Curbing trans-Sahara human trafficking
The rescue of four Nigerian girls from a suspected prostitution ring in Morila, Mali, is another reminder that trans-Saharan human trafficking is not a path to prosperity. It is still a booming, predatory business in which traffickers, recruiters, “madams,” transporters and exploiters profit while young Nigerians lose their freedom, dignity and, sometimes, their lives. The […]
Hope receding on 2018 budget
The cardinal reason our leaders in Abuja are so careless about late passage of annual budgets is that the Presidency and the National Assembly do not seem to understand that time is also an economic resource which must be carefully optimised to achieve maximum results.
We must handle ACFTA with care
The impulse to sign every international instrument without proper scrutiny for our national interest has lured us into so many pacts which we have failed to implement.
Dapchi girls saga an unfinished business
THE release of 106 of the 110 students of Government Girls Science Technical College, GGSTC, Dapchi, Yobe State abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist group on February 19, 2018 is a welcome development though the abduction should not have happened at all.
Nigeria and the impending energy revolution
One by one, the industrialised and developed countries of the world are signing up for this shift which will take the wind from the sails of oil economies like Nigeria.
Implement withdrawal of police orderlies from individuals
It is regrettable that policemen trained at the public expense for the common good have over time been deployed for the protection and protocol services of a few wealthy Nigerians.
