Rehabilitating South Africa evacuees
The latest xenophobic violence in South Africa has again exposed the precarious existence of African migrants in a country that owes much of its liberation history to African solidarity. Nigerians and other foreigners have been harassed, threatened, and driven from homes and businesses by armed mobs and vigilantes. More disturbing is the apparent inability or […]
No surprises here
BEFORE investigations into the assassination of Chief Funso Williams, a Lagos State governorship aspirant began, three years ago, most Nigerians felt the killers would not be found. The case is rarely mentioned these days.
Ogbulafor’s quit notice
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is reportedly disappointed with Ogbulafor’s mishandling of the primaries. Yar’Adua can do more than being angry.
N200b Ecological Fund
THE National Economic Council (NEC) must have intended to impress Nigerians with news that former President Olusegun Obasanjo squandered N200 billion of the Ecological Fund. So what is next? If someone is known to have, squandered public funds, no matter what the funds were for, are there no sanctions? Is the law silent on what […]
Abdullahi’s INEC appeal
NOBODY appears interested in electoral reforms. The dances that pass for moves to make defining changes in the way Nigeria conducts elections cannot produce any meaningful changes because the holders of power cannot make moves that they are not sure would leave powers in their hands. Justice Umaru Abdullahi, out-going President of the Court of […]
Our 3,000 fake teachers
THE Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is not ready to admit its failure in engaging more than 3,248 fake teachers under its scheme that was meant to improve the standard of education in our primary and junior secondary schools.
