Editorial

Giving ex-prisoners another chance

Giving ex-prisoners another chance

The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its programmes include education, vocational training and income generation through farms and […]
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Challenges For Onovo

Challenges For Onovo

FOR the first time in a long while, the appointment of the new Inspector General of Police not only followed due process but also resulted in the selection of the most qualified, competent and one of the most respected in the top echelon of the Nigeria Police – Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo.

Sanusi’s Bank Quake

Sanusi’s Bank Quake

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi would not have been under any illusions that his decision to sack managing directors of five banks, with their executive directors, would result in a tremor in the banking industry, even if the decision was meant to halt an accumulating quake. Friday’s sack of managing directors  and  executive […]

Angry? Then act

Angry? Then act

REACTIONS to the visit of Mrs. Hillary  Clinton, the  American Secretary of State, will continue with the same vacuity the visit re-emphasised guaranteed to continue. The anger that is running through the land after the visit  has reached new level in official matters. Senate President, David Mark , is among those who are angry over […]

If  ASUU Were Militants

If ASUU Were Militants

ONE of the few good things about our governments is that they do not leave us guessing about their real agenda for too long. Nobody can fail to praise the present administration for its relentless push for peace in the Niger Delta. It is becoming clearer that nothing is more important to President Umaru Musa […]

Goje’s Judgement

Goje’s Judgement

An eye for an eye will make most of the world blind. – Moshe Dayan, former Israeli Minister of Defence, more famous as the one-eyed general Alhaji  Muhammad Danjuma Goje, Governor of Gombe State supports the killing of the Boko Haram leaders. He also professes his respect for human rights, but Boko Haram has to […]