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Year: 2018
Issues/Policy
Policing Nigeria: the Force of Consequences, By Dele Agekameh
A police force that cannot protect its own men can scarcely protect about 180 million people at half strength. On Monday, July 2, 2018, about seven policemen were gunned down during a routine stop-and-search operation […]
Issues/Policy
The Rise and Rise of ‘Nigerian’ Outlaws By Emmanuel Onwubiko
The Nigerian Council for Legal Education which coordinates the solemn annual ceremonies of call to the Nigerian bar and the hierarchy of the Nigerian judiciary are some of the finest minds in legal scholarship. There […]
Issues/Policy
Though Tribe And Tongue Differ : The USA-China Trade War By Olumide Ijose
Nigeria may think that the trade war that began with the USA imposing tariffs on China and China retaliation by doing likewise, will have no impact on the country. That is largely correct as the […]
Issues/Policy
Dialling D for the Devil By Yakubu Mohammed
Two seemingly unrelated events have made it necessary for this column to revisit a national pastime that has been grafted into our DNA as a people. Exhibition of egregious acts of indiscipline, at the least […]
Issues/Policy
Ranching And The Limits of Insensitivity | Guardian (NG)
An understandable outrage has followed the Presidency’s latest outlandish remark over the activities of killer herdsmen. In one of the most discomforting shows of the insensitivity of the country’s leadership to the people’s feelings and […]
Issues/Policy
The Saraki ‘Pyrrhic’ Victory By Abiodun Ladepo
No, it will be delusional to describe Bukola Saraki’s recent acquittal by the Supreme Court as pyrrhic. The man took his critics (which INCLUDED this writer – emphasis on the tense here, please) and political […]
Issues/Policy
Plateau’s Patchwork of Pain By Kene Obiezu
Plateau State, a land of intricately beautiful hills, picturesque plateaus, storied farming and boundless hospitality is perilously perched on a bloody precipice whose ragged edges are awash in the impaled bodies of its own people […]
Health
‘There Is No Fixed Limit On Human Longevity’ By Chukwuma Muanya
There might be no natural limit to how long humans can live — at least not one yet in sight — contrary to the claims of some demographers and biologists. That is according to a […]
Politics
Ekiti Governor’s Race: Choice Between Tinubu’s Lapdog And Fayose’s Clone Tough Choice, Tough Luck By Bayo Oluwasanmi
The head-spinning Ekiti governor’s election is on Saturday. The race has drawn to itself the unusual attention reserved for presidential elections. The candidates – John kayode Fayemi and Ekiti State deputy governor, Professor Kolapo Olusola […]
Video
President Buhari And The Killings In Nigeria: A Coincidence? Facts And Questions For The 2019 Elections And A Better Nigeria By Robert Agbo
A. INTRODUCTION Sometimes, events point overwhelmingly to a particular conclusion but reality may be different. I am old enough to know that, even in their clearest appearances, things are hardly what they seem to be. […]
Issues/Policy
Can Obj, Atiku’s CUPP Serve Nigeria A Hot Cup Of Coffee? By Fredrick Nwabufo
In Nigeria, alliance politics is a historical staple. In the 1960s, the NCNC and NPC forged an alliance to stabilise the newly independent country. But the marriage segued from harmony to divorce. The skirmishes among […]
Issues/Policy
Buhari’s Assets Confiscation Policy | Punch
I can’t disagree more with the Federal Government’s drive to confiscate the assets belonging to private citizens. It is like using a machine gun to kill a mosquito. At best, it will be tantamount to […]
Politics
Dearth of Political Empowerment For Nigerian Youths By Jide Ojo
“I am very happy to be here. Let me remind you that this place – Shrine is a music place as well as politics, which is needed to change the society. So, I will say […]
Issues/Policy
Macron’s Lagos Swag and Abuja Stopover By Lekan Sote
The youthful – it will be inappropriate to say, juvenile- President Emmanuel Macron of France showed up at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. He was making […]
Politics
Defusing Ekiti Governorship Poll Tensions | Punch
TENSIONS are building up in Ekiti State, where an election to choose a new governor will take place on Saturday. For the past couple of months, the main political actors have been beating the drums […]
Issues/Policy
Time Running Out On State Policing | Punch
The resolution last week by the National Assembly backing the establishment of state police forces represents a major hurdle cleared in the quest for effective law enforcement in Nigeria. After years of brinksmanship, both chambers […]
Entertainment
I’m Sorry For Men Because They Can’t Have Babies – Chimamanda
Celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said that she feels sorry for men because they can’t have the experience of giving birth. Chimamanda said this during an interview with online entertainment publication, Vulture, where […]
Government
Lagos Opens Completed Portion of Badagry Expressway To Traffic | PMNews
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday directed that the completed portions of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway from Eric Moore to Okokomaiko be opened up to traffic as soon as possible following the completion of […]
Health
Dangers of Food and Water In Plastic Containers, By Kayode Ojewale
To ensure an all-round awareness at all levels for rural and city dwellers, government should sensitise citizens on the harmful consequences of plastic toxins when leached out into our food and water after exposure to […]