Tackling light arms proliferation
The proliferation of small arms and light weapons across Nigeria is not a distant threat; it is an immediate, corrosive reality that bleeds communities dry of security, livelihood and hope. Pistols, assault rifles and improvised firearms have become the currency of violence, multiplying the lethality of banditry, kidnapping, communal clashes and organised crime. Where once […]
Tinubu and the Mokwa flood disaster
Over the past fortnight, the people of Mokwa and surrounding settlements in Niger State have been engulfed in grief and misery after the flood disaster that descended on them on May 28, 2025, just as Nigerians prepared to mark the second anniversary of the current administration. The flood, which cut right through the agrarian community […]
Osun State local govt debacle
The debacle surrounding the local government system in Osun State is another reflection of the challenges faced by the country’s governance framework. The local government secretariats have remained unoccupied since the February 22, 2025, local government elections in the state. Governor Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke during the swearing-in of the elected officials asked them to stay […]
Sallah greetings to Muslims
Nigerian Muslims today, Friday June 6, 2025, join the rest of the Muslim Ummah to celebrate yet another Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim festival which falls on the 10th day of Dhul Hijjah, the last month of the Muslim calendar. This Islamic festival commemorates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to follow Allah’s command to sacrifice […]
NAFDAC and drug marketers
In apparent bid to perform its statutory function of sanitising the drug markets, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, shut major pharmaceutical and cosmetics markets in Idumota, Lagos; Ariaria, Aba; and Ogbogwu drug market, Onitsha, back on February 10, 2025. According to NAFDAC’s head of Enugu Zonal Operations, Martin Iluyomade, […]
ECOWAS’ dwindling fortunes at 50
Chairman of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Governments, President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, last week returned to the birthplace of the regional body – the National Institute for International Affairs, NIIA, in Victoria Island, Lagos, to lead the ceremonial marking of its 50 birthday. ECOWAS is clocking […]
