Boat mishaps: When will they end?
Nigeria must begin to confront boat mishaps as a national public-safety crisis. The latest tragedy at Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where 65 people reportedly died, is too grim a reminder of the price Nigerians pay for regulatory failure and government neglect. The tragedy is particularly disturbing because it was […]
Lip-service and identity harmonisation
Six years later in September 2021, Buhari again ordered all the identity collation agencies to ensure that a central biometric identity platform was established before he left office in 2023.
Reviewing NYSC service terms
The pathetic case of intending corps members from Akwa Ibom who were kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State brings back the debate as to whether the scheme as it is has outlived its usefulness.
Reining-in boat mishaps in Nigeria
But in a country like Nigeria, which is mottled with large swathes of ungoverned spaces in its 10,000-kilometre waterways, avoidable river accidents are the sad experiences citizens are forced to put up with.
Confronting the herdsmen crisis
The most sinister part of this crisis is that, up until today, the Federal Government has even refused to officially situate the armed herdsmen militias and their sponsors as the terrorists that the world has classified them as.
Nigeria and cessation of tensions with UAE
It is high time we let countries like the UAE know that Nigeria has a whole lot more to offer than it had showcased before now.
