SEVERAL state governments have indicated their intentions to arm their vigilante outfits with sophisticated weapons to protect their innocent, unarmed, law- abiding residents. The states include Zamfara, Katsina, Benue and Ondo states. These are among the most terrorised states in the country. Some other state governments, interest groups and true federalism advocates have only verbally […]

THE need for a stiff legal framework to tackle election offenders was widely canvassed during the sittings of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Panel set up by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to address evils dogging our electoral processes. It has taken all of 14 years for our federal lawmakers to positively respond to the need […]

As we mark the 62nd anniversary of our Independence, the only thing really worth celebrating is the fact that, at least for now, there is still a country called Nigeria. She is weak, worn and near coma, but still alive. The disease assailing her is curable. That gives us the reason to hope. As our […]

Nigerians will do well to heed their former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who dropped a timeously relevant message over the weekend in Uyo at the ceremony marking 35 years of the creation of Akwa Ibom State. He advised voters in next year’s general elections to reject “killers”. According to Jonathan: “In 2023, you must not […]

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, the International Day of Peace, came and went quietly, with the world largely distracted by the Ukraine war, the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s elaborate funeral rites and troubled economies around the world. The United Nations dedicates this day to the promotion of the ideals of peace. One of its rituals […]

Today, September 28, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will formally blow the whistle for the commencement of the campaigns towards the 2023 general elections. Political parties and their candidates will be free to come out openly and solicit for votes. What we need is an atmosphere of free canvassing, safe meetings and soap-boxing. […]

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has responded adequately and reassuringly to the “expose” by the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, which, in a media briefing a fortnight ago, alleged that the Commission, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, planned to rig the 2023 elections through voter register […]

The confirmation of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, by the Senate without intrigues or hitches is a sign that the Muhammadu Buhari government might be ready for the Judiciary to regain its autonomous footing. We recall the wars of nerves that the executive branch waged in ensuring the ouster […]

Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, returned to the public glare after a prolonged time off, to engage in what many Nigerians see as an obscene show-off with a tweet she published on her verified handle on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. She was pictured celebrating the graduation of Zahra, her son’s wife, from a United […]

Many motorists in Lagos State will do well to familiarise themselves with the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018, which, in an effort to enforce sanity on Lagos roads, contains some draconian provisions. For instance, driving against the traffic (One-Way) is treated like a criminal offence, which it should not be. Anyone found culpable […]