Africa: New scramble by forces of insecurity
Africa is witnessing a scramble for control, but this time the contestants are not colonial powers planting flags. They are terrorist organisations, criminal syndicates, traffickers, mercenaries, kidnappers, and armed groups exploiting Africa’s weaknesses. The result is a continent where insecurity is becoming an alternative system of power. The warning from US Africa Command (AFRICOM) should […]
CBN’s Threat To Its Eight Banks
TIME and expertise have run out on whatever decisions the Central Bank of Nigeria wants to take on the eight banks it dislodged their boards from 14 August 2009. Tired of nearly two years of equivocation, CBN is threatening to revoke their licences if they do not meet a 20 December 2011 re-capitalisation deadline.
June 12 – claims continue
FEW will allow others to write history against them and maintain silence, especially where they have a chance to represent issues in ways that will portray their fondness and sacrifices for humanity.
Kerosene – The Forests Are Going
THE high cost of kerosene has been with us for a while and so have increasing dangers of this cost. Among them are the sale of adulterated kerosene by greedy merchants who exploit the gap in supply, and the devastation of the environment.
Illusions Of Care For Nigerian Child
THE June 1 letter from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, asking President Goodluck Jonathan to obey the ECOWAS Court of Justice ruling that makes education of the Nigerian child a right, it is the latest effort in the new direction the quest for social justice is taking.
Punish The Ibadan Killers
ON 11 December 2006, matchet-wielding youth bombarded the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, in Ibadan, to prevent the return of Governor Rashidi Ladoja – the court had just reinstated him from impeachment.
Does FRA Still Exist?
THE Fiscal Responsibility Act, FRA, a 2007 law that expects prudent management of public finances from governments and their agencies is observed mostly in breach as cases of outright malfeasance show.
Yuguda’s NYSC Compensation
SOME say that not everything that is counted that counts, but the it may be important to count how Governor Isa Yuguda has tempered his stand on the 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps killed in election-related crisis in Bauchi State.
The New National Assembly
CHANGE, no matter its dimensions, can fundamentally alter the way we do things. We believe that change is on its way to the National Assembly, which has undergone its most profound makeover, in composition in the past 12 years.
NASS: Away With ‘Ranking’, Zoning
AFTER the swearing in of the President and Governors, attention has shifted to the legislature, especially the National Assembly, which will be inaugurated next week. Shortly after, the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives will be decided.
Are Bombs Here To Stay?
IS it possible government has decided to allow Nigerians to live with the bombs that have been flying in different parts of the country since last year? There are reasons to be worried about the attitude of government to the insecurity that have been pinned to the elections.
