[wp_ad_camp_1] By M. Babajide-Alabi, The United Kingdom education landscape is one that is populated by many foreign students from all over the world, including Nigeria. In the past fifteen years, the number of Nigerians offered admissions to study in the UK had risen far more than it used to be. This increase has resulted in…
By M. Babajide-Alabi In the midst of the celebrations of the inauguration of the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, let us all pause and reflect for a moment. The happiness and joy expressed by majority of Nigerians on the smooth handover of power on Friday, May 29 – the…
By M. Babajide-Alabi In a few days from now, Nigerians will usher in a new set of leaders to administer the government for the next four years. May 29, 2015 – Nigeria’s Democracy Day is a day many Nigerians and the world at large are looking forward to. On this day, the baton of leadership…
By M. Babajide-Alabi They have been arriving in thousands. Some of them are weak, others are kept strong by hope for a better future. So many die daily, while many others are carried in body bags at the end of the journey. While the less fortunate ones are fed to the creatures under the sea….
by M. Babajide Alabi The results of the United Kingdom 2015 General Elections threw up many shock defeats for some of the major political parties and clear gains for others. The elections, projected to be the most indecisive in the history of the country turned out to be one that the people of Great Britain…
By M. Babajide Alabi When the Olusegun Obasano-led government announced in 2004 of a revamp of the pension system in Nigeria, millions of pensioners across the country heaved a sigh of relief. They danced, clapped and sang praises of the then president for his thoughts towards their plights. The ideas of the 2004 Pension Reform…
By M. Babajide-Alabi The United Kingdom 2015 General Election takes place in just a few days from now. The political campaigns by the major parties have been stepped up, as they jostle for votes from one corner of the country to the other. They have been making use of all opportunities to woo the electorate…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi There are various video clips circulating on social media networks of the xenophobic attacks going on in the former apartheid country, South Africa. When I first came across one of these clips earlier this week, my initial reaction was to ignore it and turn over to reputable broadcast news outlets to see…
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