by Hannah Kumadi Wakawa The Nigerian educational sector is faced with numerous challenges that perme …
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by Lilian Efobi and Olanike Buari Emifeoluwa was only five years old when she was brought to Lagos f …
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Read moreA new initiative in Nigeria supported by international partners is aiming to showcase the business acumen and skills of young people, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Borno State in the north-east. In a recent article on this site, fellow Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis stated that “Young graduates entering the real world are facing …
"Don’t sit there and say it will not work – log on" Read More »
There are hopes that the Garden City Literature Festival in Nigeria, attended this year by a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, will one day rival similar events in the international cultural calendar, reports Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from north-eastern Borno state. Not long ago, I wrote on this website about many Nigerians’ …
“Politics, if it is to produce change, needs literature to reinforce it” Read More »
There are hopes that the Garden City Literature Festival in Nigeria, attended this year by a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, will one day rival similar events in the international cultural calendar, reports Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from north-eastern Borno state. Not long ago, I wrote on this website about many Nigerians’ …
"Politics, if it is to produce change, needs literature to reinforce it" Read More »
Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo, 24, offers the latest diary instalment from his national service military training in the Niger Delta, known as a hotspot for kidnappings. Before travelling to Delta State, I had heard of militancy and their newly carved industry of kidnapping. One time, I read in a national newspaper that Niger Delta militants, …
“Caution and scepticism were my feelings in the Niger Delta” Read More »
Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo, 24, offers the latest diary instalment from his national service military training in the Niger Delta, known as a hotspot for kidnappings. Before travelling to Delta State, I had heard of militancy and their newly carved industry of kidnapping. One time, I read in a national newspaper that Niger Delta militants, …
"Caution and scepticism were my feelings in the Niger Delta" Read More »
Love is the greatest force in the universe, it can sweep the earth like a hurricane and burn the hearts of men like wildfire in a bush, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri in Nigeria. “I want you to make love, not war.” -John Lennon. Today, I want to look within and hold …
“Love is exact as science and yet wonderful as art” Read More »
Love is the greatest force in the universe, it can sweep the earth like a hurricane and burn the hearts of men like wildfire in a bush, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri in Nigeria. “I want you to make love, not war.” -John Lennon. Today, I want to look within and hold …
"Love is exact as science and yet wonderful as art" Read More »
This report, Matan Quarai, is about the inspirational life stories of a group of women hailing from Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno and Yobe states in Northern Nigeria. These women are called “innovators” because of their novel ‘winwin’ methods of achieving major life goals – motherhood, higher education, career and leadership. (click on the image to read …
Matan Quarai: Insights into Early Marriage and Girls’ Education in Northern Nigeria Read More »
The Nigerian government’s decision to remove a fuel subsidy for ordinary citizens has drawn harsh criticism and led to protests across the oil-rich country, reports Tayo Elegbede, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent and radio presenter from Lagos. The year 2012 initially started out on a positive note for most Nigerians. Mercifully there was not a bomb …
“Nigeria faces protests against the removal of the fuel subsidy” Read More »
The Nigerian government’s decision to remove a fuel subsidy for ordinary citizens has drawn harsh criticism and led to protests across the oil-rich country, reports Tayo Elegbede, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent and radio presenter from Lagos. The year 2012 initially started out on a positive note for most Nigerians. Mercifully there was not a bomb …
"Nigeria faces protests against the removal of the fuel subsidy" Read More »
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