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 […]
INEC Please Be Ready
THE bedlam at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should be a concern to all who expect INEC to conduct the April elections with a measure of seriousness.
When Life Is Worth Nothing
The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government – Section 14 (2b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Violence – Three Going Down…
IT used to be the Niger Delta with militants venting their anger on oil production facilities. Now the violence has shifted with three States assuming a perennial status as flash points. The incessant crises in Bauchi, Borno and Plateau have gone on for too long yet government makes excuses about them.
Mandela – If He Was Nigerian
WHILE the furore on the health of 91-year-old icon of the anti-apartheid struggle Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was on last week, our focus was on his well being, as well as lessons from how South Africa managed a matter of high concern to a global audience.
Further Threat To Education
MINISTER of State for Education Mr. Kenneth Gbagi’s advice to heads of higher institutions to grant their students leave at weekends to register at their homes for the April elections is introducing further dislocation to the dissonance that government has introduced in education since the beginning of the year.
