Ekiti @ 30: The roles Afe Babalola played
By Dapo Ipoola Ekiti State is one of the Southwestern states in Nigeria that was carved out from the old Ondo State. Long time before the creation of Ekiti by the late former military Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha, there were stentorious agitation by notable Ekiti elders who were hell-bent on having a of […]
12 years after Chibok, are Nigerian children safer?
By Princess Olufemi-Kayode Twelve years after the Chibok schoolgirls were taken from their dormitories, Nigeria is still asking the same painful question: are our children any safer? It is a question that should trouble every parent, teacher, policymaker and citizen. On April 14, 2014, 276 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Their […]
Not a fodder for politics: Orire abduction & security challenges
By Tunde Rahman The recent abduction of schoolchildren in Ahoro-Esiele Community, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, remains deeply distressing. On May 15, 2026, heartless kidnappers abducted 38 schoolchildren, killing one teacher in a heinous assault on our nation’s security and educational system. The Nigerian Union of Teachers and students across the country have taken […]
When National Development Plan encounters uninvited guest
By Owolola Adebola There is a peculiar irony in Nigeria’s development story. Imagine planning to build a shopping mall and discovering your lot is occupied by an armed rebellion. That, in essence, has been the narrative of development efforts across several regions of Nigeria over the past two decades. While other nations fret over interest rates and […]
Nigeria’s war against drug abuse must focus on schools
The growing menace of drug abuse among young Nigerians has become one of the most disturbing social challenges confronting our nation.
What the North must learn from the South
By Suleiman A. Suleiman Let’s begin with an anecdotal story, or rather, two stories. In November 2024, Hamdiyya Sidi Shariff, then a 19-year-old lady from Sokoto State, decried the state government’s handling of banditry. But despite her life-threatening travails at the hands of the Sokoto state government over many months, Hamdiyya received little support from the northern […]
