NSCDC custody deaths and Nigeria’s detention crisis
Recently, thirty-seven illegal miners were arrested and detained in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna but never came out alive. That grim fact alone demands a thorough reckoning with Nigeria’s detention system and the accountability of agencies entrusted with the custody of lawfully detained citizens. Whatever offences they […]
Blaming the poor for vote bribes
THE crime of money politics is revisited as a former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, recently claimed that money allegedly played the major role in the emergence of the candidate of his party, Bola Ahmed Bola. Nwajiuba has sued Tinubu and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku […]
President, save Nigeria from terrorists!
MUHAMMADU Buhari was elected president based on his credentials as a war-tested military general and former no-nonsense military ruler. He was touted by the All Progressives Congress, APC, propagandists as the man with the magic wand to end Boko Haram terrorism within six months. After seven years and two months of his leadership, what do […]
Will the Ukraine-Russia food deal hold up?
WARRING neighbours, Russia and Ukraine, signed a pact to allow stockpiled grains to be exported through the blockaded Black Sea ports over penultimate weekend. The pact was brokered by Turkey under the watchful eyes of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. Under the pact, Ukraine is allowed to export grain through its […]
Expediting action on Electoral Offences Bill
SINCE President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill which enables the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, transmit results from the polling units to its national servers, he has consistently pledged to ensure that the 2023 elections will be free, fair and credible. The logical thing should have been for him to take […]
FG’s plan to ban mining, Okada
IN a normal setting, the Federal Government’s recently announced plan to ban mining activities and commercial motorcycle (Okada) operations would sound odd and rather childish. These are matters which competent governance can solve without throwing the baby away with the bath water. After a security meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari last week, the Attorney-General […]
