Worsening school closures as terrorists advance
Nigeria’s school-abduction crisis has become a grim instrument of terror, ransom, and psychological warfare. Jihadist groups, bandits, and kidnappers have learned that children are especially valuable hostages. Their abduction paralyzes communities, terrifies parents, and places enormous pressure on governments. Mass school abductions are generally traced to Boko Haram’s seizure of 276 girls from Government Girls […]
Electronic Voting Possible If…
NIGERIANS can vote electronically today if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, wants it to work. The other side to the use of electronic voting is the National Assembly, and myriad of politicians who have interests that electronic voting would not support.
Accountability Crusades
EVERYONE talks about accountability, demands it, makes an issue of its importance to governance, but it must be noted that those who are being called to account, are the least interested in the matter. It is an endless tango.
Imo’s Abortion Law
FURORE over the abortion law in Imo State raises many issues about legislative processes that led to the law. The main grouse of the people, according to reports, was that they were not consulted before the law was passed. How could a law have been passed without a public hearing? Can the State Assembly explain this aberration?
Lagos’s Poor Metro Ranking
IT is worrisome that Nigeria’s former capital and still its current economic capital, Lagos, is ranked the fourth most difficult city to live in the world.
Punishing Political Rascals
OVER the past few months, governments across the country have been giving out cheques to victims of the political riots that followed the results of the 2011 presidential election.
