THE FRAME

One need no books of reference to ascertain the history of Nigeria, and the flow of the post independent from craddle to riches to political turmoil and civil war, indeed Nigeria have a great history of narrow escape as a nation or as a sovereign nation, a state of being where many countries of the world did not cross the acid test which Nigeria have gone through. What a blessed country. No doubt Nigerians are known to be self reliant people, courageous good in terms of morality and want a view, we a have a rich historical background from the Kanem Bornu Empire to Calabar, Sokoto to Ogun Benin and Jukun empires, were once a symbol of might and power which Nigeria have the history attached to. Our origin was indeed a unique one which hardly you can find its pair in African legends. Our civilizations is indeed a good one without historical calamities apart from the colonialization. Nigeria raised from the dust to grace for her 53 independent history somany  stories to be told, both...

The killings of some innocents Nigerians last week by the Nigeria's security under the pretext of security details regarding those killed is one of those things that will never be forgotten or forgiving. The Apo killings sparks the need to sanitize the nation intelligence system and security information, to avoid killings of innocents citizen. Those youth are promising person and mostly bread winners of there family, simply leaving their various villages to come to FCT for greener posture, not knowing that they coming to meet their end at the hand of unprofessional security that always act based on miscalculation and false alarms. The 8 squatters that met their death are from the northern part of the country and believe me they are just ramped without question, and the government is yet to make any arrest, beside, they are even justifying the killing as a no mistake crush of potential terrorist, base on intelligence. The unfortunate event reminds me on how the North east nightma...

WE ARE ALL BEGGERS IN A DIFFERENT WAY Evening in my house, when a small boy of about 9, enters and make salutation, then he begs. The nature of his begging alarmed me and I beckoned him to repeat what he said, which eventually repeated exactly as "our teacher as us to come and beg for money". I enquired what is there teacher going to do with the money they differently contribute, the boy replied as they will use them to buy firewood and some food for the teachers' use in his house. The boy begs for 10 Naira only but he got 20, I glimpse the joy in his face when he got more than what he begs for.   My life could have been no different to that boy, when I happen to be at the same age with my mother and my younger ones, our Dad cannot meet the challenge then, then we became our own beggers and make our daily bread. The Almajiri system of today is an abuse of children, and I believe there is no any conjunction between religion or seeking  knowledge according to Islam and to...

The scourge of poverty can twist even the most potent of minds, make it dis-functional and confuse, because the disturbed brain of human being cannot clock wisely serve it purpose only the otherwise. So it shall all alone became worthless and hopeless, and the oblongata will get derail from it primary functions to something else. The prolonged adversity which usually occurs to human endeavours often make it to always feel the guilt of existence and so, it adopt the inferiority nature of even self hatred, then the unconscious nature of being guilt emanate and defeat even the strongest soul. I was once lived a guilt life, which closely affect my performance as a functional human being, when poverty stricken, then you will be left with many options of survival and then your power house will begin to be drawing so many variables of sketches and skewed maps to follow and you will think the promise land is just few metres away from the delusional dreams. Unattained dreams often drive a per...

My younger brother once told me about his studies at the island of Cyprus, where he obtained his Bachelor Degree on International Relations, that, a professor may get disturb when a student fail his exams, or even a simple class test. That makes me to recall what usually our lecturers use to told us in Nigeria, whenever we are in there lecture, a PhD lecturer will boldly and openly tell his students that they got admission in to university, but it may not be necessary for them to graduate. This reveals the extent of cruelty that our lecturers in the Nigerian universities are showing to those future degree holders. One can never understand the rationale behind this, when an in factor of knowledge will unnecessarily discourage his student when he is expected to give them all the courage to make their lives. That has been the problem of Nigeria's schools where many student don't expect to graduate on time, despite the huge resources at the institutions dispersal. The history of ...

