2027: Nigeria must not go the 1966–69 route again
There is a proverb that says those who stumble twice on the same stone deserve to break their necks. Nigeria fought a bitter 30-month civil war that claimed millions of lives and left the country torn apart and gasping for breath till today. One of the remote causes of that war—electoral fraud-related violence—is rearing its […]
Those barbaric “blasphemy” killings
Within a space of one week, five Nigerians were gruesomely murdered by mobs protesting what they called “blasphemy” offences.
Caution on constituency projects Bill
A bill that will put constituency projects as part of the annual budgets of the Federal Government has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives.
Labour Minister’s directive to banks
The banking industry reacted to the economic squeeze by downsizing their staff roll in order to survive, but the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige’s “directive” for banks to suspend such actions forthwith may not be a sustainable response to it.
Mile 12 Market must move
We regard as unwholesome and unacceptable, strident efforts by former Kano State Governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso (who now represents Kano Central Constituency at the Senate) to take sides with a section of the ethno-regional stakeholders in the Mile 12 Market, Lagos to oppose the movement of the market to a more befitting location at Imota.
Pass the sexual harassment Bill pronto
It is not surprising that the Sexual Harassment Bill before the Nigerian Senate has elicited passionate reactions from the public.
