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 […]
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 […]
Anambra’s Floating Bodies
MORE than a week after bodies were found floating on a river in Amansea, Anambra State, the security agencies appear helpless about identifying the bodies or making any headway about the cause of their death. Governor Peter Obi’s promise of N5 million to anyone with information that could help unravel the “mystery” has yielded no results.
