Digital security command centres – for fancy?
Across Nigeria, governors have unveiled security command and control centres with fanfare. Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Plateau, Oyo, Gombe and Edo have invested, or announced investments, in facilities built around CCTV surveillance, drones, communications links, control rooms, data analysis and response coordination. Enugu’s centre is linked to AI-enabled cameras and long-range drones with day-and-night vision; Edo’s […]
NNPC’s New Challenges
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, last week launched the final phases of a transformation that would make it more transparent, more accountable, and ultimately a provider of better services to the public. On paper the transformation plans are sound, what remains is their implementation.
Blaming the Police
DR. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, Minister of Police Affairs, became more famous last week when he spent a lot of time blaming the police for the country’s poor security. He provided no statistics, other than talking about rising crime rate. It is difficult to know what angered the minister that he condemned the police in a […]
Quest For More Goodluck
PRESSURES are mounting on acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to act decisively. The latest is from Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council.
Complicating The Yar’Adua Affair
THERE is enough to worry about over the non-resolution of the issues around the health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the scratches its complications have left on the country. We wake up daily to new angles that consistently tilt towards the fact that the solutions are still a long way off.
More Issues Than Arms
NIGERIA is already over-armed. Some of the arms are in wrong hands or being put into wrong uses. Militants, criminals, kidnappers have enough arms to challenge the authority of governments all over the country.
