When the state turns the law against dissent under Tinubu’s watch
By KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something […]
How APC turned our graduates to conductors – Reno
On March 19, 2014, the then opposition All Progressive Congress, APC, criticized the unemployment situation under then President Jonathan and accused him of not doing anything concrete to help Nigerian youths get employed.
Tributes on Lt Col Abu-Ali from his close acquaintances
Lt Col Abu-Ali: It’s really sunset at dawn!
Can’t stop crying when I heard of the brutal murder of this gentleman, Lt. Col. Abu Ali.
135th IPU, economic recession and North-East challenge
For the National Assembly delegation to the just concluded 135th Intef-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva Switzerland, the international fora was another opportunity to rally more international support for the country’s efforts to urgently and effectively tackle the present economic recession and the humanitarian crisis largely precipitated by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East region of the country.
World class monuments changing Lagos skylinee
Quietly, with the new look Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) BRT terminus and the multi-layered pedestrian bridge along with a flyover and road modernization at Ojodu-Berger, Lagos is becoming noticed for its world class monuments dropping from the ideas-box of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the same way the great Eiffel Tower (Paris), Statue of Liberty (New York) and Statue of Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro) have become the attraction of those cities.
MMA2 development: Clogs in the wheel
It started with a fire incident, on May 10, 2000. The local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport was razed at a time government could barely raise the funds needed for infrastructural development.
