Right-sizing the map of Africa
The United Nations General Assembly has, for the first time, formally endorsed a global shift away from the centuries-old Mercator map in favour of projections that show Africa—and other equatorial regions—in their true relative size. This “Correct the Map” resolution, spearheaded by Togo on behalf of the African Group and backed by the African Union, […]
Belgium’s return of Lumumba’s remains
YESTERDAY, Thursday 30, June 2022, was a solemn day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa and the Black World. It was a day that the “remains” of the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrice Emery Lumumba, was finally interred in his native country after its recent return from the custody […]
No alternative to law enforcement
ZAMFARA State has joined Benue State in moving towards arming its residents to defend themselves against the relentless attacks by terrorists. While herdsmen terrorists are ravaging Benue, Zamfara is one of the states in the far North at the mercy of bandit-terrorists. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, had in March 2022, called on the people […]
Multiple lifelines for PVC registration
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has continued to demonstrate its voter-friendly attitude, and this is worthy of commendation. INEC’s strategy of putting technology at the centre of our elections through the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and the electronic transmission of results from the polling units to its central servers […]
Settling the Lagos hijab mess
FOLLOWING the judgement of the Supreme Court allowing female students and pupils to wear the hijab (the Islamic veil) in public schools, the Lagos State Government should quickly do the needful to lay the controversy to rest. The Supreme Court had, on June 17, 2022, in a split decision, ruled that female Muslim students have […]
Energy policy failures, mass sufferings
ONE of the reasons Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world is that the country of more than 200 million people lacks viable sources of energy to produce, create employment and take care of its citizens. Successive administrations have utterly failed to provide electric power supply. The 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
