Agenda for the Forest Guards
The graduation of the first batch of 950 Forest Guards under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is a welcome development in Nigeria’s prolonged struggle against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. This was a promise the president made as insecurity continued to confront Nigerians despite the best efforts of the Armed Forces. But graduation ceremonies, uniforms and […]
Buhari’s opportunity to write name in gold
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s indirect admission in faraway Washington DC of how difficult it has been administering Nigeria in the face of numerous challenges confronting the country is both sobering and instructive for all Nigerians, especially for the electorate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The President, whose supporters had always either spuriously claimed he had […]
Monitoring campaign misconduct
ON September 28, 2022, the campaigns for the elections formally went into full swing, according to the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Already, some of the serious 18 registered political parties have flagged off their campaigns. We are, however, disturbed at the use of unprintable words by some political parties and candidates […]
Clogs in the wheels of justice
FOR the umpteenth time, our judicial officers are lamenting the deluge of cases pending before our courts, the gross inadequacy of judges and lack of needed financial resources to dispose the cases. The latest outcry came recently from the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, who disclosed that some judges have […]
The UN biodiversity summit and us
THE 15th session of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP15, which began December 7 and ends today December 19, 2022, in Montreal, Canada, is a continuation of the quest by the caring world to halt the ongoing rapid loss of earth’s diverse plant and animal life, called biodiversity – the sum of all living things […]
2023: That pledge of neutrality by the military
GRADUALLY, the Federal Government is building up the hope of the Nigerian people towards the 2023 general elections. More Nigerians have come to see the possibility of an election in which their choices at the polls will be respected. Since he signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill after a protracted battle of wits, President Muhammadu […]
