Worsening school closures as terrorists advance
Nigeria’s school-abduction crisis has become a grim instrument of terror, ransom, and psychological warfare. Jihadist groups, bandits, and kidnappers have learned that children are especially valuable hostages. Their abduction paralyzes communities, terrifies parents, and places enormous pressure on governments. Mass school abductions are generally traced to Boko Haram’s seizure of 276 girls from Government Girls […]
Anambra Guber, litmus test for Amupitan’s INEC
All are set for the Anambra State Governorship Election tomorrow, Saturday 8th November 2025. This election is special in at least two ways. Anambra is the first of the eight states that conduct their governorship elections outside the nation’s general elections ambit. The others are: Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Osun and Imo. Secondly, this […]
Mitigating tanker explosion tragedies
Once again, the nation mourns. Last week, in Essa community, Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, tragedy struck as no fewer than 57 Nigerians lost their lives in yet another tanker explosion. Many others sustained severe burns in an incident that, sadly, mirrors a recurring national tragedy. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), 1,531 […]
States must invest in power
The recent call by Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, for state governments to take up the challenge of providing power to residents of their states is well placed. The surprise is that some of our states need to be pushed to do this. For decades, the calls for decentralisation of electric power fell on deaf […]
Beyond taxing plastics makers
The need for an Act to regulate the manufacture, use and control of plastic products (polyethylene and polypropylene) has dawned on the House of Representatives, leading to the creation of the Committee on Preparedness for Single-Use Plastics Ban in Nigeria. According to the Committee’s Chairman, Terseer Ugbor, a Bill to that effect is in the […]
Proposed consolidated general elections
The National Assembly is proposing an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to abolish the current arrangement of staggering our general elections and instead consolidate them on one day. If this amendment is passed, the Presidential, Governorship, National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly elections will be conducted on the same day. Indeed, the federal lawmakers have […]
