Armed forces personnel and social media exposure
Social media has become a torchlight and a tripwire for Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies. It has enabled the public to expose alleged oppression, corruption, and abuse that might otherwise remain buried. In January 2024, soldier Ruth Ogunleye used TikTok to allege sexual harassment, intimidation, and abuse by senior officers. The Army investigated and […]
Our worsening airport blues
Hardly does a week pass these days without one sad or near-tragic incident or the other being reported about our airports and aviation industry
Why PDP must reform
Failing to get the Party’s ticket for the February governorship polls, Hon Ekwunife went to the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA), secured its ticket to run against the PDP and other parties, and when she failed to get elected, she returned to her seat in the House of Reps as a PDP elected member. She never resigned to contest on PPA platform, and she never re-registered in the PDP when she returned. The same thing is true of Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Lessons From The British Elections
THE just concluded general elections in the United Kingdom were of great interest because Britain is one of the fountain wells of liberal democracy. However, when the results showed a hung parliament, the first time it was happening since 1974, it became even more interesting.
Tasks before President Jonathan
AT about 10am on Thursday, May 6th 2010, barely thirteen hours after late President Umaru Yar’ Adua exited from this mortal plane, former Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn_in as the fourteenth President of Nigeria.
Nigeria, age cheating in sports
ONCE again, Nigeria ’s name has surfaced in another alleged age cheating in international sports events. This time, it was in South Africa where the Nigeria ’s female Under-17 soccer representatives, the Flamingoes, are being accused of fielding a number of over aged players.
