Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall
Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says national fertiliser consumption is about 18.6 kilogrammes per hectare, against the 50kg/ha benchmark associated with the 2006 Abuja […]
Water Resources Bill, recipe for wars
THEY promised to bring it back. Now, they have made good their threat. This time, it is coming through Sada Soli Jibiya, the member representing Jibiya/Kaita Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The odious “Water Resources” Bill is back and already ruffling feathers. This Bill was first introduced during the tenure of Yakubu Dogara […]
Probing ex-CJN Tanko Mohammed
CONTRARY to some opinions that the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, should be commended for “resigning honourably” on health grounds, we urge the National Assembly to press forward with its probe of his tenure. The public deserves to know the merits or otherwise of the allegations of corruption and incompetence […]
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 […]
