Fixing Nigeria’s eroding sovereignty
Sixty-six years after independence, Nigeria’s sovereignty is formally intact, but its practical authority over territory and security has been weakened by persistent violence and the inability to guarantee safety in every community. The country that once appeared destined to become Africa’s giant now marks another Independence Day amid insecurity, economic strain and massive distrust. The […]
Need to mop up small, light weapons
While we acknowledge that this indiscriminate ownership of arms has a direct link with the spillover of the Libyan crisis, it is pertinent to situate it in the failure of the nation’s security agencies to arrest the influx.
Stop these child voters now
FOLLOWING on the heels of the recently concluded local government elections in Kano State, videos and photos of children, some of them as young as seven queueing in long lines to vote have sparked outrage in the social media. Nigerian laws prescribe that a person must be 18 or above to be eligible to vote
Keeping Nigerians away from jails abroad
Most of the current 170,000 are serving terms for drug and human trafficking and sundry immigration offences.
Protesters, please stop blocking the highways
Protesters have made an unsavoury habit of blocking public highways as a means of drawing public attention and support in all parts of the country. In so doing, they subject fellow citizens struggling to meet their daily needs to untold and unnecessary hardship.
Police, Gov. Ortom face-off a shame
. He was sent to restore law and order in the state. He and his men are supposed to conduct themselves in a professional and impartial manner to instill confidence in the populace, no matter what side of the conflict they belong to.
