SEVERAL media reports since July this year have confirmed that the much-vaunted linkage of the Subscriber Identification Module, SIM,  with the National Identity Number, NIN, has failed to achieve its objective of helping to nail terrorists, bandits and kidnappers. The Federal Government felt that its efforts to curtail ‘Bandits’ terrorising the North West and parts […]

AS the days go by, Nigeria is proving to have lost its ability to maintain its laws and preserve order which are central to development in any society. School abductions have become so easy and devoid of consequences that criminals and terrorists have turned it into a pastime. When over 270 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted […]

MONDAY, October 19, 2021 marked the 87th birthday of one of Nigeria’s surviving historical personalities – General Yakubu Gowon. He was the second military Head of State who ruled Nigeria between August 1, 1967 and July 29, 1975. He also led the country through the crises that followed the overthrow of the Sir Abubakar Tafawa […]

GETTING Nigerians to register for anything is usually an uphill task for all involved. Whether it is registration of voters, getting vaccinated against COVID-19, population census, or registering Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, Cards, the experience is the same. The citizens often have to be threatened with punitive deadlines before they respond at the last minute. […]

TODAY, October 20, 2021, is one year after the #EndSARS protest was violently quelled at the Lekki Toll Gate, Victoria Island in Lagos by the Army. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the President had sent the troops as all efforts to persuade the protesters to go home had failed. The military action which resulted […]