Armed forces personnel and social media exposure
Social media has become a torchlight and a tripwire for Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies. It has enabled the public to expose alleged oppression, corruption, and abuse that might otherwise remain buried. In January 2024, soldier Ruth Ogunleye used TikTok to allege sexual harassment, intimidation, and abuse by senior officers. The Army investigated and […]
Victimisation of Nigerians in S-Africa
SOUTH African-born wives of Nigerians living in South Africa are set for a major nationwide protest against their increasing stigmatisation by their fellow countrymen and women.
Human Rights Retreat
THE once booming business of promoting human rights is on serious retreat in Nigeria. It is appropriate to remember this, as elections and contests for power dominate national discourse. The quest for power cannot be an excuse, not even a reason for rights violations.
What About Malaria?
MINISTER of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu last year announced that more than 90 per cent of Nigeria’s population, 150.3 million (the population of ECOWAS countries without Nigeria), is at risk of malaria infection. His prescribed emergency plan was use of more mosquito nets.
Working Without FRA
NIGERIA has some laws Nigerians would wonder why they were made. One of them is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, FRA, a 2007 law that expects prudent management of public finances from governments and their agencies.
PDP, Please, Please
WHERE is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, heading? It is doubtful if PDP, any side of it, knows. Matters are complicated, so complicated that the intentions of its members are unknown. The size of PDP and its pervading influences are factors in its struggles.
