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 […]
More Than Laughing Stock
SENATE President David Bonaventure Achelenu Mark has become famous for his candour. He speaks so explicitly about the Nigerian condition that he easily forgets his place in it. Nobody would have clearly affirmed that Nigeria had become a laughing stock than Senator Mark.
Another Labour Day
SPEECHES are guaranteed. Workers will march, if there is security. Everything else about May 1, Labour Day, is uncertain, a reflection of the hard times that abound and the unfortunate disinterest of the authorities in the well-being of the people.
Azazi bombs PDP
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is livid over comments of his National Security Adviser, General Andrew Owoeye Azazi, that decisions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were responsible for the increase in violence.
Our Endangered Coastline
NIGERIA’S 853-kilometre coastline is littered with a very large number of disused ships and all sorts of seagoing vessels floating or partially submerged.
Nigeria’s Unacceptable Malaria Burden
IT must take some bravery for the Minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu to announce than 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. The only emergency plan was use of more mosquito nets.
