Saluting our victorious knowledge Olympians
Nigeria’s performance at the 2026 International STEM Olympiad in Rome was outstanding not only because of the medals won, but because it came from a broad spread of schools and subjects, showing that the country’s academic promise is still deeply embedded. At a time when school abductions by jihadists and bandits, insecurity, and the wider […]
Banda: A Zambian Lesson
NIGERIAN authorities applaud themselves about fight against corruption. What has kept matters at the noise level is the exclusion of the high and mighty from prosecution. In Zambia it is different.
Judgments: Jiggles, Riddles
CHIEF Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, is concerned about the quality of judgments delivered in courts across the country. She finds a relationship between the judgments and flagging public confidence in the judiciary.
Pardoning Alamieyeseigha
THE furore over the state pardon granted DSP Alamieyeseigha, the first elected governor of Bayelsa State, confirms the people’s right to make their opinions known, especially in a democracy.
Death Only For Others
IN fairness to Senate President David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark he had listed “capital punishment for offences” in his message of hope at the beginning of 2013. His concern then was terrorist attacks that had dominated security issues since 2010.
Always Politics Of Convenience
THE furores in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its governors’ conducts and the possibilities of no primaries for the 2015 elections are part of the politics of convenience that the party has been playing exceptionally well since 1999.
