2027: Nigeria must not go the 1966–69 route again
There is a proverb that says those who stumble twice on the same stone deserve to break their necks. Nigeria fought a bitter 30-month civil war that claimed millions of lives and left the country torn apart and gasping for breath till today. One of the remote causes of that war—electoral fraud-related violence—is rearing its […]
Urgent actions needed to save the earth
OUR planet is dying faster than we realise. This is the latest message contained in a new paper published on January 13, 2021 by a team of 17 US, Mexico and Australia-based researchers in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science. The scientists, like their colleagues had done in the past, are calling the attention of […]
Herders’ crisis: Northern governors must act
THE admission, at last, by the Northern States Governors’ Forum that open grazing has become “unsustainable” is long overdue but welcome. The question now is whether these governors who manage the states where the Nigerians among the livestock herdsmen hail from are now willing to go beyond rhetoric and take necessary actions? Are they ready […]
Nigeria’s dream of renewable energy revolution (1)
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on September 24, 2019 in New York during the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, expressed Nigeria’s hope to have at least 30 per cent of its total electricity supply from renewable sources by 2030. Also, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, re-echoed the hope recently at the inauguration of a 1.12MW […]
Funding Nigerians’ education abroad with illicit funds
IT has long been public knowledge that most occupants of political offices in Nigeria send their children to schools abroad due to the virtual collapse of quality education in Nigeria. A non-resident scholar of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Matthew Page (who is described as “a Nigerian”), in a study titled: “West African Elites’ […]
Nigeria and the global efforts to save the environment
LAST Friday, at the official unveiling of the Hyundai Kona electric car by the Stallion Group, Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC, Mr. Jelani Aliyu, announced the Federal Government’s plan to begin Electric Vehicle Pilot programme in three universities – the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the […]
