The celebration of Canada Day and new citizenship
BABS AJAYI, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - It was an occasion for double celebration for one hundred (100) new Canadian citizens recently. One hundred people from forty-one countries from around the world were awarded certificate of Canadian citizenship on Canada Day. These people who have wisely chosen Canada as their new home came from Nigeria, the United States, Lebanon, Haiti, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Japan, India, South Korea, Cambodia, Mexico, and a host of other nations. more >>
Shaping a more realistic perception of Nigeria and Nigerians
DAVID OGULA, New York, USA (Nigeriaworld) - I agree with Momodu that the 'independence generation' is nearing 50, yet they have been looked at as neophytes and immature by the same politicians whose parochial policies plunged us into the deep mess that we are experiencing today. For a long time, I shared the notion that recycling past politicians is not the solution to Nigeria's problems. Sadly, the brazen looting of state treasuries by some of the young Governors who represent the new generation has erased my expectations of a generational transformation in Nigeria. more >>
PATRICK NWADIKE REPORTING
I have a Dream - Please Dream with me
BUNMI AWOYEMI, New Orleans, LA, USA (Nigeriaworld) - I have a dream, that one day, an overwhelming majority of my youths would have a job waiting for them even before they graduate from University or High School. My sons in the North would no longer be street urchins but highly skilled entrepreneurs and his brothers in the South would have become highly skilled engineers in the oil & gas industry thereby making it unnecessary to bring in expatriates from overseas. more >>
Aviation Reforms - A most need in Nigerian systems [Conclusion]
DAUDA A. NUHU, Columbia, South Carolina, USA (Nigeriaworld) - In the last four months, I have written four articles in major areas the Nigerian aviation industry systems need reforms. Now, this last article caps all of those articles to keep us in perspective of what areas are all needed in the quest for reform. If these reforms suggested are taken seriously and implemented, all other aviation related issues that are deemed to be problems may just fall into the right places. more >>
The electricity problem in Nigeria
EUGENE DURU, London, UK (Nigeriaworld) - In all advanced economies, power is their everything, talk about transportation, banking, trading security, communication just everything you can think of that make countries great depends on power supply. I was quite surprise that my Pastor friend didn't quite buy my idea, as he based his argument on the success story of Nollywood industry. According to him, if Nollywood could survive under the present climate in Nigeria, why wouldn't others? more >>
Representing the people in the Assemblies
CLEMENT MUOZOBA, Arkansas, USA (Nigeriaworld) - I just imagine the situation in apartheid South Africa when the Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the lonely voice speaking against the white minority oppression of the black majority. He did not have in mind winning the Nobel Prize for Peace. But his good works and perseverance in the face of intimidating opposition won him that. In Nigeria today, where are the shepherds of God's flock? more >>
FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES
Right now in America, God is more popular only in speeches than in deeds - (Concluding Part)
NESTER KOMOLAFE, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Nigeriaworld) - America is currently facing severe economic trouble, yet little did she know that the solution to the economic problems is already imprinted in her powerful US dollar bills and coins as: IN GOD WE TRUST. Why is this phrase in the currency? Whether one believes in God or not, could it be that for every transaction any American does with the currency, it is assumed that such transaction is done in His name? more >>
Ode to Michael Jackson 1958-2009
OLUTOSIN MUSTAPHA, NYC, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Like you used to sing, ''Annie, are you okay, are you okay?'' the whole world is asking if you are okay in Heaven because of the Way You Made the world feel whenever we listen to your angelic voice and you with the other great musicians made us realize We Are the World. more >>
Tribalism is killing us
AKHATOR EHIKIOYA, Calgary, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - In Nigeria, unless your father is from a place, you are not considered for any political office and therefore, you cannot be voted for. In Lagos State of Nigeria, as diverse as it is, can an Igbo man be considered for the position of a local government chairmanship position, or can a Yoruba man be a commissioner in Kano State? more >>
FEMI AWODELE'S HOUSE CALL
