How the New Army Formations Will Rewrite Kwara’s Security Story
By Bashir Adigun For years, the people of Kwara State have lived with a painful contradiction. Widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s most peaceful states, Kwara has increasingly found itself on the frontline of insecurity, with criminal elements exploiting its vast forests, porous borders, and sparsely populated rural communities. Read Also: New Army Divisions: Veterans split over timeline, […]
Farewell with tears to Ocholi
THAT fateful Sunday, the 6th of March 2016, it was a dark Sunday for the Ocholis, the staff of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, all his friends, colleagues and admirers nation wide.
Matters arising from the fuel crisis
IBE Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state, petroleum, continues to remain in the eye of the storm as government tackles the fuel crisis. Although the agonizingly long queues, chaotic scenes, violent outbursts and endless frustration at filling stations are beginning to abate, it will be erroneous to conclude that we are out of troubled waters.
Now that Saraki has been ‘convicted’ by the mob
LAST week must have been the lowest point in Senator Bukola Saraki’s political career. Quite literally speaking, he was dragged to the market square, denuded, and sprayed with opprobrium so thick that his traducers would hope never washes off.
Of DSS, Shallow Graves, Sensationalism and Sectionalism
The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves, five of which they claimed had some Fulani natives buried in them, is most unfortunate to have come from an otherwise responsible security outfit.
War Against Insurgency: Buratai should be commended, not condemned
Recent media agitations against the country’s Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, by some civil society groups and self acclaimed Nigerian human rights’ advocates for one reason or the other, attracted this writer’s interest.
