By Babajide Alabi The journey to the 2015 Nigerian General Elections is gradually coming to an end. Everybody has been involved one way or the other in the run up to the elections. It is not surprising to see Nigerians from all geo-political zones contributing to the elections’ “debates”. They are raising their voices, outdoing…
By Babajide Alabi At the onset of the electioneering campaign for next month’s general election in Nigeria, observers anticipated that two major issues would dominate the campaign. They are corruption and insecurity, especially Boko Haram’s threat to national existence. However, it is disappointing that these contestants have so far not lived up to the expectations…
By Babajide Alabi Sequel to the piece on change that was published in this column last week, I received various comments, particularly on the subject of “Individual Rebirth”. My mission here today is not to state a case or argue any viewpoint, rather I will lay it bare on the table so as to…
By Babajide Alabi MR FARAGE’s NEW POLITICS Nigel Farage’s “New Politics” will one day in the future become a subject of history taught to college students, but before that time he has a lot of groundwork to cover. While he may be “punching” one or two odd supporters of the Tories, majority still believe he…
BY M. Babajide-Alabi It will be an overstatement to say that the April, 2015 UK General Elections will be “fought” and won on the immigration front. All indications are that this is the catch word for the politicians. It is no news that the path line to immigration as an election issue was drawn so…
by Morak Babajide-Alabi These past weeks witnessed so many events like no other week in recent times. While one or two of the events brought a few smiles to our faces, some called out our reasoning abilities so as to reorder a few priorities around the world. EBOLA IN FOCUS For once, in recent times,…
By Babajide Alabi On the last Sunday of every October , the UK clock is set back by an hour. Three Sundays ago, on the 26th October, 2014, we observed this act which signifies the start of the British winter period. No surprise therefore when after this annual “set back” the cold settles in immediately….
By Babajide Alabi A lot has been written about the relationship of Nigerians in Diaspora with their home embassies and high commissions. The thorny issue most times is the fact that Nigerian embassies’ officials have little or no regards for its citizens. While it is a known fact that Nigerians generally are maltreated by foreign…
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