Nigeria’s cooking gas crisis
For many households, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) promised a cleaner, safer alternative to firewood, charcoal and kerosene. That promise is fraying. A steep rise in the cost of refilling cylinders—reaching about N2,000 per kilogramme in some markets—has put LPG beyond the reach of millions already squeezed by inflation and falling real wages. Cooking fuel is […]
Why The Police Shootings?
IS there a prize for policemen who gun down unarmed civilians? What motivates the police to shoot unarmed, peaceful protesters? These questions are not new. We are asking them again because there have been no answers.
Contempt For Privileges
CONTEMPT of court is a serious offence if seen from the prism of its capabilities to weaken the judiciary and minimise its abilities to deliver justice to all parties without fear or favour.
We The People…
CONCERNS about the future of Nigeria are growing. Many groups have rekindled the demand for conference or summit to re-shape the country. Most of the attention has been on the 1999 Constitution, which begins with a fallacy.
Blame Messenger, Always
SECURITY people get away with anything under the pretence that they have more information than the public. Where this ploy fails, they become vicious, searching for soft targets on which to vent their anger.
Bayelsa’s Five-Star Hotel
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan remains a surprise. He was not different on Friday when he broke his long silence on the disputation between him and Bayelsa State Governor Chief Timipre Sylva. It was all about a hotel, an un-built hotel.
Leadership Gives More Than Aburi
FOR years, Nigerians have been desirous of a quick fix for the challenges the country faces. They range from the economy to security. All these challenges are related to the constitutional contraptions that replaced the regional governments that operated until the military intervention in 1966.
Boko Haram – Bombs Happen
TWO governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria – one serving, one retired – have justifications for Boko Haram’s unleashing of bombs on Nigeria. Without those reasons, the bombing would presumably stop.
China’s Love Of Africa
THE $200 million new headquarters of the African Union – a gift from China – is another confirmation of the continent’s inability to get things done by itself. Almost 50 years after the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, OAU, the AU’s forebear, the continent could not afford the AU’s new edifice that has cast a permanent role for China in Africa.
Ikeja Blast: 10 Years Of Disgrace
MEMORIES of what transpired at Ikeja Cantonment on 27 January, 10 years ago, are vastly being eroded by time and conspiracy to minimise the extent of the neglect that cost thousands of lives and more.
Sacked Governors – The Rest Of Us
WHERE does the law stand on speedy trials? Is it impossible to reach decisions on time? Does the law ever consider consequences of its disinterest on speed, even when matters so obviously demand? Or is the law meant to be a waste of everyone’s resources?
