Nigeria must protect the classroom
“Can Education Survive Attack: The Resilience of Human Communities” is the theme of this year’s International Day to Protect Education from Attack, marked on 9 September. This is very apt for Nigeria as schools reopen for the 2026/2027 session. For a country where children are abducted from schools, the occasion is a painful reminder of […]
Gov Ortom’s security outfit
THE Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has finally rolled out the state’s version of security outfit aimed at protecting the people from the onslaughts of armed herdsmen who have been decimating the population with little response from the Federal Government’s agencies. The outfit, the Benue Volunteer Guards, BVGs, according to the Governor, will grow […]
Time to collect your PVC
The run-up to the 2023 general elections has proved to be one of a kind. For the first time since the return of our democracy, the youth have jumped to the forefront of the mission to take back Nigeria from corrupt, incompetent and visionless leadership at all levels. The youth, who have been the hewers […]
NBC is a regulator, not predator
BEFORE the advent of the President Muhammadu Buhari regime, the name of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, the regulator of the broadcast industry, rarely made the news because the media generally enjoyed a high degree of press freedom. Section 22 of the 1999 Constitution (As Amended) provides as follows: “The Press, Radio and Television and […]
Arrest of Owo church massacre suspects
IT’S been some time since our military and security operatives received the amount of commendations that have trailed the arrest of suspected perpetrators of the massacre of worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State. The tragedy happened on June 5, 2022. The Minister of the Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, had blamed it on […]
Why always Niger Republic?
IN April this year, the Federal Government disclosed that the railway line it is constructing to Maradi, a city in a foreign country, Niger Republic, would start operation in 2023. The project costs Nigerian taxpayers $1.8 billion. It is being financed with foreign loans, meaning that we and our children will pay for it. The […]
Today is for the youth!
TODAY, August 12, 2022, is the International Youth Day. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, set aside this day to celebrate roles that youths play in advancing society, and to draw attention to the challenges they face in their respective corners of the world. The theme for this year’s celebration is: “Inter-generational Solidarity: […]
Stop the hate!
With less than two months to the September 28 date for the commencement of the open soapbox campaigns towards the 2023 general elections, it is time to caution politicians, their supporters, jobbers and hacks to walk away from hatred. This clarion call is timely and auspicious. Nigerian politics is bitter and hate-filled. This sad culture […]
Impeachment threat against Buhari
SINCE the past two weeks or so, an impeachment threat against President Muhammadu Buhari has been boiling like a cauldron over serial failures of governance, especially insecurity. The move, which is being spearheaded mainly by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in the Senate and House of Representatives, has been described as “laughable” by Buhari’s Information […]
World Indigenous Peoples Day!
TODAY, Tuesday August 9, 2022, is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The United Nations sets aside August 9 of every year to draw attention to the need to protect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs designated the universal theme for this year’s celebration […]
Buhari’s failed ultimatum on ASUU strike
FROM the look of things, President Muhammadu Buhari’s sudden ultimatum to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to resolve the strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, within two weeks, was a mere delay tactic. The president gave the ultimatum on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. It expired on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. During […]
Death for baby Hanifa’s killers
IT is quick justice for late little Miss Hanifa Abubakar as her killers, Abdulmalik Tanko and his accomplice, Hashimu Isyaku, have been handed the death sentence by a Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Nababa. In Nigeria, murder and other criminal cases drag on for years, which is why majority of the […]
Blaming the poor for vote bribes
THE crime of money politics is revisited as a former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, recently claimed that money allegedly played the major role in the emergence of the candidate of his party, Bola Ahmed Bola. Nwajiuba has sued Tinubu and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku […]
President, save Nigeria from terrorists!
MUHAMMADU Buhari was elected president based on his credentials as a war-tested military general and former no-nonsense military ruler. He was touted by the All Progressives Congress, APC, propagandists as the man with the magic wand to end Boko Haram terrorism within six months. After seven years and two months of his leadership, what do […]
Will the Ukraine-Russia food deal hold up?
WARRING neighbours, Russia and Ukraine, signed a pact to allow stockpiled grains to be exported through the blockaded Black Sea ports over penultimate weekend. The pact was brokered by Turkey under the watchful eyes of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. Under the pact, Ukraine is allowed to export grain through its […]
Expediting action on Electoral Offences Bill
SINCE President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill which enables the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, transmit results from the polling units to its national servers, he has consistently pledged to ensure that the 2023 elections will be free, fair and credible. The logical thing should have been for him to take […]