I only mind my business when I see an unpredicted issue, issue which can over tune a rhetoric sound of peaceful orator of a given situation. Nigeria is a Federal system of government, when so many people despite there ethnical spheres agreed to come together to protect a common gold of being a country and with that, they will be a strong nation. Federalism can be a means of achieving greatness and might, especially if the country has a civil history, that will make her strong and powerful among the pears. Strong ness in terms of wealth and human resources, which are indispensable in any country that will like to be strong. History will never be forgiven if we beckoned to assimilate the reflections of the past, and how Nigeria come in to being and the aftermath of independent. A lot of calamities have befall Nigeria, including civil war, and that was the bitter one, Gen. Gowon is still alive today, he is in better position to explain the bitterness of taking arms against a fellow ci...

When General Murtala ascended the affairs of Nigeria, the first function he did was to declared publicly his assets and he does asked all his subordinates to followed his footstep to declare their asset, then the government business commenced. That was 1976. Nigeria is no doubt greatly endowed with almost everything a country need to survive, and it will be a repetitive for me now to be listing all those endowment that Nigeria is greatly rich in. It could be boring. Second Republic politicians were accused of being highly corrupt, they were accused of mismanaging the country which make it necessary for the military to step in and in there own word, to rescue the vessel from sinking. So there gone the Shehu Shagaris, When in 1983 the second republic democracy was stoned down and let to rest, just some months after the second tenure general elections. Gen. Buhari became the Head of State and government, with so many high discipline subordinates, with the exception of course of Gen. IB...

I was enjoying my evening in my root neighborhood, discussing about the future and the way out for Nigerian youth, with some of my cousins and friends, some passersby too some time stires at our discussion, because it was a terrific debate and interesting. Nigerian youth at this moment does not have a good bright future, an argument that is with us for the past two decades when the country slipped and derailed from the foundation direction on which the founding fathers built her. Living in a slum like my community gave me a great insight and i always  glimps it as what some people calls it BAD CHOICE of life, although the people are not there just because they really love to be there but the nature make them to. In Nigeria of today, youth have no manifesto as they don't have a place of sympathy in the heart of the leaders, because to today's Nigerian ruler, his children are more important than any other children in the country, if they are opportune to get elected, or topple...

Flexibility of freedom make a man to be a social animal and albeit, that gives him all the opportunity to mingle properly and straight on the earth without hindrance. Man as a flexible creature, have all the means and wherewithal to adopt the environment. My encounter with social medias transform me to be among the rationals who thought the world could  be a global villege. And social media make my day. Facebook, Twitter, Google+ 2go, all became agents of this social change, with many have found the platform interesting, and many more. I am optimistic that, social media brings a revolution to not only the youth be the world over, because a network is established which encompasses a lot. My being here make me to get acquainted with many people around the world, I became popular among both my pears and others, and I became much educated regarding the social strata of various civilization. Social media educate as well as spoils, one thing I understand is that, you can be a good, b...

It indeed the quickest platform of becoming much popular, and to make a friends some of which you will never meet face to face forever, but at least you know each other or you get acquainted to each other. My first knowledge to social media was an amazing one, yes! 'Facebook'' which was date back to 2009, and I believe I was among the early users of this side in Nigeria. I don't have computer then, or internet enable phone, because I remember my phone was the famous Nokia 3310 that is i only use to visit internet cafe to socialized on the internet, since I cannot afford a computer then. It was in Abuja I "sign up" my first e-mail account, at the cafe of the U.B.E. Headquarters Abuja,  which I still maintain,  maizankot@yahoo.com. I was so excited, Facebook was my second encounter with the social media, and I was happy to join the social community when almost more than half of Nigerians did not have the access and dont know its importance, until later years.I c...

It look like president Good luck's attention is now drifting away from the ailing striking higher institution, and totally focusing on the splinter drama of his party. University lecturers are on industrial strike, for quite some times now, and we understand that, the negotiations is on deadlock, as no meaningful solution is attainable, while the longer the strike take the vulnerable many Nigerian youth will be. Nigeria's educational system has been in a coma for a very long time, as both the teachers and students use only available and scarce resources ton get themselves an sound if all education. That is the story of public schools in Nigeria, where government is always in short of money for this important sector. The recent industrial strike action by ASUU have cripple the already fragile education sector, and as we can see the GEJ government is no longer interested in settling the matter and difference amicably, but, the government enjoys deceiving Nigerians as to make u...

