It is a common sight in major cities of Nigeria to see young men pushing wheel barrows stocked with gallons in search of water as access to potable water remains a major challenge for majority of city dwellers.  Most city dwellers today rely on private water vendors and boreholes to meet their domestic needs.  Those […]

Mokwa and other nearby communities in Niger State are still bleeding profusely from the flood disaster of May 28, 2025, which took about 200 lives (with about 500 still missing), demolished 265 homes, damaged 3,000 others and rendered over 5,000 individuals refugees in their home towns. This tragedy could have been avoided if our governments […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP’s, call on President Bola Tinubu to bring the instigators of the June 12, 1993 presidential election annulment to justice is very thought-provoking. A recent statement by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, called for the investigation and prosecution of those found culpable regardless of their current political affiliation. This call […]

Weeks after the arrest of 41 suspects in connection with the gruesome killing of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Rano Division Police Station, Kano State, CSP Baba Ali, nothing has been heard of their arraignment. The late officer was killed when one Abdullahi Musa, a motorcycle mechanic, was arrested for alleged reckless and dangerous riding. He […]

Infiltration and sabotage are the main sustainers of the insecurity that is threatening to sink Nigeria as we know it. This threat presents three broad forms: Boko Haram/ISWAP, Fulani herdsmen terrorists and bandits. While Boko Haram/ ISWAP are unpretentious about their jihadist ideology, the herdsmen and bandit terrorists also operate with the same style. They […]