Unusually brisk pace has attended the Federal Government’s determination to share powers with the states on electricity supply. It has apparently dawned on the Federal Government that its continued monopolistic hold on electric power has been the primary reason that the nation has been unable to move forward in power generation, transmission and distribution. In […]

Last week, the leader of the European Union Election Observation Mission, EU-EOM, Barry Andrews, issued the Mission’s final report on the highly-disputed 2023 general elections in Nigeria, with some  hard knocks while making recommendations for improved elections in the future. The final report was basically an affirmation of its initial report issued barely two days […]

Many Nigerians are wondering aloud the real reason that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is asking Nigerians to submit their social media accounts to their banks to fortify their Know Your Customer, KYC, needs. Titled: “Customer Due Diligence Regulation 2023”, the requirement is meant to help combat terrorism and financial crimes through a more […]

It portrays a system as one that is ineffective and unable to implement its laws and prevent or minimise the prevalence of outlaw killings. Most countries where mob killings are the norm rather than the exception are in a state of failure.

President Bola Tinubu has made two impressive sound-bites which tended to give the impression he would be a people-friendly leader. In his maiden speech on Democracy Day on June 12, 2023, he told Nigerians: “I share your pains” with regard to the harsh economic experience occasioned by the commencement of implementation of the petrol subsidy […]

 What we find disgustingly unsettling is not just the recent outrageous claims of self-acclaimed “militant”, Dokubo Asari that he, and not our armed forces, is responsible for fighting insecurity in many parts of the country. After a visit to see President Bola Tinubu in Aso Villa recently, Asari boasted to newsmen that his “men” were […]

The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, commemorated annually on June 26, serves as a reminder of the pressing need to address the global menace of drug abuse and trafficking. The theme for the 2023 commemoration is “Building Back Better: Support Treatment, Prevention, and Recovery.”

In today’s turbulent world, it is more important than ever to have peacekeepers willing to put their lives on the line to keep others safe. But who are these peacekeepers? What do they do? And how can we honour them for their service? Peacekeepers are individuals who work with international organisations such as the United […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET, and other government bodies charged with early warnings for the annual floods, have alerted Nigerians to prepare early for this year’s flooding which could be worse than that of last year. Nigeria featured among the world’s worst scenes of disasters during the floods of September/October 2022. Entire towns were submerged […]

The rate at which our police personnel attached to “big” men and women are getting killed is no longer acceptable. These officers have been reduced to cannon fodder by the criminals gunning after the people they are sent to protect.