When will Nigeria’s IDP camps finally close?
For millions of internally displaced Nigerians scattered across about 3,900 camps and settlements nationwide, home is no longer a place of comfort but a distant memory. Many have spent years in camps established as temporary shelters that have gradually evolved into permanent settlements. The question that should trouble every Nigerian is: when will these IDP […]
Confusion After Power Privatisation
WHEN the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor companies was concluded recently, the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, urged Nigerians to look forward to a new era of improved power supply.
Towards credible elections in 2015
Professor Attahiru Jega’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has continued to chalk up questionable competence in every election its has conducted in the country in its over three years of existence.
Against the Foreign Accounts Bill
ON Wednesday, November 20, 2013, the House of Representatives passed the second reading of a bunch of bills which, if they eventually become law, may see corruption in Nigeria go right through the roof and drain the nation’s treasury into foreign bank vaults.
Oyo’s sack of YES-O cadets
One of the steps that Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State took to reduce youth unemployment and recruit fresh, young hands to participate in the provision of governmental services was the creation of the Youth Employment Scheme of Oyo State (YES-O).
Squabbling over 2014 budget
ONCE again, the National Assembly and the executive arm of government are at loggerheads over budget projections and overall management of revenues accruing from the sale of the country’s oil and gas.
Tackling poverty in Nigeria
Once again, the Federal Government came out hotly in self-defence over charges of worsening poverty rate in Nigeria.
Government’s funding of weddings
Funding of “mass weddings” by state governments appears to be gathering popular appeal in Northern Nigeria.
Extension of emergency rule
After a hectic six months of battling Islamic insurgents under a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, President Goodluck Jonathan came back to the National Assembly early in November 2013, to ask for a six-month extension to enable the armed forces complete the job.
Dangerous desert migrations
When a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Oikkena, embarked on the dangerous path of squeezing himself into the tyre compartment of Arik aircraft, with the belief that he would end up in America, the action sent out a strong message of migration driven by frustration.
After ASUU …
THERE is a paradox governments have built around education — they are spending billions of Naira on education, yet the financial issues around education are not being resolved. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike is only one of many matters that are dogging education.
