Straight Talk

The government should try by legislating laws that will protect the rights of workers in Nigeria because some so-called Big Co-operations have turned the workers into slavery. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) should have a routine check both in government and private sectors through sampling workers opinions, knowing their feelings and reactions towards their working conditions. In as much as, every establishment has a Union that fight for workers’ interest but above all these; some unions executives sometimes, can be bought over with money by the management which render these bodies inefficient to protect the workers' interest. In some establishments some workers have no right for annual leave; some have no access to healthcare services and while others, have no opportunities for pay rise to compliment their efforts and hard work. Many of these workers have put up their best for their employers but unfortunately, they have nothing to show for it. The NLC should rise up and spea...

The 2011 Presidential election in Nigeria has come and gone. It will go down in the country’s chequered history as one of the bloodiest election ever held in Nigeria. Despite the irregularities by some polling stations, the international observers who monitored the election scored Nigeria a pass mark for how the election was conducted compared to the previous elections that were held, at least there was an improvement. The election was marred with sectarian violence in the Northern part of the country, especially in states like Kaduna and Katsina where some houses and churches were burnt down to ashes.   Some people were killed which include; some members of the National Youths Service Corps who were drafted to help for the smooth conduct of the election and some were also left injured.   It is very regrettably that the country has not learnt its lessons from the previous mistakes, instead those who parade themselves as leaders and scavengers of peace are still ...

                                         Wind of Change. “A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.”...Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India.   Change is the only thing that is constant. The wind of change is sweeping across the Middle East region.   First it was Tunisia the next port of call was Egypt and who knows where the “Sword of Damocles” will fall next? Bahrain, Yemen and Syria are both sharing their own cake of revolution.   The ousted Tunisian leader Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and assumed the Presidency in November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état, from the then President Habib Bourguiba, who was declared incompetent.   Ben Ali was in pow...

Is there anything wrong to fart in public? Otherwise it’s a nature call which every man answers at one time or the other but with due respect in doing that. Precise it will be foolish and embarrassing for someone to fart in public! It should be regarded as “accidental discharges” when it happens and the person involved should render an apology by saying the word “excuse me please.” One time or the other we might have experienced this as an individual, how did you feel; did you feel embarrassed or eulogized? Input please!