Armed forces personnel and social media exposure
Social media has become a torchlight and a tripwire for Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies. It has enabled the public to expose alleged oppression, corruption, and abuse that might otherwise remain buried. In January 2024, soldier Ruth Ogunleye used TikTok to allege sexual harassment, intimidation, and abuse by senior officers. The Army investigated and […]
50 years after the Nigerian Civil War (1)
EVEN though January 15, was the day General Yakubu Gowon’s Federal Military Government formally received the instruments of surrender from Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s secessionist Republic of Biafra, January 13, 1970 was the actual date that the guns went silent on both sides.
Curbing the gale of migrations
THE 1964 prediction by the media and communication theorist, Marshall McLuhan, that the world will become a “global village” due to advancement in communication technology, has come to pass. Amazing inventions have shrunk the world.
2023 politicking in 2020
THE 2019 general elections took place barely 10 months ago, and those declared winners were installed a little over six months ago. Yet, it seems the politics of the next general election year 2023 is already in play.
Regional vigilantes to the rescue
ON Thursday last week, the Western Nigerian Security Network, tagged “Operation Amotekun” (Leopard) was launched by governors of the South West geopolitical zone.
Withdrawal of troops from states
NIGERIANS have been reacting with mixed feelings over the Federal Government’s recent decision to withdraw the military from the various theatres of operation around the country.
