Tackling light arms proliferation
The proliferation of small arms and light weapons across Nigeria is not a distant threat; it is an immediate, corrosive reality that bleeds communities dry of security, livelihood and hope. Pistols, assault rifles and improvised firearms have become the currency of violence, multiplying the lethality of banditry, kidnapping, communal clashes and organised crime. Where once […]
Arrest of train terror “masterminds”
On Thursday last week (May 2, 2024), the Nigeria Police paraded three young men whom it disclosed were behind the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, which shook the nation to its foundation. On March 28, 2022, terrorists planted explosives on the train tracks and immobilised a train belonging to the Nigerian Railways Corporation. The train had 970 […]
Agreeing a minimum wage
The stage is set for a battle royale between the Federal Government and Organised Labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Unions Congress, TUC, and their affiliates, over the new national Minimum Wage, NMW. While government promised that whatever is agreed will take effect from May 1, 2024, perhaps in honour […]
Finidi George as Eagles’ coach
Former Super Eagles’ ace winger and victorious coach of Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Finidi George, was announced as the new Manager of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, last week, by the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF. This puts to rest, for now, the search for a new Eagles’ helmsman. George was chosen ahead […]
Tinubu’s subsidy and bankruptcy faux pas
President Bola Tinubu’s assertion at the recent Special World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that the removal of petrol subsidy and foreign exchange reforms by his administration saved Nigeria from bankruptcy, was received with mixed feelings by the citizens who have been forced to endure horrendous hardship over the past year. On the surface […]
Northern Governors’ American jamboree
Over the past week, no fewer than nine Governors from the North were in Washington, D.C. to attend a conference organised by the United States Institute of Peace, USIP, with the theme: “Drivers of Instability and Opportunities for Stabilisation”. These were: Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Abba Yusuf of Kano, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Umar Bago […]
