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 […]
Chibok: Ten years on
The Chibok incident of April 14, 2014, stands as a tragic milestone that has redefined Nigeria, especially Northern Nigeria, in at least two ways. It introduced mass abductions of innocent and defenceless citizens as a way of life and destabilised the security and economic stability of the North. On that fateful day, a group of […]
Beyond Abuja’s operation sweep
In a proactive move, the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, swept through some outliers of Abuja recently and nabbed 85 criminal suspects from their hideouts in the Durumi and Dei-Dei sections of the city. These are some of the numerous slums that have developed to accommodate the poor who erect […]
Time-up for Africa’s oldies
Africa’s newest president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, of Senegal was sworn in on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Dakar, an event that President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria joined his colleague heads of state and other dignitaries to attend. Faye, 44, emerged from a complex process characterised by sudden paradigm shifts. For instance, out-gone President Macky Sall […]
Demarcate, gazette all boundaries
THE territorial dispute between Okuama and Okoloba communities in Delta State is just one of the thousands of such crises in Nigeria. Okuama only became hot news reference point because of the massacre of 17 officers and men of the Nigerian Army, which took place on its soil. Nigeria is a place where government officials […]
Hard lessons for social media trollers
The situation that is unfolding around some frontline gospel music artistes and some bloggers will help teach people useful lessons about the sensitivity of social media engagement. Due to the Information and Computer Technology, ICT, age we are in, millions of people have capitalised on the allures and money-making potentials of social media applications, such […]
