Category: Opinions

In the course of last week, both chambers of the National Assembly took up the issue of failing security across the land. Whilst the Senate asked that the service chiefs be sacked, the House of Representatives interacted with the security agencies. It is now clear to all and sundry, at least from the comments and contributions of lawmakers across party… Read More

Today marks the 90th day since the police arrested Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, in Kaduna. They later transferred him to Kano, where he has been held incommunicado, without access to a lawyer or a legal representation. Bala has not been formally charged or allowed to see his family members. There has not been an independent… Read More

The word “Abdication” has two meanings. The first applies to when a monarch relinquishes his throne. The second, when anyone in a position of authority chooses to neglect or ignore his duties. The latter applies to General Muhammadu Buhari. Last week, General Buhari amidst the Coronavirus pandemic jetted out to Bamako Mali and met with other ECOWAS leaders. The meeting… Read More

The last one month has witnessed a celebration of crime and corruption in Nigeria, from Ramoni Olorunwa Abbas, aka Ray Hushpuppi, to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which the President supervises as Minister of Petroleum Resources, to the Minister… Read More

On April 28, United States President, Donald Trump, in his accustomed cadence said his administration would send 250 ventilators to Nigeria. According to him, ‘’Nigeria will do anything for ventilators.’’ On May 21 while touring the Ford Motor Plant in Michigan, he summarily ballooned the figure of the medical equipment to 1,000. It has been three months since this pledge.  … Read More

In the middle of last month of June this year the President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, had granted a controversial interview to the Lagos-based national newspaper, Vanguard, where he stirred the hornet’s nest by declaring that the northern politicians were still very much interested in the 2023 presidential poll and in succeeding President Buhari.… Read More

“Take them to government house or Aso Rock’ – Borno residents reject reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters” -The Cable. *Good response from the citizens, victims and bereaved families of Boko Haram’s casualties. No responsible and sensitive government will make rehabilitation and reintegration of  the so-called  repentant Boko Haram criminals a priority programme at the expense of national security and full… Read More

If Nigeria’s young are timid, tractable and apathetic to economic and political issues affecting their country, blame the anvil on which they are forged. The government, the formative schools, the universities and the predatory politics – all are the forgers of today’s youth. A system, which lobotomises the young from nascency has already denied them not only the ability to… Read More

Until a few days ago, President Donald Trump was the undisputed king of trash talk. He was the best at giving unwanted and stereo typical names which diminished any opponent. If I had to make a list of the top 10 hits by Trump, one of those will be “Crooked Hilary” — for the former First Lady and Secretary of… Read More

What we are told is that application for the national identity card which is managed and controlled by the National Identity Management Commission is free. Whilst that is the official position of the federal government and the agency in charge, it is noteworthy that some staff of the Commission may have seen it as a perfect opportunity to extort unsuspecting… Read More