Closing a year is a principal time to reflect on the past and set goals for the future. This year was a little different for us. All of us. It brought many challenges, uncertainties, and grievances as well as collections of trials, much growth, and a great deal of motivation. 2020 is a year to […]
To say the #ENDSARS protests were limited in their power to change things is an understatement. What was seen by young Nigerians and others during the #ENDSARS protests in October, and those previously, was power in collaboration and remembering that every person has a right to a free and just system. Putting an end to […]
Wake up. Clock in. Check emails. “Fired.” “Furloughed.” “Laid off.” “Reduction in paychecks.” “Close of business.” Reason: COVID-19. COVID-19 has greatly affected economies worldwide, creating high global unemployment rates. The impact of the pandemic on the workforce is much more drastic than originally anticipated, and though the job loss was quick, Director-General of the International […]

In 1983, Chinua Achebe wrote a very short book entitled ‘The Trouble with Nigeria.’ In it he suggested that the trouble with Nigeria then was ‘simply and squarely a failure of leadership…the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility which are the hallmarks of true leadership.’ A student asked one day, […]