Author: Christopher Danladi | danladichristopher001@gmail.com Amongst the many national issues that have bedeviled Nigeria, the #ENDSARS protests topped the charts making Nigeria to witness a groundswell of public outrage and mass demonstrations clamoring for an end to police brutality and a turnaround in the country’s policing. This led to the bloodbath that happened at the […]
A Treatise on Sports Betting: Why it is Popular Among Nigerian Youths
Author: Daniel Ochowechi Echoda | danielechoda29@gmail.com Sports betting has become pervasive among Nigerian youths. Beyond the surface appeal of predicting match outcomes, other complex societal factors have also driven this issue. The aim of this article is to explore the issue of sports betting, shed light on why Nigerian youths are increasingly drawn to it, […]
Yearnings of the Nigerian Child: A Call to Action on Child Abuse
Author: Raheem Mutiyat Oreoluwa | raheemoreoluwa832@gmail.com Even though child abuse is widely acclaimed as a global phenomenon, developing countries, especially in Africa have records of the largest abuse of children in history. Published on July 2022, studies by APEVAC found out that more than half of all children in Africa experience physical abuse, while in […]
Postcards from reality: The Mantra, One Nigeria.
Photo by Emmanuel Ikwuegbu Author: Eze Samson Enyinna As a new student in one of the higher institutions in the South East region of Nigeria, during our tour around the school, our tour guide, who was Igbo, assumed we all were Igbos, probably because 98% of the students in the institution were Igbos. Hence, he […]
Pathways to safeguarding free speech in Africa
-from “Nelson Mandela: The World’s Most Beloved Statesman.” Author: Adam Sulaiman ‘’Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.’’ Those were the words of Ben Franklin that should reverberate in the mind of every African leader who curtails their subjects’ constitutional right to freedom of expression. The […]
From Taboo to Education: Can a witchcraft curriculum help redeem Africa’s cultural identity?
Ifa Divination tray & tools | Sasha Cobra Author: Felix Wisdom Onyedikachi So recently, I stumbled across a post on a particular blog, and I couldn’t help but smile at the headline that halted my endless scrolling at that moment. Apparently, a Nigerian professor was advocating the introduction of a “Department of Witchcraft” and a B.sc […]
Postcards from Reality: Being Female.
AI-Generated picture of a lady Author: Akhigbe Olohita Lorenta The concept of “being female” is mostly a personal tale from personal experiences and personal perspectives. Sometimes, this topic makes me sigh. It was in Primary six. We had just returned to school from the weekend break. The classroom was dirty. The chairs were dusty. We’d tried […]
Why there might be a need for police body cameras in Nigeria.
Author: Modangajia, Muhammed kewulabi The fluid society has always thrown the door open for fresh administrative circumstances to crop up now and then, the usual corollary of which have been a reformative response, technological reincorporation, and the re-tailoring of the legal system to see to these exigencies. This is most often felt in the criminal legal […]
The Erosion of Cultural Values in African Societies
Written by: Abidemi Adegoke. It is therefore important that efforts are put in place to stem this tide and bring the cultural heritage of Africa to the forefront. Attachments of importance to certain ethos that guide engagements at the individual, family, and societal levels are at the core of every human society. These ethos, also […]
The Almajiri Crisis Lingers with No End in Sight
Image source: Pexel Northern Nigeria, endowed with extensive human and material resources, regrettably remains underexploited. Despite its considerable potential, the region grapples with challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and the escalating threat of terrorism. Within this somber context, the predicament of almajiri children serves as a poignant reminder of unmet promises in the region. The […]