Rehabilitating South Africa evacuees
The latest xenophobic violence in South Africa has again exposed the precarious existence of African migrants in a country that owes much of its liberation history to African solidarity. Nigerians and other foreigners have been harassed, threatened, and driven from homes and businesses by armed mobs and vigilantes. More disturbing is the apparent inability or […]
Hail Senegal, Bastion Of Democracy In Africa
SENEGAL has, once again, asserted itself as one of the bastions of democracy in Africa with the defeat of Mr Abdoulaye Wade in the runoff poll, which saw his former protege, Macky Sall, emerging President. It was a woeful end for Wade’s megalomaniacal schemes to impose himself on his country for a third term in contravention of a law he himself championed in 2001.
National Assembly and allegations of corruption
Since the inception of this republic in 1999, the National Assembly has been enmeshed in various allegations of corruption both moral and financial.
Nigeria’s Loss, US’s Gain
FROM far away United States of America comes once again a cheering news: Nigerians are the most highly educated immigrants in most parts of the world’s number one superpower. Our countrymen and women have pulled ahead of Asians and even whites.
New Uniform For Police!
ON assumption of office some weeks ago, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar took a number of steps in trying to readdress some of the very critical issues that confront the Nigeria Police. First, he ordered the dismantling of all police checkpoints nationwide.
National Assembly ignores the Constitution
THE National Assembly should be more reticent when making laws. Its tendency has been to make laws for their sake or to please the Executive. In the process it ignores the Constitution. The Central Bank Act 2007, which may soon be a subject of legal dispute, is a good example.
