Letters

No society can do without coins because of its role in facilitation of transactions. The coins reduced the tendency to approximate transactions to the nearest bank notes, makes change available …

On Tuesday, May 20, the Senate in the exercise of its constitutional powers under Section 305(6)(c) of the Constitution endorsed a six month extension of the proclamation of the state …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has matter-of-factly ruled out the use of card reader machines for the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. This is rather disappointing. …

I, personally, consider it stomach-churning the wild cry about B.Sc./HND dichotomy both in places of work and career progression, and I therefore feel the compelling need to put things in …

The hardship being faced by the masses since the ban on okada riding in Minna, the Niger state capital, was imposed is a serious cause for concern. To me, it …

“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”- Philip Massinger (1583 – 1640) English playwright. The coliseum of politics sees all sorts of gladiators. Some of …

Good day Mr President, Goodluck Jonathan. My name is Aishat Saidu, I am in SS 1. I want to study Mass Communication. I am writing this letter, about the Chibok …

The expectation of every parent is to see his or her child become a good ambassador of the family and the society. This is why majority of parents go the …

For long, the idea of educating teenagers in our homes about the dangers involved in sex has remained a taboo particularly in Northern Nigeria where parents, cultures and societies frown …

When over 270 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, over six weeks ago from their school dormitories, Nigerians were still coming to terms with the heinous Nyanya bomb blast …

That the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) would claim the forceful conversion of the Christian girls to Islam was an indication that Boko Haram insurgents were waging war against Christians …

Hajiya Fatima Yelwa Baba-Ari is one woman endowed with a powerful mind and uncanny abilities for sustaining and advancing the frontiers of human development even in the most unseemly task. …

Recently, some national dailies carried a report insinuating that the new National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan compels intending couples to carry out HIV test, as a precondition for marriage.  The report …

I went through the papers and the interview granted to Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye struck me. I saw in the papers that the principal said the data of the students were …

Is it the duty of a police officer to arrest vehicles and motorcycles without number plate?  What then is the duty of the road safety officials? Recently, I visited the …

One of the core functions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is issuance of legal tender currency for the nation. A time was when it discharged that function creditably …

President Goodluck Jonathan’s fear that the abduction of school girls from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State may be politicised has been more than realised by the way in …

It is disheartening that a senior official of the rank of permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education would face the nation at this critical moment and make this …

If someone somehow can get this message to our girls, even if is just the wind whispering to them, we want them to know that we love them and we …

The notice given by the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to hold a nationwide three hour prayer session for the abducted school girls today from 11.00 am …

The #bring back our girls has brought to light of the problem of the people, especially from the North-east axis arising from the activities of the Islamists sect, Boko Haram, …

Working with the popular and most acceptable definition of democracy by Abraham Lincoln, can we say that Nigeria as a nation is practicing democracy? Lincoln defines democracy as government of …

The youths are the hope of every community or nation and are to be groomed for tomorrow’s leadership. Nigeria’s general election is less than a year and activities are beginning …

There is some truth to the old saying that there are only two days in a man’s life of which he could actually determine or do nothing about:  the day …

The news credited to the Political Reconstruction Committee of the National Conference that local governments should be de-listed from the Nigeria constitution, shows that members of the committee are out …