- It is a hot Monday morning in Oko-Arafemi Anglican School Adebiopon Village in the western Nigerian State of Ogun State. Headmistress Mrs. Awoyemi is busy taking care of the pupils whose age range from 5 – 12 age. They had trekked for almost 45 minutes from their different villages tired and worn out. “They have to rest for one hour before we start teaching which has always been the case” Awoyemi explained. As the clock strikes 10 am, the pupils moved wearingly to their different dilapidated classes. “Many villagers will not bring their children to school because of this situation despite the fact that it is the only school serving the 11 villages in this locality…

- The recent arrest of a 45 year old man, Solomon Osula, for drug trafficking in October at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and that of a 22-year old nurse, Emeka Ngozi, the same month at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos has reinforced the commendable efforts of Nigeria through the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the war against Cocaine and other illicit drugs. Apart from the airports arrests, there had been report of arrests form other part of the country the recent been that of an 80 year-old-man, Malam Umar Abdullahi arrested in Kano for allegedly being in possession of seven bags of cannabis. The success story was also corroborated ea…

- The recent World bank report on Nigeria especially that of the robust financial sector has been received with a lot of criticism by the Nigerian government that does not want to face the fact. The report explained that the high return form investment in the banking sector was not a true reflection of a balanced well functioning system. The criticism by the government through the deputy CBN Governor Mrs. Sarah Alade that the basis of analysis employed by the World Bank and it conclusion was based on outdated fact that are no longer in use to determine how an economy is performing is baseless. We all known that progress has been and we now have a robust economy but how many Nigerians are fee…

- In the 1990’s and as we proceeds into the twenty-first century, in the face of declining attendance in many so-called Orthodox churches many churches have changed their style both in worship and teachings. Due to the sudden changes in the style of worship, churches started offering entertainments, excitements and other secular attractions rather than instruction from God’s words. Adversely, many Churchgoers nowadays see the changes as needed adaptation to the challenges of our fast changing modern world. If we are to be sincere with ourselves we need to ask ourselves this sincere question and also answer it with utmost honesty; are the Churches in our modern world straying far…

- Optimism according to the dictionary is a tendency to look upon the bright sides of things and also a belief that in the end good will triumph over evil. So, who is an optimist? – a person who is always hopeful; and looks upon the bright side of things, who believes that all things happen for the best. ‘Always hopeful’ that is what Nigerians are, an optimistic set of people! Always hopeful even in the most impossible situation. Psychologists, Philosophers and the world in general have always wondered in amazement how Nigerians blend poverty and happiness together. The co-existence is a marvel to them. Suicidal rate in Nigeria and Africa as a whole is very low compare…

- Except if we don’t want to face it, the world powers are spending more on military than on humanitarian problems. We spend so much on war prevention, terrorism and military activities but spent little on humanitarian efforts. The world is making progress in its fight against terrorism and other forms of war but very little progress in it fight against killer diseases ravaging the world. This imbalance is what I will like to call a fundamental international selfishness. The number of people who have died from preventable-turned killer diseases are far greater than the number of people killed in all the wars of the 20th century put together. An example is the Influenza epidemic of 1…