Too many fake tendencies in Nigeria, by Tonnie Iredia
Notwithstanding its nebulous status, the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) was able to appoint a director-general and hundreds of staff. It also secured an office space at the federal secretariat and indeed found its way into the nation’s budget with a Budget Code 0111062001 assigned to it. This huge achievement was attained by the […]
Gaps in Police messages in Nigeria
By Tonnie Iredia Police authorities in Nigeria have no doubt learnt some lessons from the massive destructions to their formations in many locations following the recent #EndSARS protests in the country. Police operatives, many of them arguably innocent of what caused the protests were greatly traumatized. According to Mohammed Adamu, the current Inspector General of […]
Recalling Sr. Henrietta at Maria Goretti
By Tonnie Iredia As a youth, I looked forward to becoming a great television news reporter though I could hardly decipher what the motivation was. Understandably, I didn’t hesitate to seize the opportunity in the early 70s to join the Midwest Television, now NTA Benin, as a reporter. As record shows, I remained in the […]
Senate screening of INEC chairmanship nominee
By Tonnie Iredia For the first time in Nigeria’s recent political history, the Senate of the Federal Republic appears to have placed commensurate premium on the importance of screening nominees of the President for certain positions. The assignment is indeed crucial because it is a constitutional requirement which is designed to ensure that any such […]
Still on Lekki shootings
By Tonnie Iredia The recent #EndSars protests organized by Nigerian youths have continued to dominate media reports across the globe. The latest is a special investigative story on the subject by CNN, a foremost international news outfit. The subject should understandably attract the attention of broadcasters and media scholars, such as this writer. Our interest […]
Police reforms from the top
By Tonnie Iredia Many events in Nigeria point to the fact that our people appear to take delight in leaving substance to pursue shadows thereby getting confused as to the way forward with our country. It was an interesting encounter the other day when one caller in a phone-in radio programme complained bitterly about many […]