Girls being exposes to poverty without education, can be vulnerable.

My Dad was a lower class civil servant when I was born, my Mum, a loyal housewife who serve the purpose of making us her children comfortable with a little available resources she can afford. I help in feeding the family when I was small, and I remember me hawking with a tray of cola nuts alone the streets of my town trying to make a living. Many family like mine live under the poverty line, but we were lucky in the 1970s schools were free, and affordable with quality, that is how we get good and sound education. That was the difference between us the children of less privilege of yesterday, and those of today. Poverty to me is one thing that will never be separated with humanity but, I believe humanity can strive to reduce its scourged and by making a proper economic policy in the country. My high school days was marked by many adventures and I reserve them for my memoir if I will became an important personality in my country. The liquidation of Nigeria Railway corporation in 1987...

They help to rigged the elections, they help to make the country look bastard, and yet they think these people may come and help them.

The beauty of democracy is to vote and be voted for, and everybody has his interest, which permanent. Democracy they said "is a game of numbers where the majority may carry the vote". After the collapse of the USSR, many countries found dictatorship as old fashion and be ridiculing if any country follows the foot step of some dictatorship in the world. Military juntas especially in Africa, have since relent and accept that there era was just history and became loyalist of the state function chosen by the popular vote of the masse. Nigeria tried civil rule three times, first at the independent, with the first republic, which collapsed in 1966. Second republic came in 1979, but lasted only one term, when was dismissed by the junta. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, attempted the return to civilians but was tarnished by only God knows reason, when in 1993, annulled Abiolas SDP election, which was widely believed it was won by the late chief. Late Gen. Sani Abacha attempte...

To most officers who never saw combat before this time, are much full of cohesion and they thought is just like a normal civil crisis usually occurs in the country which can be quench in just a few days of law enforcement. Everyone of us agrees that, Nigeria is now at the most pressing moment of her independent life, and since after the civil war, we have not been in the situation more than what we are now facing with the emanation of the insurgency of JAMA'ATU AHLIL SUNNAH LIL DA'AWATI WAL JIHAD. popularly known as BOKO HARAM. The trying moment which we faced in previous years of our existence have not reached the apex of the present challenge, we experienced the MAITATSINE  appraisal 3 times in both Borno, Yola and Kano respectively, but the current insurgency is a typical change order of the today's fragility of the security situation around the world. Ranging from country to country, the civil unrest as well as war and rancour, which originated from both injustice an...

God created us and grant us all abundance, and among the bounties is the water which give a complete aspect of living and source our life from them. we need to carefully select the type of water we consume and authorities shall deem it necessary to provide the communities with portable drinking water, for life sustainability.

Women are part of life, and the life will never be completed without them. In advanced countries, woman have became an established model worthy of emulation, and many have stands by their feet. Women in the underdeveloped countries are still struggling for recognition at the first place just to became acquainted in the society, and became accepted that they too can make a difference in the development of the society. Nigeria, sign many international treaties regarding the welfare of the women, and we are not left out in this crusade. Many women are being deprived of their share, especially if they happen to be without a back to lean on. Most of African women enters difficulty of life, when they became widows, the husband will die and left her with a number of children, and because of that, remarrieg became more difficult than she thinks of, nobody will approach her for her hand, given the number of burden she carries, in her children. Many women became expose and vulnerable to many asp...

So many of us have been celebrating with the aftermath of the last Saturday PDP national mini convention, where some State governors feel scolded with the way the party is being handle by it national chairman, and beside that, the current leadership became just errand to the president ambitions of returning to power come 2015, therefore, the aggrieved governors who feel unsecure with the leadership took there stands against the party.Many of us thought PDP is the Nigeria problem, but in doubt I will categorically reject that, Nigerians are highly characterised by good concentration of indiscipline, and that drives us to where we are today, because too much wealth has made us more mad than ever. We agree that Nigeria spends most of her post independence year under the military dictatorship, and may be it may affect our way of life and being, suffice to say, even our Democratic processes can be odds than that of any of our pears. We are much blessed with good intelligent and vast abundan...