Nigeria must protect the classroom
“Can Education Survive Attack: The Resilience of Human Communities” is the theme of this year’s International Day to Protect Education from Attack, marked on 9 September. This is very apt for Nigeria as schools reopen for the 2026/2027 session. For a country where children are abducted from schools, the occasion is a painful reminder of […]
Sad, Abba Aji Remains In Presidency
ABBA Aji, a former senator, a presidential liaison officer in the National Assembly is proud of his pedigree for being in the news for all the wrong reasons since he joined the Presidency.
Don’t Take Nigerians For Granted
THERE an unceasing tendency for Nigerian leaders to take the people for granted. It begins with an exaggerated importance of their office and extends to the divine justification in which Nigerian leaders clothe their actions.
INEC’s Appeal On Five States
ON what grounds will the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, appeal a federal high court decision excluding five states – Bayelsa, Cross River, Kogi, Sokoto and Adamawa – from the governorship polls?
Fear is not freedom
THE exclusion of two key areas of our lives – the economy and defence -from the oversight functions that the Freedom of Information Bill is meant to provide, weakens the effects of the bill before it becomes law.
We Must Regulate Heavy Vehicles
EACH time there is tragedy on our roads, recriminations follow, and the matter is rested. It is time government did more to make the roads safer for everyone and in this enterprise, no excuses should be accepted.
