Rehabilitating terrorists or delivering justice? By Ejiro Ofoye
For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never […]
Legislators: To whom much is given and less is expected
EVERYWHERE, there is a negative perception of the legislator. For many people, to be a legislator is to be self-serving and perhaps even corrupt and contemptible. The legislator finds himself between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Justice made in Rivers State?
WHEN former President Olusegun Obasanjo went on a campaign to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital in December 2007, he told his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rally: “you all know that anything that concerns Rivers State I take it personally”. Rivers matters a lot to Nigeria, indeed, for obvious reasons.
Empty treasury, wardrobe allowances and redoubts of corruption
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari (PMB), finally moved into the Aso Villa this week, signaling the real commencement of work, as leader for the change that Nigerians voted for last March. But the portents are frightening; as if we don’t already have a foggy idea of the seriousness of the situation! Buhari made it clear during his maiden meeting with the State House media corps, that he inherited from former President Goodluck Jonathan, a country with virtually empty treasury, running into millions of dollars; and indicative of the sorry pass, even the Federal Government cannot pay salaries of its workers.
Buhari’s time to start running
By Rotimi Fasan THIS week makes it the fourth since the Muhammadu Buhari administration was inaugurated amid much hope and high expectations. But while the new president has taken a few significant steps locally and internationally in his personal capacity, not much has been heard concerning those he would be working with and depending on […]
Should everyone go to university?
By Tabia Princewill I AM aware that by the time this article is published, I will most probably be inundated with emails asking me to clarify my position. So I will do my best to do so from the onset. In the Western world, a university degree has long been the prerequisite for gaining middle […]
