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Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release

Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release

When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
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Accessing military operations around Nigeria

Accessing military operations around Nigeria

Since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed the reins of leadership in May 2015, the army has carried out quite some operations as it continues to protect the nation’s territorial integrity.

Anambra: Why all hands must be on deck

Anambra: Why all hands must be on deck

While election observers, civil society organisations and, indeed, many Nigerians were applauding the conduct of the November 18, Anambra governorship poll and the roles played by the stakeholders including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, political parties, their candidates and the electorate, I came across an advertorial in the Vanguard newspaper of Thursday, November 23, 2017, titled, “Anambra election: Let truth be told,” which was a counter-narrative.

Northern Nigerian ladies reel under drug addiction

Northern Nigerian ladies reel under drug addiction

On Saturday November 25, 2017, the Daily Trust focussed on the illicit use of drugs among female Nigerian youths, including married women from the Northern part of the country. According to the report, the problem of drug abuse or drug addiction is more prevalent among girls and married women in cities in Kaduna and Kano […]