’s decision to transfer him to a new branch. As he was walking down his new street on his first day to work, he saw everybody running in different directions. Instinctively, he joined the race in his own direction without ascertaining the purpose for the […]
During political arguments on Nigerian issues, defenders of status-quo label people with opposing voices as enemies of the state. The label is meant to show irresponsibility or treachery of an individual to a binding agreement. The tag, enemy of the state, was used for people who exhibit lack of honour and integrity by reneging on […]
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