Illegal refuse-dumping menace in Lagos
Uncollected waste has become a permanent fixture along highways, markets, and residential streets of Lagos. Hardly any other Nigerian city wears its refuse crisis quite so visibly. Heaps of decomposing waste do more than disfigure a city that stands as the nation’s commercial capital. They breed rodents, flies, and mosquitoes, and with them the diseases […]
From Protests To Possibilities
THE times we are going through have many uncertainties dogging them. These are no ordinary times. At no time in our lives – in peacetime – have so many security people been deployed on internal operations, in so many parts of the country, at the same time.
Truce, Trust, Transformation
AN end to the strike is long over due. It has taken this long to reach an agreement because government under-estimated the anger in the land, which it must have realised runs deeper than the increase in fuel price. Government needed to deal with that anger quickly instead of the various excuses that it is making about the increase.
Why The Police Shootings?
IS there a prize for policemen who gun down unarmed civilians? What motivates the police to shoot unarmed, peaceful protesters? These questions are not new. We are askingA them again because there have been no answers.
Worse Than We Thought
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has his unique ways of expressing challenges Nigeria faces. If we believe him, he will leave us wallowing in the hopelessness of situations.
High Marks For Reps
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary moves. The House of Representatives seemingly understood that by holding a session last Sunday to mediate on the fuel subsidy crisis.
