…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…
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…
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…
You see this Lagos vs Abuja matter that recently trended on social media? Let us not even try to do ojoro; dem beat Lagos like thief. Jehovah! I didn’t realise that Abuja people can remove suit, pull agbada, tear danshiki…
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,…
When we first moved to Bariga, there was this guy who lived around the neighborhood. Let me just call him Caleb. He was tall, handsome and always well dressed. He liked carton colour Chinos and polo shirts. Everyone seemed to…
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:…
A review of Burma Boy by Biyi Bandele Farafina 212pp Of two abiding mysteries of war, the first is that men who have seen active combat seem to always recognise each other. When war veterans who have been at bloody…
The police station is dirty, stuffy and heavy with the stink of sweat, human waste and deprivation. There are two policemen at the counter when Ike is brought in. They asked him to write a statement and then told him…
