Nigeria’s next aviation safety leap: a national system the world can trust
By Daniel Tobechukwu Okebu “The best aviation safety systems are not the ones that speak loudest after tragedy; they are the ones that detect weak signals before families have to mourn.” Recent aviation accidents and serious incidents around the world should remind every nation of one hard truth: safety in aviation is never permanent by […]
JAMB: Hope brightens for students in diaspora
For many reasons, most Nigerians seek for higher education outside the shores of Nigeria.
Saraki, CCT Trial and the Game of Thrones
After the Supreme Court decision that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, as presently constituted, has the jurisdiction to try Senate President Bukola Saraki, the case has continued. Since then, several legal luminaries including Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN; a former justice of the Supreme Court, Samson Uwaifo; and Mr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, have faulted the apex court judgment on the grounds that it established a wrong precedent as the CCT was not meant to prosecute criminal matters. However, it appears that those legal opinions have been treated as mere academic and, therefore, do not really matter. The decision of the Supreme Court is final and anyone who seeks a redress would have to turn to God.
FUEL SHORTAGE: Beyond the diction, sentiment
THE mixed reactions that had trailed the statement by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, to the effect that the current fuel scarcity would end in May, offer an opportunity for constructive introspection.
National Security: Governor Fayose is Only a Threat to Dictatorship
A statement issued recently by one Taiwo Olatunbosun, the Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), labeling the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, a threat to national security because of the governor’s statements and posture to the leadership style of the Buhari-led federal government is not only ridiculous and hypocritical, it is risible and shocking. It goes a long way to further prove the well known fact that this government is not only intolerant of dissenting views, it would do all and anything to quell them even if it means applying “extreme measures” against vocal individuals and institutions of the opposition.
Why Olisa Metuh Must Face The Scourge?
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh has fought many political battles, but this time he it appears that he is up against powers that detest his guts. Indeed, by every available indication, the APC-led establishment appears to be in a frenetic mode to jail the garrulous opposition spokesman, who in the last nine months, has continued to give them sleepless nights with his steady criticisms on the sudden decline of the state of the nation under their watch.
