GIVE ME CHANGE LEST I DIE

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope and delusive phantom of hope, that all is well even when nothing is happening to make all well. Hence, we are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth, that there might be nothing to hope for if there is no change. There is only one way of judging the future and that is from the past. And by judging from the past five years there is nothing to justify those hopes with which we have been pleased to comfort and console ourselves. But why should we continue to live in the false phantom of hope...

I HAVE MY PVC, CAN’T WAIT TO CAST MY VOTE BY COMRADE ISSA AREMU

     2015 marks another transition year in Nigeria. Yours comradely is personally proud to witness this historic democratic process. Yours sincerely is even more inspired to vote because, thanks to INEC, I have my Permanent Voters Card (PVC). While I keep adding my voice to the

BETWEEN A ‘BIRTHER’ AND A SCHOOL CERT

The desperation with which our ruling party sought to disqualify the candidacy of General Muhammad Buhari, by claiming that he did not have a secondary school certificate, is highly reminiscent of the spirited crusade of American estate tycoon Donald Trump in 2011. Mr Trump led people of like minds to try to prove that Barack Obama was not only America’s first black president, he was also not even a citizen of the United States. They challenged the president to provide a birth certificate to prove that he was born on the island of Honolulu in Hawaii, like he claimed, or accept that he was born outside American shores. The president rose to the challenge and provided a birth certificate that was still the subject of even more controversy.

THE ROLE OF CORPS MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ASPIRATION FOR GREATER NIGERIA

Corps members are set of Nigerian youths who had just concluded their higher education and are thus on national service to their fatherland. Usually corp members are posted to another part of the country different from their immediate environment or tribal region for the purpose of national integration and development. The corps members are being coordinated by the national youth service scheme. And the scheme was established by decree No. 24 of 22^nd May 1973 with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria and the promotion of national unity. For the record, NYSC is a great, lofty initiative and kudos to the conspirator.

However, in achieving the aspiration for better Nigeria and leadership development, corp members has many roles to play – these roles to a critical mind are not burdensome so long there is a will and dedication.

A ubiquitous saying asserts that ‘’ there is no bad tribe only bad people’’! Therefore with an open mind devoid of prejudice, corp members must ensure cross-mingling and constant interplay amongst themselves and with host communities in the course of their several activities as these has the capacity to clear misinformation and misguided perception about people from another region and thus aid inter-tribal cohesion and understanding

THE DECEIT OF WEALTH

How sweet? It is as sweet as honey! It is the quest of all the living, it is scarce yet abundant, it thrills and kills, it makes allies likewise foes; it is wealth… Absolutely few things are as illusory as wealth in the whole-wide world. When you don’t have it, you loathe yourself and think if you have it, you have all things and when you have it, it is as good as having everything and it is also as though you have nothing. Yes! You have a number of houses in lekki, Ikoyi, VGC, Banana Island and all exclusive

SEX AND DEPLETING RESPECT FOR AFRICAN WOMEN-FOLKS; WHAT WOMEN MUST DO TO ROLL BACK THE MANTRA

Perhaps these pervasive lifestyle were imported or it is a sort of generational evolution! Moral probity is what I am talking about especially as it concerned African women vis-à-vis sex. African women folks appear to have thrown cautions to the wind as they no longer respect the value-laden perspective of Africa that places them as a huge treasure – too dignified to come cheap. The cultural sanctity of Africa is not in doubt but it doesn’t seems to hold nor direct our lives anymore.