Photo credit: BBC Around 150 anti-migrant demonstrators gathered in a south coast town to stop a group of migrants, who had crossed the English Channel in a small boat, being brought ashore by the RNLI. BBC reports that some flares were set off and there were a few scuffles with police during the stand-off at…
Nigeria – A Season of Serial Betrayals A Civic Renaissance Series for themigrant.online Opening Frame: When Institutions Collapse, Nations Don’t Fall – They Fade Nigeria’s crisis is often described as corruption, bad leadership, insecurity, or poverty. But beneath all these symptoms lies a deeper, more dangerous truth: Nigeria’s institutions have collapsed – not suddenly, but slowly,…
Abigail Marshal Katung, winner in the 2019 Leeds City Council elections. Councillor for Little London and Woodhouse Ward Of Leeds City Council. A video is currently going viral of a Nigerian politician. The video made by the BBC (Yoruba) is of a Nigerian female politician who recently won elections in the UK. In the video,…
Did you know that most countries do not require educational certificates to be elected for any political post? What most countries require are citizenship, having lived in the country for a certain number of years and a specific age. Nigeria’s requirement for educational certificates might be a fallout from our colonial past when it was…
Ngeria – A season of Serial Betrayals A Civic Renaissance for themigrant.online Opening Frame: Citizenship Is the First Institution Before a nation can build courts, parliaments, refineries, or armies, it must build citizens. Citizens are the first institution of any republic – the foundation upon which all other institutions stand. When citizenship breaks, everything else follows:…
I’m the most respectful person. But then, there’s a catch to it, ‘All things being equal’. In any case, respect begets respect. Nobody is begging anyone to offer themselves to serve the people. They must have something to offer the people in terms of qualitative services. If they don’t have anything to offer, then they…
