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 […]
Each govt should solve one key problem (1)
Many Nigerians today, even some children, know the key problems facing Nigeria – insecurity of lives and property, little or no electric power supply, an unproductive economy, corruption, a supposedly federal system of government operating a unitary constitution in a country made up of many nations, a collapsing education sector, a collapsing health care system, […]
Need for climate education
THE adoption of the Paris Agreement during the Committee of Parties, COP 15, in 2015 marked a significant milestone in the urgent need to adopt universal actions against climate change. The agreement aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursue the 1.5 degrees ideal limit. The COP summits which attract […]
Severe hunger in Nigeria
WITH about 36.9 million hectares of arable land, representing 40.48 per cent of the country’s total land area as at 2021, and 70 per cent of youth population (151 million youths), Nigerians should have no reason to be hungry. But unfortunately, there is serious hunger in the land. In the just released 2023 Global Hunger […]
Gov Alex Otti: Justice must be done for late Uzoamaka
Chigozie Ogbuagu, a commercial tricycle driver from Umuobiala in Isikwuato LGA of Abia State, could not train his younger sister, Uzoamaka, in school. If a quiet Nigerian US-based philanthropist, Mr. Winston Tinubu, had not given scholarship to Uzoamaka and three other girls from that community, six years ago, Uzoamaka would not have had secondary school […]
Ahmed Musa’s exemplary calls for end of killings (2)
IN reaction to the 2023 Christmas Eve massacre in Plateau State, the captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa, wrote: “I am standing against the violence in Plateau State. It’s heartbreaking to witness the recent violence in Plateau State. My thoughts are with those affected. We need to stand together against hate and violence. Let […]
