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Seun Awogbenle When Nigeria’s founding fathers fought valiantly for our independence, their hope was that someday this nation will become a sovereign nation that is united, strong, vibrant, peaceful and economically stable enough to lead Africa’s greatness and renaissance. Sadly, 60 years after, I am not sure our present reality as a country is in tandem with that aspiration, dream and expectation, matter of factly we have only become a sharp contrast to that projection. Despite what President Buhari touted as the abundant wealth inherent in our human capital and the richness of our land, quite ironically what we have is poverty, hunger, destitution, hardship and despair. Almost everywhere you turn, more than half of Nigerians are either struggling to eke out a living or have been condemned to the fight for survival. There is something fundamentally wrong and incongruent, when more than half of your population are merely living to survive, it is a distortion and indication that...

Yinka Odumakin Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has said that Nigeria was drifting towards failure. Odumakin said this as Nigeria marked its 60th independence anniversary. Yinka Odumakin SaharaReporters Media He noted that the country was wallowing in division, tension and underdevelopment, noting that Afenifere was worried that the country was yet to find its bearing at 60. Odumakin also said that Nigeria lacked leadership that could mend the cracks and move the country forward. He said, “On daily basis, all the steps being taken by our governments are mostly the ones that could deepen the cracks. “Today, there is no happiness in the land as the country cannot guarantee good living for the citizens who are locked under extreme insecurity. “All the things that make for good living are beyond the reach of those who don’t have access to state resources. “The country is deeply divided along ethnic and religious ...

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The Revolutionary Lawyers Forum has said it was fully prepared to combat any illegal attempt by the Nigerian Government to suppress citizens’ rights during the October 1 protest scheduled to hold across the country. Tope Akinyode, National President of the group, in a statement on Thursday asked Nigerians to exercise their fundamental rights of peaceful protest without any fear or hindrance. He said, “Nigerians have the constitutional right to criticise the government and the repression of free speech, lawful protests and press freedom as we have keenly observed in this government, have no place under Nigeria’s constitutional democracy. “For the avoidance of doubt, election is not the only means through which citizens can partake in governance, protest is also very valid way of partaking in governance Protest is a civic right. “In the case of I.G.P. v. A.N.P.P. (2007) 18 NWLR (Pt. 1066) 457 at 498 – 500, paras. B – B: 501, paras. G – H (CA), the Court warned the Nigerian Pr...

Students at Government Day Primary and Secondary School, Adankolo in Lokoja, Kogi State dread rain. Each time it rains, it ruins their classrooms. They huddle together in safe spaces to avoid drops of water from perforated roofs.  But rains are not their only worries. During Harmattan, dusty and dry winds trouble them from the windowless classrooms. On sunny and hot days, they gather under the giant trees in the school.  Despite being the only public school in the area, it has been neglected by the state and local governments. There are not enough desks for all the students and most of the desks are already in bad shape, swaying while the students keep their books on them.  Their teachers are not left out of the indignity. The only administrative office is within the classroom block. Most teachers end up sitting under trees when they do not have classes as the available small office is often occupied by the senior staff. “It is not conducive,” chorused ...