Boat mishaps: When will they end?
Nigeria must begin to confront boat mishaps as a national public-safety crisis. The latest tragedy at Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where 65 people reportedly died, is too grim a reminder of the price Nigerians pay for regulatory failure and government neglect. The tragedy is particularly disturbing because it was […]
Wanted: A global stand against terrorism in West Africa
It is time that leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, stopped pussy-footing over the current bleak security situation and the prospects of the region becoming the world’s most fertile ground for Islamic terrorist networks. These networks, such as Al Qaeda, Jama’at Nasr al Islam wal Muslimin, JNIM, armed herdsmen and the […]
Justice for Osimibibra Warmate at last
Due justice has come to Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo (PDP, Adamawa North) who triggered a national outrage when he physically assaulted a nursing mother at an adult toy shop in Abuja on May 11, 2019. Following the firestorm of public opprobrium, Abbo, who had initially appeared defiant, was forced to apologise to the victim, Ms. […]
Addressing teachers’ retirement age request
THE World Teachers Day anniversary falls on Monday, October 5, 2020. Nigerian teachers will today join their colleagues all over the world to celebrate the event which commemorates the adoption of the 1966 International Labour Organisation/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, ILO/UNESCO, recommendations concerning the status of teachers adopted in 1966. It outlines the […]
Questionable Kano-Maradi rail contract
THE government of President Muhammadu Buhari has ignored the objections of a cross-section of Nigerians and gone ahead with the controversial construction of a standard gauge railway line from Kano to Maradi in Niger Republic. The project, which will cover a distance of 248 kilometres, will also cut through largely rural towns like Dambatta, Kazaure, […]
60th Jubilee: Let’s re-invent Nigeria
TODAY is the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s flag independence. Our Diamond Jubilee is themed: “Together”. The Federal Government has rolled out a one year-long panoply of events that will terminate on September 31, 2021 but will be marked today in “low-key” with the ongoing pandemic in mind. For decades, our independence days have always provided […]
