One of the cardinal responsibilities of government is the safeguard of lives and properties, provided under Section14 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. So paramount is this responsibility that the entire economic, social […]
One of the derivable positives from the recent nationwide protests against the now-dissolved police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the rise in citizens’ consciousness towards governance in Nigeria. Before now, citizens’ participation in governance has […]
Following the demands made by the ENDSARS protesters on police brutality and human right violation of Nigerians a resolution was reached by the National Economic Council of Nigeria recently asking state governors to set up […]
With a trap-like mouth comprising 80 spiky teeth, death is the smile on the face of an adult crocodile. In a dramatised circus that pledged to protect lives, limbs and fatherland, the Nigerian military, on […]
The #EndSARS protests that hit the streets of Nigeria have jotted the ruling class into reality. The protests, propelled by young Nigerians, will forever be ingrained in the minds of everyone. Before the protests hit […]
Nine years ago, ahead of the planned commencement of toll collection at the Lekki toll gate, on the 18 of December 2011, I joined hundreds of protesters as we stormed the Admiralty Plaza, Lekki toll […]
Humanity is all inclusive. There are no higher or lesser humans. We all breathe the same air. Whether doctor, lawyer, journalist, police or soldier; we are all humans first, and as such we are entitled […]
In a famous video tele-conference with governors of the United States last June, President Donald Trump was characteristically blunt. And to some people, offensive. “Most of you are weak,” he told them. It was in […]
Not even the build-up to the United States elections on Tuesday this week can take any steam out of the deconstruction of the epochal #EndSARS campaign. As state actors and we the people are still […]
It would have been the greatest miracle of our time if Chief Olabode George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, who, ironically, has been unable to identify or chart a clear political, ideological or moral path […]
The Nigerian Army says it will not disclose the identities of its men who were sent to Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. Soldiers had dispersed #EndSARS protesters who prevented vehicular movement along that axis […]
Years ago, as we were driving through some Lagos streets early morning on a weekday, we saw idle young men sitting in front of their houses, some with wrappers surrounding their waists and toothbrushes dangling […]
The COVID-19 Pandemic brought with it so many things and even helped to expand the vocabularies of many students. For a long time, some were not conversant with words such as Coronavirus (a family of […]
The spate of insecurity across the country occasioned by the activities of hoodlums, who hijacked the hitherto peaceful #EndSARS protest, no doubt calls attention once again to the recurring subject of the need for the […]
Opinion by Innanoshe R.A. Innanoshe R.A. is a Nigerian writer, editor, lawyer and activist. Some things never change in Nigeria. Police and military brutality, the terrible state of governance, the ubiquity of corruption, extreme poverty […]
The gory pictures in social media of the ugly events going viral are a sorry representation of the failure of leadership in Nigeria. Nigeria is a beautiful and prosperous nation with chronic corruption and a […]
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was introduced to the National Assembly in 2007. Contrary to all Nigerians’ expectations, the Bill, in its wholesale form, has survived three presidents and four convocations of the National Assembly. […]
Very recently, I received the sad news of what is happening to a wonderful Jesuit priest who to boot is an activist, a solid defender of human rights in India that has since ceased to […]
LAGOSIANS have expressed worry over the continued absence of policemen on major roads and streets in the state. For instance, many vehicles stationed at flashpoints in different parts of the state to ensure police presence, […]
The #EndSARS protest, warts and all, has lumbered itself into the pantheon of upheavals that hold great significance for both the present and the future. Beyond the excesses, orchestrated counter violence that sought to derail […]
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