My trip to Perth, Australia 2008
FEMI AWODELE, USA (Nigeriaworld) - I personally do not consider Canada an international visit, hence I don't share about the visits on Nigeriaworld.com, but Fort McMurray in Alberta is different. Pastor Kunle Oladebo contacted me in February 2009 for a weekend conference in June, while I had to move things around in my schedule to accommodate the date he requested, I never really paid attention to where Ft. McMurray was on the map until he called to book the flight in early May. more >>
Farewell to a phenomenon, Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009)
SEYE ADETUNMBI, Lagos, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - An unsual and very rare breed!; Too much skill and talent at a tender age!; One-time world's child super star of a kind.; Lost childhood, teenage to stardom!; The unequalled feat hunted him for life!; Many undoings which cost him a great deal in trying to catch up with what he missed somehow!; Somtime confused, many actions couldn't be explained!; Wanted to be white, yet one in perception and actions, African gene notwithstanding! more >>
BABS' MUSE
NEDA • I am Kim, I changeth not (Poems)
BABS AJAYI, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (Nigeriaworld) - Free at last, free at last; Free from the shackles of bondage; Rid of hijab that hid her beauty; She took her last breath; Before the prying eyes of the world; Her courage twitted into the Ayatollah's domain, Free at last, free at last; She is free who will not surrender her freedom; She who defended her rights to be human and be free; Her weapons were her words, small words decorated with dignity; She is Neda, the one who stood up against modern monsters more >>
Civilian casualty in the Niger Delta: A mistake or mission?
LEVINE C. ARIZONA-OGWU, Oyigbo; Rivers State, Nigeria (Nigeriaworld) - ot until the 7-Point agenda slogan resurfaced, by the public addressing stand, on May 29, 2007; at the Old military parade ground stood President Umaru Yar'Adua pledging publicly to make peace and security in the Niger Delta, as well as continued electoral reform as his top priorities, yet the two systems remain an eyesore till this hour. The trend in violent deaths orchestrated by the battle between the militant and JTF in the Niger Delta area is the most dismal indicator of population insecurity. more >>
Why do we get married?
EMMAREX OKHAKHU, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (Nigeriaworld) - The musical artiste, Beyoncé sang the lyrics 'if you like it, then you should have to put a ring on it.' Others would say 'the plus sign on the pregnancy test told me it is time to marry; I fell in love because I was tired of dating jerks; I got married because I met my soul mate and we are best friends; we communicate well and we both agreed on our future and I love and respect him.' What happens if you loose that pregnancy in the second trimester, or when your sweetheart turns out to be a jerk.... more >>
Reflections on Prophet TB Joshua at 46
CHIJI OKAFOR, (Nigeriaworld) - June 12 is also the birthday of a remarkable Nigerian, a man whose type graces this world once in an epoch. ... it is only God Almighty Himself (judging by the profundity and wisdom exhibited by Joshua) who can tell the real age of this prodigious man of God. Until I watched the story of Nigeria’s beleaguered dwarves on Prophet TB Joshua’s Emmanuel TV early this year, my attitude to organised religion had been one of total indifference, if not downright hostility. more >>
FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES
June 12: Abiola and post humous presidency!
TUNDE ALI, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Nigeriaworld) - Chief Abiola is dead, but the ideals which he lived and died for continue to thrive. Chief Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the first and only free and fair election ever conducted to date in Nigeria; understood his mandate and refused to surrender or compromise the legitimate authority trusted in him by the Nigerian electorates; even at the instance of threat to his life and destruction of his business empire. more >>
FEMI AWODELE'S HOUSE CALL
Home Improvement Series CXX - The American Dream and the African Immigrant Family
FEMI AWODELE, USA (Nigeriaworld) - The American dream varies, the Europeans love the capitalist free market democracy compared to the socialist democracies obtaining in their countries. ... To the Africans, Arabs (majority) and Asians, it is first of all the high standard of university education in institutions like Harvard, Princeton etc, then also to escape the low standard of living back home, for a place where electricity is constant, roads are good and lives are valued. Americans themselves see the American dream differently.... more >>
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