Recently, an employer in Lagos, Nigeria tweeted about how he turned back his employees who came late to work, giving the heavy downpour as an excuse. He emphasized how the employees were aware of the company’s seriousness with punctuality. The tweet caused mixed reactions online; some supporting his action and some others criticizing it. Conversations about the employer-employee relationship is not a prevalent topic in Nigeria as many believe in the ‘at all at all...
The sun was scorching and Hauwa, a blind girl, needed shade to rest. After a long walk around her community in Bodinga Local Government, Sokoto State, the 16-year-old, accompanied by a younger girl, decided to settle at the community filling station to catch her breath. Hauwa was standing in one corner of the station when an irritated attendant yelled at her to leave the premises. The defenseless girl who spends her time on the street...
By Vivian Ihechu, Reporter Thirty-two-year-old Chinedum was excited when she discovered she was pregnant. She was in a foreign land when the baby girl came. As a fresher, Chinedum was almost clueless on how to nurse the baby. She relied on constant telephone calls from home, mostly from her mother and aunties telling her how to bathe, breastfeed and carry the baby, among other pieces of advice. One piece of instruction was constant: use petroleum...
AWKA — With only about two months to change of government, there are clear signs that seem to suggest that the current government has perhaps been disserted. An elegant proof of this is the attitude of government officials towards their duty. Understandably, transition comes with its own demands and pressures which tend to affect work and work pace. But even that must not subject the people and the society to incredible stress and confusion that...
“2023 will be another milestone and can if properly articulated and negotiated, offer an opportunity for the emergence of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction” –Emeka Ojukwu Jnr Today, it is exactly ten years since the death of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu; a man of immense and diverse parts. In commemoration of the life and times of this larger than life entity, Chief Emeka Ojukwu Jnr, during an exclusive interview session with Ebuka Onyekwelu of the...
Last week, the National Assembly passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, making it compulsory for all political parties to conduct their primaries using the direct method. Direct electoral method is not new to Nigeria, and in fact, it has been said to have been adopted in the most credible election in Nigeria, which is the 1993 election. According to African Election Database, Moshood Abiola of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP) garnered a total vote...
In Africa and most Third World generally, parochial political culture is usually prevalent and informs the attitude and behaviours of the people towards politics. One of the most distinguishing features of a democracy is public participation in the process of selecting leaders termed general election. However, the extent to which the public participates in this process is largely determined by preexisting political culture. In other words, an established code of conduct of the people towards...
By Beloved John, Staff Writer Musa’s only teaching material is the curriculum, a flat rectangular book, given to him by the headmaster of the government primary school he was employed to teach. The curriculum is the only material he could use to carry his duty. But to give life to his basic science lessons, the primary four class teacher would need a variety of instructional materials, which currently are unavailable to him. It’s been a...
Oct. 5 is recognized internationally as World Teachers’ Day to observe the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers, around the world. This event was first celebrated in 1994. To further mark this event in the editorial context, our correspondent, Favour Ebube talked to two Nigerian-based scholars, Professor Simeon Dosunmu, a Professor of Sociology of Education, Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, and Dr....
Finally, it took the pandemic to float ashore the system-induced tribulations of a population subjugated by a bigoted justice system By Anthony Obi Ogbo, Ph.D. A professor in a historically black college in Houston looked at the screen during one of his remote classes and noticed something quite unusual. Besides low classroom participation, a student could be seen in a Walmart breakroom, and another was in a car with a baby sleeping comfortably behind them...
