By Ikhide Okhamafe –

A lot of criticisms have been leveled by Nigerians, on the Nigeria Police Force over the years, with some even questioning their usefulness to the nation. But still, there exists the hope and possibility of developing a police force to the standard of the likes of the United States and Europe. When one hears these words: “anything for the boys”, even a blind man would be able to tell whose mouths these words came from. It’s no longer a big deal listening to narratives of the exploits of the “Men in Black”(Nigeria Police Force), who given the slightest opportunity would be glad (under the guise of ‘stop & search’) to lay their hands on as many 20 naira notes as possible. They don’t even do it discreetly anymore!

By Benedict Ahanonu –

Nigeria jagaga,  so did Idris sing and he is right. A land of injustice, lack of fair play and equity, where the end justifies the means and things have fallen apart.

Currently, there has been much hype about Nigeria’s 50 years of nationhood by both the media and the public in form of celebratory programmes and promotions.

The three tiers of government are not left out of the hullabaloo. It has been christened “Nigeria’s golden jubilee” and everybody is busy trying to concoct one phoney proposal or the other towards this mundane celebration.

Some may wonder where this may be on this earth. Please do not be troubled because by the time you get to the end of this article, you will find yourself in the midst of it. However, I want to set out with the description of a charlatan. A charlatan is a pretender and always second rate. His or her reasoning is equally misleading. Often, he speaks with a borrowed voice and acts with false strength.

Written by Vitus Ejiogu -

I have come to understand the saying that a good test of a person’s character is his behaviour when he is wrong. Nigeria is among the nations that breathed the air of freedom in October 1st 1960 from the colonial masters. Nigeria’s independence was greeted with mixed feelings by the stakeholders themselves. Some sections of the country were so afraid of being marginalized by others in the sharing of the national cake.

By Zents Kunle Sowunmi -

Samuel P. Huntington in his bestseller book “The Clash of Civilizations and remaking of the world” which first came out as an article in the journal Foreign Affairs in 1993 enumerated the new era in the world politics, he explained why nations like Russia abandoned the salute for Lenin Statue of the old USSR for the new nation Flag, why Mexicans demonstrated for a favorable immigration policy inside America with total display of Mexican flags on American soil. He looked into the Muslims mentality of almost self-destruction in the name of getting to Heaven.

By Peter Osalor -

These figures only reconfirm the perception that high growth rates have failed to improve Nigeria’s entrenched macro-economic deficiencies, born out of decades of failed governance, mismanagement and conflict. The downstream effects of youth unemployment are fuelling rapid alienation and social unrest across the Nigerian landscape, the immediate symptoms of which are evident in the palpable rise in organised crime, armed insurgency, vandalism and drug trafficking.

Yesterday another one of my family members was kidnapped in Nigeria. This will be the second of such tragedies to befall us in less than a year. I realize you do get thousands of messages each day and that you will probably never get to read this but I am still going to say what is on my heavy heart.

By Augustine Ogwo -  

Dance refers to a styled and patterned bodily movement(s) which is usually performed to music. Dance should serve the purpose of communication or lively expression. Dance as a medium of art has been evergreen like the cedar. In various parts of the globe, dance means different things to folks. In recent decades, the inextinguishable dance-styles have swept across the continents like wildfire.

By Shafii Ndanusa -

If the events of the last eleven years of democratic experience in Nigeria are anything to go by, it is certain that Nigeria as a country is destined for true greatness. When the greatness will be realized is simply a question of time. For once, it is clear that the most populous nation of people in Africa is slowly and steadily on the march towards unprecedented prosperity and glory that will guarantee liberty, freedom and opportunity to majority of the citizenry.