Nigeria’s cooking gas crisis
For many households, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) promised a cleaner, safer alternative to firewood, charcoal and kerosene. That promise is fraying. A steep rise in the cost of refilling cylinders—reaching about N2,000 per kilogramme in some markets—has put LPG beyond the reach of millions already squeezed by inflation and falling real wages. Cooking fuel is […]
Revisiting Safe Schools Initiative
The fragility of school security in Nigeria was laid bare once again recently with the abduction of 25 female students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, and the killing of the school’s vice principal. It was closely followed by the abduction of over 300 pupils of St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri […]
“Repentant” terrorist can’t be president
Some senior officials of the Nigerian security forces have been making provocative statements in their rather confounding bids to appease terrorists, jihadists, Fulani herdsmen militants and bandits rather than bring them to justice. Given the serious implications of this narrative, we join well-meaning Nigerians to vehemently reject it. In a recent viral video, the General […]
Freedom for justice miscarriage victim, Sunday Jackson
A major flaw in the Nigerian legal system has been exposed to the global community with the trending story of brazen miscarriage of justice visited on citizen Sunday Jackson, a farmer from Dong community in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Sometime in 2015, Jackson was working on his farm and a Fulani herdsman, […]
US-Nigeria joint security group
When recently US President, Donald Trump, designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern over Christian genocides and the ill-checked spread of jihadist terrorism, he threatened to take military action. The Federal Government showed its willingness to work with America to address the issue by sending a delegation to Washington. The upshot of the diplomatic exchanges […]
Education: Bowing to terrorists’ pressure?
The mass abduction of the 276 Chibok Schoolgirls in April 2014 marked a milestone in the advance of jihadist terrorism in Nigeria. Because politicians and activists successfully weaponised it against the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the terrorists realised what a powerful instrument of blackmail it was. As a result, Nigeria, unlike any other country in […]
