Written by Ekpali Saint “I don’t want to die young,” Mr Ogina said of the impact of the barite mines on him and his family. “I plead with the government to do something urgently.” After working for about seven hours on his cassava farm during the dry season in February 2018, Nathaniel Ogina approached the...
Written by F O Egbokhare I was in Germany for the Humboldt Fellowship in 1996/97 at the University of Hamburg. A German scholar and I were engaged in a hearty discussion. Everything was going on well when he asked me this question: “why is it that all recommendations written by Nigerians are always overly positive...
Introduction As Nigeria teeter on the edge of bankruptcy and most households increasingly find it hard to know when and where their next meal will come from, the jarring insensitivity of our leaders in government is simply shocking as their culture of mindless, selfish and wasteful public expenditure has continued unabetted. Harsh conditions of living...
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