Africa: New scramble by forces of insecurity
Africa is witnessing a scramble for control, but this time the contestants are not colonial powers planting flags. They are terrorist organisations, criminal syndicates, traffickers, mercenaries, kidnappers, and armed groups exploiting Africa’s weaknesses. The result is a continent where insecurity is becoming an alternative system of power. The warning from US Africa Command (AFRICOM) should […]
Yinka Odumakin: A life of critical activism
SHOCK and an outpouring of grief were the immediate responses by many Nigerians to the death of Comrade Peter Oluyinka Odumakin, a democracy advocate, civil society activist and spokesman for the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere. His wife, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, said he died on the morning of Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Intensive Care […]
Nigeria’s woeful water situation
YESTERDAY, March 22, 2021, was World Water Day, a universal annual celebration created to focus attention on the importance of one of the most precious resources on earth. Water makes the earth a liveable planet. Without it life would be impossible. Apart from water’s use for drinking, cooking, cleaning and generally sustaining the lives of […]
National Sports Festival: Beyond the medals
AT last, the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival, NSF, tagged Edo 2020 is coasting home. It is a biennial multi-sports event organised by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development. Athletes from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory are attending what is commonly referred to as the […]
Cybercrime needs holistic solutions
ON May 22, 2019, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested a young proprietor of an alleged internet fraud training school located at 14, Animashaun Street, Progressive Estate, Ojodu Berger, Lagos alongside eight students, while receiving “lectures”. Again, in June, 2020, the media reported the arrest by Interpol and FBI of a Nigerian Dubai-based […]
Saving up on emerging oil windfall
EXPERTS and other concerned Nigerians have been raising their voices of advice to the Federal Government to immediately take steps to save on the emerging boom in crude oil sales. This call is well placed because for some time now, there has been a steady rise in the price of crude above our budget benchmark. […]
