Worsening school closures as terrorists advance
Nigeria’s school-abduction crisis has become a grim instrument of terror, ransom, and psychological warfare. Jihadist groups, bandits, and kidnappers have learned that children are especially valuable hostages. Their abduction paralyzes communities, terrifies parents, and places enormous pressure on governments. Mass school abductions are generally traced to Boko Haram’s seizure of 276 girls from Government Girls […]
Appeal Court conflicting judgments in election petitions
IN every constitutional democracy, the judiciary is one of the major pillars that sustains its principles and tenets. It is an embodiment of equity,fairness,justice and rule of law. Without the judiciary which is regarded as the last hope of the aggrieved,law and order will stand on their heads. It is against this backdrop that justice must not only be done by the institution but must be seen by all to have been done.
Framework for the care of IDPs
THE recent call by Honourable Sanni Zorro, the member of the House of Representatives for the Gumel/Maigatari, Sule Tankar/Gagarawa Federal Constituency of Jigawa State for the domestication of the Kampala Convention on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is a worthy idea.
Ending AIDS in 2030: How achievable for Nigeria?
BEFORE 2003, there was progression in the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. Records show that from 1991 – 1999 the HIV prevalence increased from 1.8 percent to 5.4 percent. It dropped to 4.1 percent in 2011 and further dropped to 3.8 percent in 2013.
Drunks in uniform must be fished out
LAST Sunday’s brutal killing of the Oyesunle twins, Taiwo and Kehinde and their friend, Adesanya Adegoke in Ketu, Lagos by a drunken policeman, Sergeant Stephen James, was another evidence of our scant regard for life.
The desirable forex policy re-jig
PERHAPS the current regime at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, may go down in history as that with the highest turnover of policies, rules, regulations and guidelines in the annals of foreign exchange management in Nigeria so far.
