After some months of not publishing the readers’ comments because of a series of events happening in Nigeria in a quick session, I must share some of the comments today. Still, due to space limitations, only very few can appear. However, all comments are essential, and readers can access such comments on my FB (mkothman@yahoo.co.uk), Twitter (@mkothman1), Blog (www.deepthoughtwithmkothman.blogspot.com), and Instagram (profmkothman) Handles. Happy reading School System in Nigeria: Education without Character? Prof, this is a well-written piece. Unfortunately, Education is now in a sorry state. A state where no well-to-do individual hoping to send his/her child to public schools.…
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In March, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food published an analysis of the national climate plans for 14 countries, including Bangladesh, China, Senegal, the United States, and the United Kingdom. We were looking to see how well the potential for transformation of food systems to help drive down emissions had been taken into account. Overall, we found that countries were not doing enough to systematically recognize and capitalize on the significant potential gains from changing the way we grow, transport, and consume food. This seems counterintuitive, given that agriculture and food production account for around a third of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is losing the 2023 elections big time, says a friend who, for the sake of this piece, I will call Bogaru. Bogaru has been a childhood friend whose views, most of which turn out to be prophecies, I never take for granted. I knew him to be very brilliant academically and endowed with a fair share of native intelligence that he can predict with certain accuracy how a child will turn out later in life by merely observing his interactions with his peers. When many people thought it would not come to pass, Bogaru once…
Anyone can improve their memory using a proven scientific method the ancient Greeks and Romans developed. The idea is to create a “memory palace.” A group of researchers says training daily using an ancient technique can improve your average storage skills, allowing many to more than double their memory. While scientists have previously used technology to help improve human memory, it doesn’t always require something so drastic. Instead, using an ancient Greek and Roman technique can help you increase your memory storage skills by investing a little time. The researchers originally published their findings on improving your memory in the…
In his written response to questions posed to him by Bloomberg News last Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari insists that he has largely delivered on his campaign promises to Nigerians. His key message was that: “We leave Nigeria in a far better place than we found it. Corruption is less hidden, for Nigerians feel empowered to report it without fear, while money is returned; terrorists no longer hold any territory in Nigeria, and their leaders are deceased; and vast infrastructure development sets the country on course for sustainable and equitable growth. In 2015, Boko Haram held territory the size of Belgium…
When I first read the news in People’s Gazette through a link forwarded to me by a friend, I prayed that it would not be true. My prayer was in spite of the evidence to the contrary provided in watermarked documents by the news platform. The letter read like the demand of unionised shop floor factory workers to their mean, grasping bosses upstairs. Except that even such correspondences occasionally contain a hint of shared Marxian humour. This one was different. It had no place at all for humour. It was from the most rarified recesses of Nigeria’s judiciary: a letter…
By Olorunkemi Qasim On Sunday June 20, 2022, I stumbled over a social media flier around quoting the Leader of Nigerian Muslim Ummah and revered Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, purportedly saying, “I will mobilise 5 million votes in the North for Peter Obi, I have never believed in an Igbo man like I believe in Peter Obi”. This flier, which is believed to have been a campaign strategy designed by Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, is considered strongly by me, as by even naysayers, to be affront and disrespect to the revered Usmaniyyah Throne of…
By Ali Baba-Inuwa The June 18 Ekiti state governorship elections, has been adjudged by stakeholders as one of the best in Nigeria in recent times. The election which was generally peaceful, also witnessed some improvements in terms of organisation and logistics by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Some civil society organisations (CSOs), that monitored the poll, described it as a marked improvement, when compared with previous elections in Nigeria. The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), scored INEC high on the conduct of the election. Prof. Shola Omotola, Member, Centre for Democracy and Development Election Analysis Centre (CDD -EAC)…
Pundits have long ago classified Nigeria as the global headquarters of poverty. Their reason is on the premise that tens of millions of Nigerians earn less than $2 a day and a significant percentage of the population goes to bed with an empty stomach. First-time visitors to Nigeria, equipped with socio-economic literature on livelihood may be expecting to meet emaciated, dejected, and hostile people due to their high level of poverty and sordidness. Instead, as some of the visitors confessed, they met agrarian, energetic, lively, and hospitable people. There is a distinct contradiction between the reality on the ground and…
Parenting is a very difficult thing, and fatherhood in the 21st century is not a tea party. Parenthood is not a course of study, vocational training, art and business, but a natural love and mutual understanding between you and your children. The truth is, maybe our parents never told us how hard it was to care for us. The sleepless nights they had and how having some of us made it hard for them. Parents’ love for their children does not allow them to blame their children for any discomfort or pain in their lives. Parenting is an irrevocable decision.…