Atiku’s Border Promise: Between political expediency and Nigeria’s national interest
By Okey IBEKE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s promise to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in 2027 may appeal to traders and border communities who depend on cross-border commerce. But the promise raises a more important question: what exactly does he intend to reopen? The Federal Government has challenged the premise of the […]
National Assembly: A fitting playing field?
By ANDREW ERAKHRUMEN We will not flog a dead horse in this article. However, as always, we will contribute to the efforts at documenting perspectives on some past and ongoing events hoping that the future will finally need them as archival materials. This means that all the acts by a person or group (past and present) […]
Insecurity Scourge: Can Civilians Owning CCTV or Bearing Arms End It?
By Magnus Onyibe In the course of delivering a lecture at Al-Hakim University in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, April 17, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, PhD, implored Nigerians to acquire Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to be installed in their residences and places of work. He argued that it is part of […]
A prophet with honour, just not enough at home: The Kayode Ajulo you don’t fully know
The adage, “a prophet is not recognized in his own domain,” has never rung truer than in the case of Dr. Kayode Ajulo, SAN. …
First World War and the bombshell
By EDO TOBORE From indications, war remains a recurring decimal ranging from inauguration of human relations across board. The scope is relatively large with due reference to community, socio-cultural setting, intra-state, inter-state and the global. The last sample is a rare specie and institutionally tagged World War. From the reckoning of literal history, the First World […]
Life in Ghana under an Nkrumaist president
By BANJI OJEWALE Here in Anyaa, Accra, capital of Ghana, I’ve come across some of the country’s leading newspapers. Their contents—news reports, opinions, vox pop, book reviews, cartoons(dearth of these), sports, photo stories, advertorials, etc.—give me a larger-than-life image of the Ghanaian society. The two oldest journals, Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times, with their sister weeklies, […]
