It is shocking that Nigerians have apparently lost interest in the daily carnage that the people of Benue State are experiencing at the hands of herdsmen terrorists. It is a sign of an unhealthy nation that these killings can be going on without firm reactions from the Nigerian populace. Once the terrorists succeed in subduing […]

SOME of the critical sectors of our economy and society have been unfairly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, not just in Nigeria but all over the world. These are aviation and other aspects of commercial transportation, leisure (especially hotels), schools, religious activities and sports. These are sectors that involve a lot of movement and […]

THE governments of Lagos and Ogun states, along with the Federal Government, must sit up in their law enforcement responsibility, particularly as it concerns the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. If the importance of this national road artery is often lost on the citizenry, it must not be so with those who are governing […]

Insecurity in Nigeria has in recent years been signposted mainly by terrorism, banditry, herdsmen’s attacks and kidnappings for ransom. Because of the inability of the law enforcement agents to bring the situation under control, the more traditional urban crime of armed robbery has now assumed a frightening dimension. Armed robbers now notify their prospective victims […]

When President Muhammadu Buhari described drug trafficking and abuse as being “worse than insurgency and banditry”, he sought to draw the attention of Nigerians to the depth of danger that this menace poses to society. Hard drugs are part of the fuels that ignite the spirit to embrace enterprises usually thought of as impossible for […]