Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall
Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says national fertiliser consumption is about 18.6 kilogrammes per hectare, against the 50kg/ha benchmark associated with the 2006 Abuja […]
No to jungle justice
THE atmosphere of great disappointment occasioned by the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections from February 16 to Saturday, February 23, 2019 has understandably put major political actors and the electorate on edge.
Heavy cost of election postponement
IT is said that those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat its lessons. Nigeria has, once again, proved it is incapable of learning from its past mistakes. Repetition of past vices appears to have been elevated to a “made in Nigeria” tradition.
ISWA’s attack on Gov Shettima’s convoy
THE Islamic State in West Africa, ISWA, the international affiliate of the Boko Haram terror outfit, continued its audacious assaults in the North-East on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, when it ambushed Governor Kashim Shettima’s convoy between Dikwa and Gamboru-Ngala highway, Borno State, near the border with Cameroon.
Let the will of our people prevail
The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has repeatedly told Nigerians and other concerned international stakeholders that the electoral umpire is ready to conduct a general election that will be adjudged free, fair, credible and acceptable. Professor Yakubu has always reiterated this since he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 21, 2015, though some of the elections conducted under him, particularly the Osun State governorship poll, did not, in the estimation of some people, live up to expectation.
Broom in the wrong place
NIGERIANS woke up recently to see giant broom monuments being erected on the hallowed grounds of the Abuja City-gate and the Abuja Unity Fountain by yet-to-be-identified individuals.
