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 […]
Curbing health sector brain drain
BRAIN drain is beyond the normal migration of people to greener pastures or adventure. It involves the mass movement of a skilled workforce from one place to another. In the 1960s and 1970s, Nigeria was a great destination for skilled foreign workers such as doctors, university lecturers, high school teachers and others from such places […]
Marking World Children’s Day 2022
SUNDAY, November 20, 2022, passed, rather quietly, in Nigeria, though the world out there celebrated the 2022 edition of World Children’s Day. Yes, we do celebrate our own Nigerian Children’s Day on May 27 every year, yet we still need to respond to the universal day because we are part of it. The World Children’s […]
INEC and underage voters
UNDERAGE voters have been part of our electoral system for quite some time. Even the 2015 general elections, which were perceived as “free, fair, and credible,” featured thousands, if not millions, of ineligible kids who freely registered and cast their votes. Child voters are minors who are not up to the voting age of 18 […]
Beyond INEC Chairman’s reassurances
ON Wednesday last week, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, once again reassured Nigerians that the technological template aimed at reducing human interference in our elections in February and March 2023, will be implemented as planned. In particular, he affirmed that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, the electronic […]
Bandits at Lagos’s door
LAGOS is not just a state and the former Federal Capital Territory, it is also the economic melting pot of Nigeria. It is home for all Nigerians as well as foreign nationals. Every part of the country deserves to be secured, no doubt. But the security of Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is […]
