Armed forces personnel and social media exposure
Social media has become a torchlight and a tripwire for Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies. It has enabled the public to expose alleged oppression, corruption, and abuse that might otherwise remain buried. In January 2024, soldier Ruth Ogunleye used TikTok to allege sexual harassment, intimidation, and abuse by senior officers. The Army investigated and […]
Moving Borno’s IDPs from schools
We wholeheartedly welcome the decision of the Borno State Government to partner with stakeholders to build shelters for Internally-Displaced Persons (IDP’s) and thus move them away from public schools, where they had been quartered since the Boko Haram insurgency became an all-out war.
The APC promise on N5,000 stipend
Dark clouds are appearing over the campaign promise of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to pay a monthly stipend of N5,000 to unemployed poor when voted to power.
Strong institutions will fight graft
FOR the umpteenth time, President Muhammadu Buhari last week at the African Summit in New Delhi, India, reaffirmed his commitment to conquer the cankerworm of corruption that has eaten deep into the fabric of the nation’s polity.
Reforming the health insurance scheme
SINCE it was established in 1999 via Decree (now Act) 35 of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been tasked with the overall goal of enhancing access to quality and affordable health care for all Nigerians. This scheme eventually saw the light of day 27 years after it was first mooted in 1962 as the Lagos Health Bill.
North East rehabilitation plan
AS the deadline for the ongoing military operations to clear the North East of the menace of Boko Haram Islamist terrorists draws nearer, the Federal Government is set to empanel a national conference to generate ideas, strategies and momentum for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the nation’s embattled frontier.
