Why Nigeria must invest in mangroves preservation
Nigeria and the world are bleeding biodiversity at an alarming rate. Globally, the United Nations (UN) reports that 420 million hectares of forest, which is roughly the size of the European Union, have been lost since 1990, with mangroves vanishing even faster at 35 per cent of their original extent. In Nigeria, the Niger Delta’s mangrove […]
Rivers also needs “Lagos Treatment”
President Bola Tinubu is expected to bring his “magic touch” to fix the Rivers State political crisis just as he did in dousing the heat rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Attention, ECOWAS standby force
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, under the leadership of Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, is moving forward with the recent establishment of the 5,000-strong ECOWAS Standby Force. By so doing, the ECOWAS has proved once again to be one of the most active regional bodies in the world. It has moved ahead of […]
Year of paradigm shift at PAP
The establishment of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, was the magic wand with which the late President Umaru Yar’ Adua peacefully ended militancy in the Niger Delta in 2009. It forever endeared him to the people of the region. The programme was designed to provide the framework for disarmament and reintegration of ex-militants. It offered […]
Africa must end aid dependency
One of the greatest signposts of shame on the face of Africa is the dependency of most of its member nations on foreign aids. Unfortunately, Nigeria, the much touted “giant of Africa”, is one of them. Evidence of this was the recent provision of N700 billion by President Bola Tinubu to cover for the scrapping […]
On invasion of IKEDC by Air Force men
Rogue elements of Nigeria’s uniformed forces have formed the habit of taking the law into their hands at the slightest provocation. They portray our armed forces as threats, rather than protectors of society. Last week Thursday, some Air Force personnel from the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base, Ikeja, stormed the headquarters of the Ikeja Electric […]
Ending the Russia-Ukraine war
On February 24, 2022, Russia commenced the military invasion of its western neighbour, Ukraine. After three years of intense hostilities, both countries are literally bleeding all over. Actual numbers of dead and wounded are difficult to pin down amidst war propaganda. It is believed that both sides have suffered hundreds of thousands of military and […]
Immortalising Prof Humphrey Nwosu
The calls from various quarters for the immortalisation of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, NEC, which mid-wifed the acclaimed freest, fairest and most peaceful election in Nigeria’s history, should appeal to us as something to identify with. Gradually, even if sometimes reluctantly, successive regimes, major players and concerned political interest […]
Actualising Ibom Deep Sea Port
Efforts by successive Akwa Ibom State administrations to actualise the construction of a deep seaport have continued to hit the proverbial brick wall. Akwa Ibom is a littoral state, with a shoreline that sits on some of the deepest portions of the Nigerian continental shelf. In 1999 when the government of former Governor Victor Attah, […]
Exit of Sahel republics from ECOWAS
The recent formal exit of the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance d’Etats Sahel, AES, from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a big blow to Africa’s best known regional organisation. Coming on the 50th anniversary of ECOWAS which is built on the protocols of free movement of people and goods without […]
Tinubu’s deadline to end insecurity
President Bola Tinubu’s December 2025 deadline for the armed forces to end insecurity in Nigeria is a fresh approach to the duties of his office as Commander-in-Chief. It is different from the usual “marching orders” that no longer means anything, even to the military and police personnel. In most cases, the armed forces and police […]
