Curbing trans-Sahara human trafficking
The rescue of four Nigerian girls from a suspected prostitution ring in Morila, Mali, is another reminder that trans-Saharan human trafficking is not a path to prosperity. It is still a booming, predatory business in which traffickers, recruiters, “madams,” transporters and exploiters profit while young Nigerians lose their freedom, dignity and, sometimes, their lives. The […]
Museveni Keeps Reality At Bay
UGANDAN President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has won another six-year term to add to the 24 years he has been the country’s maximum ruler. Rioters are resisting him, but he lives above reality, boasting of new laws that will chain the opposition and deny bails to rioters. He claims he will not be forced out of office.
It’s Our Turn To Eat
GOVERNMENT of the people in power, for the people in power and for their powerful friends, may be another definition of democracy, if the peoples’ only place in government is to vote, for candidates of their choice.
Ministers Jonathan Needs
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is at a crucial time in rummaging through the list of nominees from which he would choose 42, or so, Ministers. They would be the men and women to lead Nigeria through the critical processes to 2020, when Nigeria wants to be among the top 20 economies in the world.
Yuguda and the murders of Bauchi
THE insensitivity of Governor Isa Yuguda’s remarks about National Youth Service Corps members killed in his state is worsened by his lame attempt to deny the comments, a denial that confirmed the governor really uttered those words at a time families are mourning over the senseless killing of their wards.
Obasanjo Preaches Impunity
FOUR years after he failed to perpetuate himself in office, Olusegun Obasanjo is explaining why African leaders are reluctant to leave office. He should know, considering that he did everything not to leave, until Nigerians shut the door on him.
