Coping with the flood menace
The torrential rains that pounded Lagos, Ogun, Rivers and several parts of southern Nigeria on 30th June were not merely another episode of seasonal downpours. They were a damning reminder that Nigeria has learnt little from decades of recurring flood disasters. As roads disappeared beneath raging waters, homes were submerged, businesses grounded and thousands of […]
Reviving Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature
Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (1930-2013), popularly known as Chinua Achebe, is regarded in the Western world as the father and central figure of modern African literature — a title which Achebe, in his characteristic humility, rejected. Achebe, born in Ogidi, in modern day Anambra State of Nigeria, was a novelist, poet and critic. His first novel, […]
Failure to prosecute 50,000 terror suspects
It is so perturbing that Nigeria has been able to prosecute only 300 out of more than 50,000 jihadist terror suspects. The confirmation of this figure by the Director General of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, retired Major General Garba Wahab, at a round table discussion forum in Abuja recently, put it beyond fiction. […]
Calls for Nnamdi Kanu’s release
We urge President Bola Tinubu to favourably consider the calls from various quarters for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu without further delay. In recent weeks, the clamour for Kanu’s freedom has come from several sources. Ijaw leader and Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, […]
Relocation of urban prisons
Minister of the Interior, Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, in a recent duty round, told reporters that the Federal Government was considering removing the Ikoyi Prisons and others like it located deeply in populated urban areas to new locations. This has sparked heated debates on the social media. Critics feel that government wants to move these correctional […]
NAFDAC’s ban on sachet alcohol
Unless wise counsel prevails, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, may begin its threatened nationwide enforcement of its ban of sachet alcohol. This will be in total negation of the compromise brokered by the House of Representatives between the Agency and industry stakeholders in February 2024, whereby a five-year moratorium […]
