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 […]
Reviving “grazing routes” will worsen conflicts
President Muhammadu Buhari’s disclosure in the exclusive interview with Arise Television last Thursday that he had asked the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to “recover” grazing routes for pastoralists will surely worsen our already woeful security situation. This directive is the affirmation of Malami’s earlier assertion that the ban on open grazing […]
Segun Osoba: Another honour well-deserved
On Tuesday May 25, 2021, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, permanently engraved the imprint of his remarkable predecessor in office, Aremo Olusegun Osoba on the grounds of Governor’s Office at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. He commissioned the Olusegun Osoba Press Centre- an ultra-modern facility kitted with state-of-the-art equipment for quality coverage of the activities of […]
“Continuity” Bill is dead on arrival
Our federal lawmakers have formed the habit of trying to make laws for everything under the sun as if legislation is the only means of solving socio-political and economic problems. The outrage which trailed the Bill in the Senate criminalising payment of ransom to kidnappers and seeking to jail the victims of government’s failure to […]
Stemming illegal timber exports from Nigeria
On May 26, 2021, the Nigerian Human Rights Community, NHRC, in a press conference titled, “Illegal Wood Export in Nigeria and the Far-reaching Consequences on Economy, Human Rights and Sustainable Development in Nigeria”, raised the alarm on the activities of Chinese, Lebanese and Korean illegal loggers in Nigeria’s forests. According to the NHRC, these […]
Going paperless to save money and the environment
WE have heard that a clean hand saves life. A paperless policy, besides saving life, also saves money. Papers are made from trees which provide us with foods, medicines, shelter, and stem soil erosion. They lock away excessive harmful carbons released into our atmosphere in the process of our economic activities. These trees of life […]
