LIFE in Nigeria has assumed the status of Nollywood movies. Even in the most serious business of governance, we see the Petroleum Minister (President Muhammadu Buhari) jetting off to the United Kingdom on medical tourism while Nigerians languish on long fuel queues, paying through their noses and unsure when normal supply will be restored. Things […]

THE introduction of the Islamic hijab headdress for female police officers by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, is a display of provocative bigotry and impunity. It must be reversed. A statement issued on Friday, March 4, 2022 through the Force’s spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, claimed that the dress code was approved “for optimum […]

THE level of destruction already recorded in just two weeks of intense fighting in the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows how nasty war, particularly modern warfare, is. Ironically, the traditional roundtable talks which should have taken place to prevent the conflict, also commenced almost from the day the first shot was fired. Warnings by Western […]

Though some critics have blamed the President Muhammadu Buhari government of starting late in efforts to get trapped Nigerians out of embattled Ukraine, we opine that government has been above average in its responses so far. Apart from arranging for Nigerians in Ukraine to gather in Poland, Romania and other nearby countries for eventual evacuation […]

DESPITE the last-minute storming of the National Assembly by the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha; and wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo; the affirmative action bills to create special seats for women in the legislative and executive arms of government at federal and state levels flopped. Sponsored by Nkeiru Onyejeocha (APC, Abia), the […]

MOST Nigerians have not fully addressed their minds to the latest effort to amend the 1999 Constitution. This is because every session of the National Assembly has always taken it upon itself to tinker with the Constitution, yet the major pillars of the nation’s grundnorm – centralised federalism – remain unchanged. One issue which the […]

The walkout by Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, from a meeting with protesting students last Monday was unbecoming and immature. He did not act with the necessary restraint and dignity that befit his high office. The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, led by its President, Mr. Sunday Asefon, had visited him in his […]

ON Friday, February 25, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari performed a duty that went down very well with most well-meaning Nigerians: he signed (at last!) the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. Given the tortuous journey the crucial piece of legislation went through, it was a memorable historic moment. With the stroke of his pen, […]

IF not for the recent operation carried out by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Nigerians would not have known that the police authorities had kept the otherwise suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, and Commander of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari, on active duty despite announcing his […]

THE Federal Government must consider the safety and security of Nigerians trapped in Ukraine a matter of utmost priority and take direct action. The statement released by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, declaring that Nigerians trapped in the country under the onslaught of Russian military action “are responsible for their safety” is too hollow […]