Archive for December, 2010
Father’s agony I’m finished. I lost 4 sons in Abuja bomb blasts
Father’s agony
I’m finished. I lost 4 sons in Abuja bomb blasts
From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja
Saturday, October 09, 2010
To say that Donatus Arau, an indigene of Nsukka, in Enugu State and a trailer driver with Julius Berger, is a depressed man is an understatement. One is not surprised to find him surrounded by his colleagues and relatives trying to encourage him to take it easy. Their eyes follow every of his move and they express concern when he is lost in thoughts or heave a sigh of grief. Arua was hostile giving directions on phone to his house, at the Julius Berger Camp, in Maitama District, Abuja, but you’ll understand when you come face to face with him and you see a picture of a broken man that might never recover from a disaster that has be fallen his family. (more…)
Vote IBB, vote tragedy –Hafsat, MKO’s daughter
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Vote IBB, vote tragedy –Hafsat, MKO’s daughter
From JULIANA TAIWO
Sunday, November 21, 2010
•Hafsat
Hafsat Abiola-Costello is a young activist promoting women, youth and democracy in Nigeria and around the world. She is also Executive Director of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), a non-governmental organisation that seeks to empower democracy and development in Nigeria by strengthening organizations and creating initiatives that advance women. KIND’s main programme is Kudra, a programme that offers leadership training to 1,250 young women across Nigeria each year. (more…)
You need passion, patience to teach blind kids –Dung, head teacher, school for the blind
You need passion, patience to teach blind kids –Dung, head teacher, school for the blind
From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja
Monday, November 08, 2010
It is easy to take gifts of sight and sound for granted when it is now a daily routine each time you are caught up in the traffic to see a young girl or boy leading a blind person to your car to beg for alms.
On a good day you would part with a token that you wouldn’t miss and drive away, satisfied that you have been kind to someone that day. On a bad day you would probably wind up the window of your car and ignore the begging pair. (more…)
