Category: OP-ED

A few days ago, Madagascar fired its education minister, Rijasoa Andriamanana, for attempted embezzlement. The minister had indicated plans to order more than $2.2m worth of sweets for schoolchildren to mask the bitter aftertaste of the herbal remedy for coronavirus. Explaining how the money would be utilised, the minister had explained that pupils would be given three lollipops each to… Read More

A protest has been staged in Calabar, Cross River State, to get authorities to take action against those, who attacked and burnt alleged witches in Boki Local Government Area of the state. The protesters carried placards with the inscription: Justice for Oku-Boki Burnt Women. Last month, an aide to the state governor led local thugs to attack and set ablaze… Read More

Retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, the former military Administrator of old Kaduna State was lucid, diplomatic and patriotic in a recent memo, nay open letter, he sent across to President Muhammadu Buhari. But he was equally critical of Buharism as regards the retired General’s nepotism and sectional lopsided appointments in his embattled administration. Col. Umar cannot be dismissed with a… Read More

As I set out to recount this first-hand experience of mine, myintention is to establish three cardinal points in line with the subject matter of this disquisition: the first is that as humans, we have a moral obligation to resist injustices of all kinds, regardless of where such injustice emanates. The second is that we have the right to exercise our fundamental rights, including the right to openly demand for a better country. The third and the most crucial is that we must never be afraid of the antics ofthose who are at the service of our… Read More

Sexual assault and rape are two very common offences that have become a recurring decimal in recent times in Nigeria. We are daily inundated with rape and sexual violence cases and the murder of its victims every day. Most offenders do not know the legal implication of the above-mentioned offences until they are charged to court. The offence of rape… Read More

We are indebted to the National Bureau of Statistics for its recent poll to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the population. The bureau’s telephone coverage of the same 1,950 households it contacted in 2018/19 within its general household survey does not make pleasant reading. It held between 20 April and 11 May, and therefore covers the period of the… Read More