Nigeria’s worsening crime numbers
In the past decade, Nigeria’s name has become increasingly associated with crime, insecurity, and institutional decay, at home and abroad. Official corruption, weak institutions, terrorism, banditry, and the routine kidnapping of schoolchildren for ransom have normalised a national crisis that has eroded public trust and damaged the country’s global standing. The crimes not only persist; […]
Dangerous Migration, Poor Governance
WHEN 13-year-old Daniel Oikhena squeezed himself into the tyre compartment of an aircraft, with the belief that he would end up in America, his action sent a strong message of desperation migration, driven by frustration.
Challenges Before CJN
CHIEF Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Mukhtar has been praised for the changes she is making in the judiciary. She has less than a year more in office, yet the matters she had set as her agenda when she took office in 2012, are still there. She has more work to do before she leaves in ensuring that justice is speedily dispensed.
It Is Still Christmas
MERRIMENT and excessiveness have drowned the essence of Christmas. The way of celebrating Jesus Christ, who came to save mankind, according to the bible, turns the reason for the season upside down.
Language of Public Discourse
IN a country of more than 160 million people, it is impossible to agree totally on anything, even if it is posted as being beneficial to all. Countries with smaller populations – and families of smaller numbers – also disagree raucously to decisions that oppose their individual interests.
Different CBN Governor
IT would be a relief to many to know the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is not desirous of renewing his tenure. His penchant for making unguided statements could have torpedoed any economy but Nigeria’s. His numerous admirers consider him “brave”.
