Category: OP-ED

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, recently revealed that the Nigerian Police Force recorded 717 rape cases between January and May 2020. This means that while the world was busy battling with a pandemic, rapists in Nigeria were busy taking advantage of the  lockdown.  Nigeria boasts of numerous laws against rape and sex-related offenses: At least five legal provisions are… Read More

“The tragedy of Africa is wrought in the minds of politicians who behave like demi-gods and delude themselves that they have monopoly of wisdom.”- PLO Lumumba. Africa is the cradle of civilization and the root of mankind. A land flowing with milk and honey; nature is kind with her, beautiful weather, optimal temperature for diverse ecosystem balance, giving rise to… Read More

As opined by Blinder, central banking is a dark art which requires a useful scientific approach, and we can agree that it requires more than previous banking experience to lead the institution. The current central bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor has not been successful in implementing a naira regime since he was appointed in 2014. One will not disagree that… Read More

Dear Zabaramarians, I might not know your names But I will not allow anyone to call you what you were not! Some called you forty three(43) Other said your names was seventy eight (78) Mere number, in land of your birth! Victims of Vipers in Power! Enemies did not kill you. Your nation gave you out! It wasn’t the sword… Read More

That the slain Borno farmers did not get military clearance is an inconvenient truth, but the real error of judgement was taking the government at its word.  In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military chiefs – the same military chiefs there today – to relocate to the Northeast, the main theatre in the… Read More

Over the last five years, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to live up to the basic purpose for the establishment of government, which is the welfare and security of the lives and properties of the people. In 2015, Nigerians voted out the government of President Goodluck Jonathan in what was a move that sought to redirect the… Read More

Reminiscing on events of 2014 and days that preceded the 2015 election; the heated debates, threats and propaganda that swept the media space against Jonathan, the present reality is very sad and it is even more disgusting that present realities and scorecard of the present administration proves that presidency of the supposed messiah is nothing but a “retirement plan” all… Read More

The funny man or clown, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman says that the slain farmers in Zabarmari village (110 of them according to the UN), Borno State, Nigeria, needed permission from the soldiers to farm. Perhaps he is unaware that in some parts of the North East, even the soldiers need permission from Boko-Haram to operate. What else is there to… Read More

If you need a million naira, just get a friend in US to get you two thousand dollar. Gbam, you don become millionaire be that! A dollar is now #500. And as it is, global price of the crude oil has fallen so low, increasing to $47 from $46.3 in November. The Naira may not appreciate this year against the… Read More

The recent agitation and imbroglio at the Lekki Toll Gate in the wake of the calamitous and ill-faited #endSARS protests and attendant consequences must necessarily redefine the Buhari-led government’s hostile attitude towards the youth. Statistics has shown that 75% of our population constitutes  people below  age 35. The intellectual pack that occupied the toll gate during the protests are either… Read More