Giving ex-prisoners another chance
The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its programmes include education, vocational training and income generation through farms and […]
Tackling poverty in Nigeria
Once again, the Federal Government came out hotly in self-defence over charges of worsening poverty rate in Nigeria.
Government’s funding of weddings
Funding of “mass weddings” by state governments appears to be gathering popular appeal in Northern Nigeria.
Extension of emergency rule
After a hectic six months of battling Islamic insurgents under a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, President Goodluck Jonathan came back to the National Assembly early in November 2013, to ask for a six-month extension to enable the armed forces complete the job.
Dangerous desert migrations
When a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Oikkena, embarked on the dangerous path of squeezing himself into the tyre compartment of Arik aircraft, with the belief that he would end up in America, the action sent out a strong message of migration driven by frustration.
After ASUU …
THERE is a paradox governments have built around education — they are spending billions of Naira on education, yet the financial issues around education are not being resolved. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike is only one of many matters that are dogging education.
