“You carry the weight of a generation on your shoulders, so make it count – what you want to do is not to gain self-accolades, but to be an example for other young people.” Akintunde Oyebode. The quote above is a poignant…
The pun in the title of this article is clearly intended and rather apt too, I borrowed it from my friend Tina when she was trying to describe a situation where the symptoms of an issue were being addressed as opposed to…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently published the unemployment rate for 2020 and below are some of the insights gleaned from reports: Nigeria’s youth were the worst hit with over 13.9 million people aged between 15 and 34 years unemployed. Graduates…
There I was, on a wintery day, somewhere in West London, sat in front of this slightly built, a caucasian gentleman with a bald head, his glasses sitting right on the bridge of his nose and almost glued to his face. Steve…
Recent events of corrupt practices across different government agencies; reeking of sheer abuse of positional power coupled with the barefaced attempt to fob off such levels of corruption with grand Nollywood acting, has left a significant proportion of Nigerians more despondent than…
Allow me to introduce myself – My name is Chinasa, Tolulope Ken-Ugwuh (and the names, albeit mixed, still do not give a complete account of my heritage). I was born to a Yoruba mother from Ile-Ife, Osun State and a half Igbo,…
Hypothetically speaking, if the Nigerian youth were to write a Letter of Intent to lead the country, the appropriate sign-off line would be ‘Yours Cavalierly’. To be cavalier is to behave in a careless, dismissive or nonchalant manner about an issue. To…
I am a Nigerian mother (so I’m Black-African and Female ) raising two daughters of the same profile. With these facts, I’m forced to confront the realities that face me in light of the recent racism and rape injustices in America and…