Dangers of state governments bankrolling mass weddings
Kano’s recent announcement that it spent N1.5bn to bankroll mass weddings should prompt national alarm rather than applause. Kano State remains rampant in the worrying roster of northern states – including Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Borno – that have for years organised and financed large-scale nuptial ceremonies. Authorities offer three common rationales: to reduce […]
Vandalism of Second Niger Bridge, others
Nigeria’s failure status is manifest in every direction. State failure simply means the inability of a country to maintain law and order, develop properly, protect its people and defend its territorial integrity. The strength of the armed forces, police, security and paramilitary organisations is not in their ability to harass and intimidate innocent and law-abiding […]
Judiciary urgently needs reforms
The Nigerian Judiciary is in a bad shape. This is not surprising, since the Judiciary is also a part of our terribly malfunctioning system. To identify where to start the reform of the Nigerian society from, we must return to the mantra the late former Justice of the Supreme Court, Anthony Aniagolu, always trumpeted: “To […]
Biafra Day killings in Aba
Five personnel of the Nigerian Army manning a checkpoint at Obikabia Junction in Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State, were murdered in cold blood by cowardly militants on Thursday, May 30, 2024. They were on duty to secure peaceful and law-abiding citizens amidst a “sit-at-home” order called by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to honour Igbo people […]
Tinubu’s sour media freedom record
President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office is a mix of pain and relief for the media and journalists. We have seen a leader who opened a smiling face for the media as an industry and yet brandished hard knuckles for a number of media practitioners. Tinubu met media owners and operators in December 2023, listened […]
Preventing prolonged Labour impasse
The “doomsday” was long expected because the two parties to the labour dispute did not approach it with enough spirit of compromise. Organised Labour – the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Unions Congress, TUC – made good their threat to down tools following the failure to agree a new National Minimum Wage, NMW. […]
