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 […]
Of Free Contraceptives
THERE must be some expressed concerns about the increasing interest that the Federal Ministry of Health is discovering in contraceptives over more pressing health issues of Nigerians.
Let the bombs stop
SECURITY has become an issue in the elections with more seriousness than had been anticipated. While the expectations were that ballot boxes may be snatched and voters intimidated, bombs started flying around election related venues before voting commenced.
As We Vote Again
WE are a resilient people. We are patient, most times. We are religious too, ascribing all things, the commonest mistakes inclusive, to the embracing powers of the Almighty.
The Gassy Master Plan
NIGERIANS are used to rolling plans, master plans, road maps and such assumed indicators of long term planning. What they have not seen in the past 50 years of promotion of these ideas is their execution and the promised improvement of lives based on their results.
The job summit
FINANCE Minister, Olusegun Aganga boasts about the growth of the Nigerian economy with rates that are better than the rest of the world except China and Indian. Last August, Aganga said, “real GDP has been measuring six per cent or higher in the past five years.” Good news but the grim unemployment figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, stated that national unemployment increased from 11.9 per cent in 2005 to 19.7 per cent in 2009, the highest since 2000.
