The Port Harcourt Hub of the Global Shapers Community shares in the grave disappointment felt by Nigerians especially residents of Rivers State, due to the reported incidents of disruption witnessed at the 2019 State Elections in Rivers State. Port Harcourt Global Shapers understand that it is our duty as young…

Joint Statement by the Nigerian Hubs of the Global Shapers Community. The Nigerian Hubs of the Global Shapers Community share in the grave disappointment felt by Nigerians at the abrupt postponement of the 2019 General Elections. While we acknowledge the efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in organising the 2019 elections, it is disheartening that the postponement was announced…

Mr Niger D is an acronym you may be familiar with, if you went through the Nigerian educational system. This mnemonic represents the characteristics of living things and for each alphabet, outlines them as; M: Movement, R: Respiration, N: Nutrition, I: Irritability, G: Growth, E: Excretion , R: Reproduction, D…

My mom was hurriedly getting ready for the women’s meeting in church that evening when I stopped by at home. As the district women leader, she had to moderate the meeting, but she quickly delegated her deputy to lead. I could see the joy and excitement on her face as…

Gender Equality: pronounce these two words in a conversation and you are bound to raise eyebrows if not questions. Many people are under the impression that the campaign for gender quality is one that seeks to elevate women to the dethronement of men and therefore view such discussions as an…

Responsible and responsive… Two traits that we take for granted that every leader must possess. A responsible and responsive leader is not an ineffectual blame-shifter, or an aloof observer. S/he knows the situation, takes charge of the situation and communicates effectively and compassionately with those that they lead. As a…

In recent times, when the letter ‘e-’ is attached to any word, everyone gets excited and this is a good thing because the world is changing rapidly with technological advancements; either you learn something ‘tech’ or you might be left behind. Global Health Health in general has improved over the years, thanks…

African Unity: Hopeless Idealism or Workable Reality? by Andrew Banigo. Approaches to socio-political thought can broadly be divided into Idealism and Realism. Idealism has to do with revolutionary thinking, and adopts a far sighted approach to present issues and prescribes ideals in response to present realities. Realism on the other…

The last week was an exciting one for us following our online campaign titled #Youthleadingeducation. This campaign was geared toward the promotion of #SDGs goal 4-Education. It will interest you to know that while the Nigerian educational sector has been characterized by certain unsavory factors, there seems to be hope…