By: ‘Dinobi Ofuonyebi, Akure, Ondo State. I refer to your cover story, Stitches of Fortune, Making Money From Fashion, TELL, January 5, 2015. Not only has the fashion and design business received knocks of apathy from Nigerians; other jobs such as the local cloth weaving, automobile mechanical works, the blacksmith, the pot-makers, piggery, poultry, other…
Nigerians Speak
I don’t want to address old people like me because we are spent already. President Goodluck Jonathan, assuring Nigerians that the future of this country belongs to the youth. What will be, will be… Rilwan Akiolu, Oba of Lagos, encouraging President Jonathan when he visited his palace. I am not sharp at all and that…
Between OBJ and Jonathan
In recent times, I have, like many Nigerians, found myself having to debate the rift between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. No matter how hard one tries to avoid the subject, it often shoots up in discussions with family members, friends or people of like minds. Although both men may deny…
The Young and the Restless
If there is one demographic group that really needs urgent attention from Nigeria’s leaders and educators then it has to be those born between 1980 and 1999, otherwise known as the millennial generation in other climes. I have never found a group of young people so disillusioned, discouraged and easily brainwashed as I have found…
Nigerians Speak
Jonathan is surrounded with liars and dubious hunters of wealth masquerading as well-wishers…. Mohammed Abdulrahman, national executive council member, Arewa Consultative Forum, describing President Goodluck Jonathan’s aides. What is most surprising is that we have three anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria… none of them cares to do anything about it. Balarabe Musa, former governor…
Remembering Professor Ade Ajayi
Sulaiman Abimbola Ogundijo – Monatan Constituency, Ibadan, Oyo State. The late Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi gave me the inspiration to write Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow which was first published in the Nigerian Tribune of Wednesday June 5, 1991, hence my re-writing it now as a tribute to the erudite professor. A lot has been said about…
Stopping Child Abuse
Imagine living every day of your life with multiple personality disorder as a result of an abuse; imagine you are that child who cannot explain his or her pain. This is the kind of situation the Ugandan toddler was when her nanny tortured her. Thank God for the hidden camera that revealed the nefarious act.…
A Speech Without Theme
What ace has President Goodluck Jonathan left up his sleeves? He sounded very naïve in his appeal to Nigerians on Christmas Day. There was no such exhortation loaded with ideals that could lift people’s spirits. It was pedestrian and short of such thoughts that rouse a sleepy nation to reality. It was a speech without…
African Journalists In the Diaspora To Monitor Nigerian Elections
A delegation of journalists from the US-based National Association of African Journalists (NAAJ), who are concerned about a successful democratic transition and the entrenchment of democratic principles, is set to visit Nigeria for the national elections scheduled for February 14 and 28. Members of the organization, which has already contacted INEC for accreditation status, will…
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