Issues/Policy
Policing The Poor And The Securitised Elite
Policing The Poor And The Securitised Elite
Issues/Policy
Issues/Policy
FLORIDA SHOOTING: Politicians, Others Slam Trump For Suggesting Teachers Should Carry Guns
President Donald Trump of the United States of America has been slammed for suggesting during a televised event at the White House that arming teachers could prevent more school shootings. Trump’s suggestion was criticised by […]
Issues/Policy
Muslims Burn Piles of Pampers Nappies And Call For A Ban Because Cartoon Cat’s Whiskers Printed On Them ‘Look Like The Arabic Spelling of Mohammed’ | DailyMall UK
Muslim protests in India are calling for a boycott of Pampers products after claiming to have seen the word ‘Mohammed’ in the face of a cartoon cat which appears on its nappies. The lines illustrating […]
Issues/Policy
Is Nigeria A ‘Shithole Country’? (1) By Bedford N. Umez
On January 11, 2018, The Washington Post reported that during the White House meeting on Immigration Reform, President Donald Trump referred to African nations as “shithole countries”, and proceeded to ask the following questions: “Why […]
Issues/Policy
‘Catholic Church Doesn’t Run On Tithes, Has Never Taught That God’s Blessings Depend On Tithes’ By Sam Eyoboka
RETIRED Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has warned the nation’s leaders to tread softly because there is anger in the nation, arguing that even leading members of the ruling All […]
Government
Corruption Getting Worse In Nigeria – Transparency International
LAGOS — Corruption is getting worse in Nigeria, according to the latest corruption perception index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the […]
Issues/Policy
Senior Advocates Are Major Problem In The Anti-Corruption War — Prof Sagay
By Bartholomew Madukwe Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption (PACAC). He is a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Benin. In this interview, he […]
Issues/Policy
Dear Senator Tinubu, Buhari Has Thrashed Us All!
On Tuesday, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the erstwhile strongman of opposition politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, expressed her frustration at how her husband was “thrashed” by the President Muhammadu Buhari government he helped put […]
Government
On The Condition of Nigeria’s Prisons | Guardian NG
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s lamentation over the deplorable state of the country’s prisons and denouncement of the savage treatment of inmates is a remark that must be taken seriously, if Nigerians have some regard for […]
Government
Yusuf’s Reinstatement | Punch
The recent reinstatement of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari, has generated a lot of controversy. It will be recalled that […]
Issues/Policy
So Much Fakery In Nigeria By Lekan Sote
One of the ceiling fans in the house is going wobbly, about to cease working any moment from now. Another one has stopped working altogether. Both hardly have brand names, just some insignia suggesting a […]
Health
Codeine Abuse Rampant Among Married Women – CCRWG Chairman, Odeku
The Chairman of the Codeine Control and Other Related Matters Working Group, Prof. Oluwatoyin Odeku, has raised the alarm over the widespread abuse of codeine and other controlled medicines in many parts of the country. […]
Issues/Policy
Banters in Lagos, poverty and disease in the Niger Delta
BY JEROME UTOMI The Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, venue of the meeting was lavishly decorated to impress, and it did impressed. The participants were corporately kitted; men and women alike. All seated in such a […]
Issues/Policy
How Are We Prosecuting Our Culture Wars?, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Our challenge, therefore, if the differences that will define the future of this space are not to lead to political decay is to strengthen as many “voices” as possible, while smoothening the edges of the […]
Government
If You Give Nigerians Good Roads, Railway, Stable Power They Will Be Happy – Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, Katsina State said that all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country. […]
Government
Cleaner Lagos Initiative: Time To End Menace of Cart Pushers By Paul Dada
On Saturday, January 13th of this year, the Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, read out the riot act to cart pushers and wheel barrow operators within the state. Bello, on behalf […]
Issues/Policy
Commercialization Of Public Office: How Ex-Pencom Boss Used Her Office To Support Family Business By Emeka Samuel
Many Nigerians, including yours sincerely, have been suffering from the malaise of political apathy for quite sometimes. We seem to be uninterested in what public officers do, provided we are comfortable in our respective businesses […]
Issues/Policy
Awo, Please Help, Nigeria Is Crumbling!
By Tunde Odesola Dear Awo, Good morning, Asiwaju omo Oduduwa. I’m sure a letter from an unknown fledgling like me is the least of your expectations in your celestial abode. I think a letter from […]
Issues/Policy
Onaiyekan: Politics Not For Miserable People Seeking Way Out of Poverty
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, former President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has said that politics was “not for miserable people seeking a way to get out of poverty”. “Nigerians should stop complaining and get involved in […]
Issues/Policy
Not In IBB’s Character By Sufuyan Ojeifo
THE Igala of Kogi State in North-Central Nigeria have a proverb that succinctly explicates an exception to what is generally seen or thought to be the conventional. While the young people may decide to do […]