Six months is inadequate, we should be looking at a minimum of 18 months; for instance, the total population of Ghana is about 22 million while the total subscriber rate is about 11 million and they are looking at 12 to 18 months for registration exercise

The gale of arrests initiated by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force recently swept a 65-year-old man off his feet for alleged impersonation and tendering forged title documents in court to stand as surety.

“The lifestyle in Lagos is pure madness. People are selfish, always looking out for themselves and no one else. It is I, me and myself. And honestly, I see that as primitive. Dog eat dog kind of life.”

NIGERIAN politicians who had taken advantage of the absence of a viable opposition in the polity since the inception of democratic rule in 1999 to behave like the Lords of the Manor must now realise that the purchase of the numerous bullet-proof jeeps from different international markets can no longer guarantee their continued regime of profligacy. Political office holders had held the Nigerian nation by the jugular since 1999 as though the country was a conquered territory handed to then in trust by some unseen captors.

According to Rev. Hayab, those who perpetrate such religious crises sometimes capitalize on religious bigotry and used that as a cover-up to achieve their selfish struggle. In his words: “The truth is that the failure of government, religious leaders as well as the level of poverty and illiteracy in northern Nigeria have all contributed to the problem of religious crises in that region.