Issues/Policy

Quote me: the Plateau killings, in which over a hundred defenceless citizens lost their lives, will not be the last. I am not trying to be a prophet — much less a prophet of doom […]

The governments at all levels should begin the comprehensive enforcement of all relevant laws and regulations relating to road safety and safe driving. And the work of rescuers and first responders are usually made more […]

Fuelling mass killings is the greatest disservice we can do to our people. Let us not forget that Cambridge Analytica was paid to come to Nigeria in 2015 to promote such discord, using exactly the […]

It is a known fact that Nigeria is under-policed. Grossly under-policed. But you wouldn’t know it from the uses to which we put the few we have. Every big man in Nigeria has a policeman […]

The event was a security summit, organised by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC). I was in attendance. As usual, prominent persons were recognised. That’s how I got to know the ‘office’ of the lady. […]

Several persons who witnessed Thursday’s tanker accident on Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway have narrated how it happened. Some of them disputed the official casualty figures released by government agencies in the aftermath of […]

A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the two-year and 11-month old pupil of Chrisland School was raped. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

Documents recently obtained by PREMIUM TIMES and its ICIJ partners have revealed how a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Funsho Kupolokun, acquired loads of lucrative shares between 2009 and […]

It was saddening to know a few days ago that the nation recorded another fatal casualty when three persons; a commercial bus driver, his conductor and a passenger, died when a truck loaded with plywood […]

Take the bull by the horns. You are the bull – Quotable It is fairly reasoned that the challenges and solutions of leadership are inside leaders. This view stands in line with the fact that […]

One of the unfortunate impressions, even attributes, of the Nigerian justice system has been an appearance of lack of capacity and the will to prosecute highly placed government officials, serving or former, who have been […]

The European Union (EU) says it will partner with Nigeria to evolve solutions to illegal migration, Richard Young, Deputy Delegation to the EU, has said. Mr Young made this known in his address at the […]

It may be a difficult paradoxical pill to swallow, but the disheartening reality is that the current Nigerian ruler, President Muhammadu Buhari, has always been an accessory to mass homicides. Yes, you get it right […]