Osun guber as a primer to 2027 elections
The Osun State governorship election has offered Nigeria a preview of what the 2027 general elections could become—and what they must never become. It was preceded by an ugly cocktail of defections, political brinkmanship, institutional controversy and violence. Governor Ademola Adeleke’s hurried exit from the PDP, after failing to secure a route into the APC […]
Hospitals and gunshot victims
The need for hospitals to urgently treat victims of gunshot injuries without first demanding a police report was emphasised in a recent media release by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, and Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN. In December 2024, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, had similarly issued a […]
Safeguarding the public from container deaths
The tragic killing of a driver in Ibadan, Oyo State, recently, when a 40-foot container-laden truck fell on a commercial Nissan Micra car, has again brought to the fore the recurring menace of container- and tanker-related accidents on Nigerian roads. Barely two weeks earlier, a policeman and a female passenger were crushed to death in […]
Getting serious about waterways safety
There has recently been an up-tick in activities geared towards ensuring safety on our waterways. At the onset of this year’s rainy and flood season, the usually dormant National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, roused itself and collaborated with the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, to conduct a safety campaign aimed at “promoting best practices” on […]
Wrong police deployments and insecurity
Nigeria, with over 200 million citizens, faces grave security challenges—terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, suicide bombings, and communal killings. The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, with about 370,000 personnel and officers, is overstretched. The dream to increase police staff strength to at least 600,000 is far from being realised. The ratio of one police officer to […]
Addressing Nigeria’s low life expectancy crisis
Nigeria has scored another rock bottom global ranking, this time in the area of life expectancy. A United Nations Population Prospects, UNPP, data recently released confirms that Nigeria is the country with the lowest life expectancy in the world. It shows that average life expectancy of men is 54.3 years, while that of women is […]
