Fifty thousand is not the number that matters

Fifty thousand is not the number that matters

On Democracy Day the President promised more than fifty thousand new police officers. The pledge is welcome and overdue. But the measure behind it—how many police we keep for each citizen—is the wrong way to ask whether Nigerians will be safer.   By Philip Obazee On the morning of the twelfth of June, in an address […]
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Democracy fails without inclusion of persons with disabilities — ADC leader

Democracy fails without inclusion of persons with disabilities — ADC leader

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Leader of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the African Democratic Congress, Chike Okogwu, has said Nigeria’s democracy cannot be regarded as complete while millions of persons with disabilities remain excluded from opportunities, services and governance. In a Democracy Day message titled “Democracy Without Access is Democracy Denied,” Okogwu […]

How Abiola refused to sell June 12 mandate — Oshiomhole

How Abiola refused to sell June 12 mandate — Oshiomhole

— Abiola chose principle over freedom— We’re ready for state police, says Aiyedatiwa By Dayo Johnson, Akure Former Edo State governor and senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed that late military ruler Sani Abacha was prepared to offer late M.K.O. Abiola anything in exchange for relinquishing his claim to the June 12, 1993 presidential mandate. Oshiomhole […]