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The latest report on the Federal Government’s response to the endless killings and invasion of farmlands in Benue State by herdsmen and their cattle is that the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, ostensibly to stem the unfortunate tide of…
As 2019 approaches, those who brought Nigeria to its knees, vandalized and wrecked it and left it for dead before 2015 are busy trying to weave a comeback mantra that will help them access power once again in 2015 after…
Until 1999, despotic military regimes interspersed with bumbling and egregious political administrations characterized Nigeria. Then, both Civilian and military administrations caused the stagnation of our national development. Our economy was in a tailspin; and, there was technological backwardness in the country. More so, ethno-religious conflicts nearly caused…
A most cardinal policy and principle of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government right from inception is hinged on ensuring transparency and accountability in public governance. The idea was anchored on the concept of e-governance and domesticated by the Federal Ministry…
Adebayo Shittu is the summary of our degenerate politics. He was elected into the Oyo house of Assembly at 26. He must have been such a promising prospect. He had two brief stints as commissioner in Oyo state. He was…
President Buhari has finally declared publicly what, based on his body language, most Nigerians have speculated for months. He is running for a second term in 2019 in response to the clamor by Nigerians. The announcement before the National Executive…
As the 2019 general elections approach, the National Human Rights Commission has reiterated calls for the prosecution of alleged offenders of the Electoral Act. In a country where election periods have witnessed the most horrendous violence leading to gruesome deaths…
Since Nigeria chose the path of democracy in 1999, there has been undulating progress made by successive governments in all spheres of the nation’s polity. Nigerians thought that democracy will provide a platform through which good governance will reduce the…
The abduction in Chibok on April 2014, when more than 200 girls were taken, seemed to have a similar recount with the Dapchi kidnapping of schoolgirls on February 19th, 2018 but in a comic style. On the 19th day of…
I have watched the video of the verbal duel between Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, and Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, five times now. I spent every second watching that recording in a theatre of pain and depression. Nigeria’s…