So guess whose birthday it was last Friday? Mine! Ok, calm down everybody…and thanks for the song!!! Birthdays used to be a source of joy when I was a child. It used to be a special occasion; there were lots…
Buhari vs OBJ – The Battle line is drawn – Magnus Onyibe
There is hardly any fairly educated person that’s not familiar with the wise crack: ‘He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.’ The fight that Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, (OBJ) was spoiling for via a nasty letter…
Me, Linda Ikeji and this OUR pregnancy – Toni Kan
The biggest news in the Nigerian blogosphere is Linda Ikeji’s pregnancy. Everybody and their mother is talking about it – how big her tummy is, how she managed to hide it, the Bentley-with-a-surname she just ordered and who the father…
Teaching children empathy and peace in a time of conflict. – Nkem Akinsoto
…Teaching children about empathy and peace in a time of conflict. SI4DEV partners in Makurdi location, supported by the Spring Development Initiative joined forces with Students Rebuild, Seattle USA, and children worldwide to participate in the ‘Facing Difference Challenge. They…
Do you know why young Nigerians are running abroad? – Sisi Lucia
Let us talk about this migration thing. So many Nigerians, from the rich, and middle class, or anyone who can afford it are uprooting their lives and moving to the West. Many of them have great jobs, comfortable lives here…
Don’t say madness, say mental health illness-Emeka Nwolisa
Today, I want to shake table well-well. Apologies to RantHQ group on facebook. And this table that is shaking…I am standing on it gidigbam and nothing do me. It is truly time to begin to talk about issues concerning mental…
Finally – reason why many Nigerians are denied US visas
Why are many Nigerians denied US visas? Well, we may finally have an answer. Kathryn Berck, former US Diplomat and Consular Officer at U.S. Department of State has provided reasons why Nigerians find it difficult to get US visas. Berck,…
Bringing Strategy and Planning to Nigeria’s Codeine Crisis Response – Nkem Akinsoto
Running an organization like SI4DEV which promotes research and evidence, I had been hearing from our partners who mostly operate at the grassroots about a type of substance abuse that many people in Nigeria were unaware of at the time:…