Category: OP-ED

The arrest and subsequent unlawful detention of Omoyele Sowore by the men of the State Security Services has cast again, a huge darkness on the face of a nation and so we are forced to ask whether this nation is ours. It is quite unimaginable that under a democratic government the tenets and principles of civil engagement can be willfully… Read More

That Nigeria is politically charged and bereft of safety and security would be an understatement. Terrorists are competing for who can surpass the other in wanton destruction of lives. Drums of separation are recently getting louder among many nationalities. Kidnappings once restricted to the Niger Delta have now made travels except by air, a harrowing experience. Banditry goes on as… Read More

It’s the scheduled day for the 21-state #RevolutionNow protests championed by activist Omoyele Sowore who, as he must have expected, is currently in Department of State Services (DSS) detention. Ordinarily, talks at the moment should be centred around the possibility of the protests to achieve its long list of targets, which, it must be emphasized, excludes a regime overthrow. But… Read More

The arrest of human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, by operatives of the Department of State Services as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari, further explains the former military general’s oppressive and tyrannical nature against free press and constructive criticism. Strictly speaking, the President has gone mad again!  We have been here before under Buhari’s inhuman government as Head… Read More

Ahead of the #RevolutionNow nationwide protest which rocked Nigeria on Monday, August 5, 2019, Omoyele Sowore, leader of the movement, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security in his hotel room. For almost 59 years, Nigerians with their own approval and applause have subjected themselves to self-inflicted apathy, cultivated timidity, paranoid fear, and criminal complacency to the… Read More

To begin from a positive note, this writer notes with satisfaction the determination and zeal showed so far by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in the prosecution of the Director General of the Natural Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Alhaji Modibbo Kawu, over alleged N2.5 billion misappropriation of public fund which was reportedly diverted to a private… Read More

Every Nigerian has the legitimate and constitutional right to protest and demonstrate peacefully in a democracy. It is NOT an act of treason to march against the President and to protest about the insecurity in the country. The publisher of SaharaReporters and a presidential candidate in the just- concluded presidential elections, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, expressed his desire to demonstrate peacefully… Read More

When reporting, investigating and prosecuting cases of grooming, child sexual exploitation (CSE) and sexual abuse and violence, Nigeria must look to other nations for inspiration. Has the penny or kobo finally dropped? The hurricane that has taken the world by the lapels in the last two years has finally made it’s way to the doorsteps of Nigerian churches, it would… Read More

The satanic Boko Haram sect was officially banned in Nigeria by the federal government and declared a terrorist network in June 2013. The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has since successfully prosecuted many of the members of the sect for sundry offences under the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act.  The Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has also investigated and indicted the leaders… Read More

It is no longer news that for Mr Femi Fani-Kayode to remain relevant in Nigeria he has resorted to insulting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and this has given him the illusion of the relevance he sought, especially at a time even members of his party see no more value in him. Just like his father (Chief Victor Fani-Kayode) who betrayed… Read More