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; […]
Screening By Guesses
THE demand that portfolios should be attached to nominees for ministerial positions is a legitimate demand that falls firmly in line with the spirit of the 1999 Constitution, which insists that Ministers should be appointed to reflect the geographical, ethnic and other colourations that make Nigeria the vivacious country it has remained. When the Senate […]
Care For Prisoners
THE abject neglect of prisoners points to official disrespect for rights of convicts and suspects. Awaiting Trial Inmates and people in prison custody are treated with zero level respect, a reflection of the general treatment of Nigerians.
Possibilities Of Nigeria @ 100
NIGERIA will be 100 by January 1, 2014, a date that marks the British amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, some say for administrative convenience, to form the country called Nigeria.
Time To Fight Corruption
THE public’s outrage at the two-year sentence for Mr. John Yusuf, a director in the Police Pension Office, who pleaded guilty to stealing N23 billion out of the N40 billion stolen from the Police Pension Fund, is understandable.
Great, Let’s Account
FORMER Vice President (Africa) at the World Bank and Minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili’s insistence on transparency deserves more attention than trite defence. Twice in months, she has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of mismanaging huge resources Obasanjo saved. The $67 billion (about N11 trillion) oil money she claimed Obasanjo left is […]
