NSCDC custody deaths and Nigeria’s detention crisis
Recently, thirty-seven illegal miners were arrested and detained in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna but never came out alive. That grim fact alone demands a thorough reckoning with Nigeria’s detention system and the accountability of agencies entrusted with the custody of lawfully detained citizens. Whatever offences they […]
Return to same-day general elections?
A BILL to take Nigeria back to the practice of electing all officials on the same day has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives. This means it has been adopted for full debate for possible approval by the lawmakers before being presented to the president for possible assent into law. Since the […]
Costly SIM-NIM linkage failure
Our public service in this country is atrocious. People employed in government offices to run the affairs of the citizenry, ensure their safety and drive development are preoccupied with other selfish pursuits. Nobody pays a price for failure that leads to loss of lives and property. This syndrome, which is evident at all levels, is […]
Closing ranks against insecurity
About 30 years ago, what is happening to Nigeria would have been unthinkable. The internal security of this nation was so sure that the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida fronted the formation of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group, ECOMOG, a military coalition that successfully restored order and democracy in war-torn Liberia and Sierra Leone. Today, […]
Oronsaye Report: How far can Tinubu go?
The Steve Oronsaye Report is a hot-button document that every president since the past 12 years had wished but failed to implement. The political will has been spectacularly lacking. This prompts the question: how far is President Bola Tinubu willing to go in confronting it? Over a decade ago when our national debt stock was […]
Passage of South-East Commission Bill
For those untutored on Nigeria’s history, the passage of the South- East Development Commission, SEDC, last week was just one of the crummy activities of the Senate. In truth, it was a historic milestone of sorts, the breaking of a jinx. The effort has fared particularly badly in the House of Representatives, where it was […]
