Uprooting terrorists’ logistic supply chains
Nigeria’s war against terrorism and banditry has reached a point where military firepower alone cannot deliver victory. What began with the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009 has metastasised into a sprawling ecosystem of armed groups operating from forests, mountains and remote settlements, kidnapping for ransom, attacking communities, displacing populations, seizing land, rustling cattle, extorting farmers […]
Service Chiefs are very dispensable
IT has been years since President Muhammadu Buhari came under intense pressure to get rid of the current crop of Service Chiefs: General Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; Lt-General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Ekwe Ibok-Ette Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff. The […]
Arewa’s woes beyond power supply
NORTHERN Nigeria, fondly referred to by its people as “Arewa”, is heavily challenged by mass poverty, destitution and a cocktail of ethno-religious-related violence. Both the elite and the masses live in fear for their lives. Though the situation is not limited to the North, it is this region, the largest and most powerful political […]
Herdsmen’s attacks on Delta, Katsina
It is unfortunate that the continued attacks and killings of innocent Nigerians by armed herdsmen all over the country are gradually becoming “normal” items of everyday news in Nigeria. The Federal Government does not seem sufficiently outraged by their murderous exploits. The Federal Government and the military authorities have studiedly refrained from recognising the reign […]
Gov Zulum and the good teacher
SINCE he assumed power some eight months ago, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, the Governor of embattled Borno State, has continued to strike the posture of a leader on a messianic mission. He has put the interests of the common man above partisan niceties and often found himself at odds with the Federal Government and the […]
We reject $500m loan for NTA
Mohammed,NTA: ONE of the great dividends of democracy is that it creates the Legislative arm through which the people are represented and given a voice in government. Apart from legislation, this arm of government also controls the purse of the nation and the power to mitigate the excesses of the Executive arm. It is this […]
