High cost of living/grinding hunger, harsh economic policies, collapse of the power sector, alleged double standards by government, absence of defined response to recession, crashed value of the naira/volatility in exchange rate, rising unemployment rate, handling of rampaging herdsmen, dysfunctional legal system , slow pace of making decisions and polarisation of Nigeria along ethnic lines

It was reported, a few days ago, in almost all national dailies, that the Nigeria Customs Service seized 49 boxes containing 661 pump action rifles unlawfully imported into Nigeria.

By a letter dated 21st May 2003, the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party had requested the Inspector-General of Police to issue police permits to its members to hold unity rallies throughout the country to protest the rigging of the 2003 elections. The request was refused by the police chief without any reason. The ANPP decided to hold the rallies. The first rally which held in Kano on the 22nd of September 2003 which was attended by General Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the ANPP was violently disrupted by the police on the ground that the organizers had not obtained a police permit.

Suddenly the usually friendly atmosphere changed to one of lawless- ness. Between 2011 and 2012, the herders began to carry highly sophisticated weapons such as AK47 rifles as against their traditional swords and sticks

As the Buhari administration proceeds with the implementation of its Social Investment Programmes, the Federal Government, last week, released over N375 million to feed almost 700,000 primary school pupils in five states.