By Abba Mahmood There is virtually no part of Nigeria that is peaceful. There is virtually no household that is happy. There is virtually no individual that is not living in fear in Nigeria today. School fees and hospital bills are becoming difficult for most people. Even one square meal is becoming
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Why thinking about death is good for you
Acknowledging your own mortality can improve your quality of life. By Mark McDermott, Oona McEwan Awareness of your own mortality can do wonders for your mental health, if you think about it in the right way.Kicki Zeilon Nobody likes to think about lying on their death bed. From health anxiety to midlife crises, it
Op-ed: 2019 Presidency: Why Atiku Is The Answer
By Chief Chukwuma Okirie There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigerian economy is currently comatose, citizens are hungry while unemployment rate keeps increasing. The condition of living has now become survival of the fittest with various agitations for national disintegration. Resuscitating the economy does not require foolish approach, nor guess work,
Op-ed: Buhari must resign: Of morality or legality?
By Adeboye Adegoke Editor’ note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of Global Sentinel It’s 100 days today, since the president left the country to attend to his health, and this will be the second instance this year alone. It must be noted that the president had earlier spent about
Op-ed: Some lessons from America
Op-ed: On the Nigeria Agony
By Emmanuel Onwubiko As devoted human rights campaigners, our official and private lines are usually inundated with calls from distressed members of the civil society. These callers ranging from house wives confronting different facets of brutal domestic abuses and violence to single girls and men who have wandered the major streets of
Op-ed: The Lion of The East (Part 1)
Water security: A new hope
Water security has gained considerable attention worldwide in the past decade. The World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of the world’s political and business leadership in Davos, Switzerland, has consistently ranked water security among its top concerns for a number of years. However, the achievement of water security – or
OPINION: On extralegal killings and torture
BY EMMANUEL ONWBIKO In the last five years, Nigeria has witnessed unprecedented levels of killings of innocent citizens by a range of armed non-state actors. In the years under review, the armed bandits known as boko haram terrorists have killed and maimed over 30,000 innocent Nigerians. The other most deadly non-state actors that