TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY

 As Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is inaugurated on the 29th of May 2011, for a fresh tenure of office, it may not be presumptuous to declare that the task ahead of him is an onerous one. Starting with the pre-election politics and even the elections that brought him in as President, the cumulative events that… Continue reading TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY

Climate Change and its Implications for Africa

The gradual and deliberate change of the climate occasioned by humans’ quest for a more pleasurable and modern way of life devoid of the sedentary and drudgery that characterized the type of life their ancestors lived has begun to take its toll on all corners of the globe. Climate change is actually a change in… Continue reading Climate Change and its Implications for Africa

The Role of the Informal Sector in African Economy

The informal sector of the economy often refers to the unregulated and mostly unregistered sector of the economy, put simply it refers to the numerous petty or small scale businesses operated by artisans, peasants and other micro entrepreneurs, within the economy. Experts have argued that in most African economies, the informal sector is often the… Continue reading The Role of the Informal Sector in African Economy

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria: A Threatened Scheme

The National Youth Service Corps [NYSC] was a scheme set up almost immediately after the end of the Nigerian Civil War. In 1973 to be precise, to help heal the wounds of the civil war and particularly help foster national integration amongst young Nigerian school graduates. That the NYSC scheme was a novel one was… Continue reading The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria: A Threatened Scheme

Congress for Progressive Change (CPC): The Rise and Fall of a Nigerian Political Party

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) seems to have reached its final political denouement in its short period of existence in the political history of Nigeria. For sometime to come, scholars and political analysts would continue to ponder on what went wrong, with the political party that swept across the Nigerian nation particularly the northern… Continue reading Congress for Progressive Change (CPC): The Rise and Fall of a Nigerian Political Party

The Menace of Child Street Begging in Northern Nigeria

The geographical region referred to as northern Nigeria covers more than half of the total land area of Nigeria. It is also a region with vast agricultural potentials as a variety of tropical agricultural systems is widely practiced there leading to the mass cultivation of food and cash crops. As a matter of fact, the… Continue reading The Menace of Child Street Begging in Northern Nigeria

Imperatives for the Survival of Democracy in Africa

The nearly universal acceptance of democracy as a perfect organizing principle of government among nation states across the world has led to the embrace of this concept both in theory and practice by all and sundry. History has it that democracy originated in ancient Greece and since then, it has undergone several modifications, from “direct”… Continue reading Imperatives for the Survival of Democracy in Africa