Nigeria is fighting 21st-Century crime with yesterday’s tools
By Dr Daniel Awomukwu Nigeria is confronting crimes that are becoming increasingly sophisticated, organised and difficult to investigate. Kidnapping, terrorism, ritual killings, sexual violence, financial fraud and other forms of serious crime continue to challenge the country’s security and justice institutions. Yet beneath these challenges lies a less visible problem: Nigeria has not developed a […]
Captain Hosa Okunbo @ 60: A salute to conqueror of land, sea and air
Captain (Dr) Idahosa Wells Okunbo JP, is a model, a case study of success who in his life and business experiences has traversed the land, sea and the air. At 21 he became a pilot, at 30 he had logged in 7,500 hours of flying time as a commercial jet plane pilot. Many years later, he ventured into agriculture where his company, Well Farm Limited, has invested millions of dollars in green house farming and agro-allied business in Edo State.
Kaduna Teachers: NLC, NUT, should not play games with our children’s future…
The protest embarked upon by the members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Kaduna State against the sack of over 21,000 teachers is shameful, counter-productive and a disgrace to the teaching profession.
Nigeria not a shit hole nation
Nnamdi Kanu called Nigeria a zoo, and many felt it was too harsh, but it is only in a zoo nation that higher premium is placed on cattle than on human life
Organiser of Satire Festival sets Youth and Electoral’ agenda for 2018
The Civics Art Table, TACT, organiser of Nigeria’s first ever Satire Festival, has unveiled its theme for this year, adopting 2018 as Nigeria’s “Year of The Youth”. TACT said that, in keeping with this theme, it would advocate the inclusion of a measurable and significant youth component in the plans, policies, and activities of public […]
Permutation and manipulation of PDP’s convention
AT the end, after sailing through a very ferocious and turbulent political tide, the People Democratic Party, PDP, had a successful electable national convention in December 2017. The Convention needs to be seen as a great achievement, against the background of the rough road the PDP travelled after the 2015 General election. The PDP, then […]
