Uprooting terrorists’ logistic supply chains
Nigeria’s war against terrorism and banditry has reached a point where military firepower alone cannot deliver victory. What began with the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009 has metastasised into a sprawling ecosystem of armed groups operating from forests, mountains and remote settlements, kidnapping for ransom, attacking communities, displacing populations, seizing land, rustling cattle, extorting farmers […]
Badenoch: Who’s proud of a failing country?
Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, a Yoruba by descent, came under fire recently for her comments about Nigeria which some Nigerians see as unpatriotic. The new Conservative leader was accused of speaking in undignified manners about Nigeria and its leaders. For instance, she had described Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as a […]
Free speech: Let Nigerians breathe
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the International Human Rights Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, which outlines the rights of everyone as a human being. The UDHR frowns at […]
Stemming the Japa syndrome in Nigeria
Japa, a term in Nigeria’s national lingo that roughly translates to citizens leaving the country without any intention to return, is reflective of our failings as a nation. As some data show, about 3,679,496 Nigerians have left the country in the last two years. The International Organisation for Migration puts the population of Nigerians in […]
NOA’s struggle for funding support
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, part of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, is one of the least esteemed Federal Government’s departments and agencies. Since the dawn of the current democratic dispensation, the NOA has languished in the shadow of relevance because no regime has shown interest in deploying it to push the […]
Justice for abused corps member in Kwara
The Kwara State Ministry of Education and the authorities of Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, moved swiftly to address a case of severe assault of an unnamed National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member by a teacher in the school where she had just completed her service year. The student was reportedly attacked by […]
