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SARS Down, More Apparatus Of State Impunity To Go By Ibrahim B. Anoba

The recent announcement of the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, is the right step towards ending police brutality in Nigeria. However, that announcement alone wouldn’t end the suffering of innocent Nigerians from the hands of their fellow countrymen seating in public offices. Police brutality isn’t the only issue that affects the quality… Read More
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End Police Brutality Now! #EndSARS By Hannatu Musawa

The hashtag #EndSARS has been trending on social media for some time now, triggered by the alleged killing of a young man by officers from the unit in Lagos. SARS also known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been called out on several occasions for notoriously carrying out extra-judicial killings and allegedly harassing innocent Nigerians. Human rights organisations define extra-judicial… Read More
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Aisha Yesufu: The Hijab-wearing Revolutionary By Fredrick Nwabufo

Women like Aisha Yesufu are like comets; they come once in a generation bearing the torch of truth, courage and resilience. They are lodestars, shining light on the path to a new world where humankind can thrive without chains and shackles. They are definers of the age; excellent species of their kind. Aisha bestrides the civic landscape like a rodeo,… Read More
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#EndSARS: A Call For Major Reforms, Improved Police Funding By Shamsideen Nofisat Abolore

As we grapple with the unreasonable hike in prices and destabilised economy, there has been a lot of uproar, agitation amongst the citizens of the country to #EndSars #Endpolicebrutality on account of the inhumane killings that had led to the loss of innocent lives, wrongful imprisonment and harassment of law-abiding citizens on a daily basis by the Nigeria Police Force… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

#ENDSARS Now, Our Lives Matter By Seun Awogbenle

The most implausible and almost unbelievable reaction amidst the growing #ENDSARS protest across the country is how Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who was elected to take charge of the security of the citizens has managed to maintain a loud, unbothered and undisturbed silence through it all. Asides from the fact that the constitution is clear that the security and welfare… Read More
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Reflections On 60 Years Of U.S–Nigerian Engagement By Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard

Sixty years ago, this week, Ambassador Joseph Palmer II presented his credentials as the first United States Ambassador to the Government of Nigeria.  The occasion presents the opportunity to reflect on the breadth and depth of the partnership between our two great nations, each evolving democratically, over the intervening decades. In his welcome address to the people of Nigeria, President… Read More
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Are They Really SARS Or SAYS? By Adeola Soetan

It’s national deceit to continue to call these lawless, ununiforned, uncultured and badly trained armed gangsters SARS. By their main operational focus, they are SAYS – Special Anti-Yahoo-Yahoo Squad who are making their huge money for themselves, and of course, for many of their unscrupulous bosses too, on the streets through gun terrorism and syndicated crime. This atrocitiy they commit… Read More
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Governor Abiodun’s Largess Amid Tuber Of Yam, N200 Rewards For Nigeria’s Best Graduating Students By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

Sequel to the trending reports on Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, who gifted winner of BBNaija 2020, Laycon, with a house and a cash sum of N5m, I decided to do a brief research on what best graduating students in our tertiary institutions, especially the public ones, have been getting for their outstanding academic performances and I was able to… Read More
OP-ED Zambia 

Zambia: The Privatisation Saga

By Henry Kyambalesa* 1.  Introduction In this article, I wish to tender my views concerning recent calls by some segments of Zambian society for a “Commission of Inquiry on Privatisation,” an idea which our brother President Edgar C. Lungu is apparently eager to pursue. A bird’s-eye view of Zambia’s changing economic scenarios since independence in October 1964 follows. Thereafter, I… Read More
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