The Army-Police War: Where Is the NSA?, By Yushau A. Shuaib
As the coordinating organ of government on security matters, ONSA should step in and manage this crisis, more professionally and with experience, especially in the absence of a federal cabinet, as the ministers of Defence and that of Interior are yet to be sworn in. “Our country is bedevilled… (by)…
The Prophet’s Hijrah and the Dawning of the New Islamic Year, 1441, By Murtadha Gusau
Dear servants of Allah! In Shaa Allah, in the next two weeks, it is the new Islamic Hijrah year; the 1441th anniversary of the Prophet’s immigration to Madinah, a special moment that evokes a long journey of tireless work to deliver the Message of Allah to humanity, the message of…
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As We Wait For Governance To Commence, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The second term is an opportunity to complete the vision enunciated in a first term and leave a legacy. Having been in the post for four years, the expectation was that he knew exactly what to do this time, and he had even announced that he would move very fast.…
VP Osinbajo: Why Charity Must Begin At Home, By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Since the VP has done a good job of helping poor Nigerians with his superlative performance, this is a clarion call on him to spare a thought for the children in his home State, particularly pupils in Ikenne local government, by helping them clear the books donated to them by…
Its Disaster When Soldiers Do Police Work, By Reuben Abati
If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than the on-going conflict and crisis of mutual distrust between the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. Turn away, for a moment, from Boko Haram (Nigeria is still…
Nigeria: A Post-Oil ‘Future’ Thats Already Here!, By Olly Owen
Planning for the future highlights that policies and institutions, plans and whole mindsets, will need to reorient in acceptance that Nigeria has already entered a post-oil present. This means that policymakers either taking positive decisions to reorient towards capturing new bases of growth, and facing the new realities of an…
Sowore: Dousing the Tension, By Dele Agekameh
The only way out is for the government to avoid another protracted detention by releasing Sowore and allowing him to breathe the air of freedom. This way, the tension created by his arrest, as well as the high-handedness of the police, would be sufficiently doused. It is no longer news…
Omoyele Sowore: Nigeria’s Wrong Prisoner, By Niyi Osundare
Omoyele Sowore is not the enemy the Nigerian government needs or should want to fight. The real enemies are out there: hunger and grinding poverty of the masses in the country of a few dubious billionaires, widespread insecurity of life and property, a creeping loss of faith in the very…
Analysing the Siemens Electricity Roadmap Proposal, By Odion Omonfoman
...the Siemens Roadmap proposal is a good deal for the Nigerian power sector if it sails through the commercial and contractual negotiation stages. The benefits to Nigeria and Nigerians far outweigh the proposed anticipated costs. However, there are several weak points that need to be anticipated during the implementation of…
Rochas Okorocha and the Anatomy of ‘Lootocrazy’ In Imo State, By Uche Igwe
The graphic exposition of the extent of looting that he masterminded is both surprising and sobering. His greed consumed him to the extent that he lost every sense of decorum and could not even do it intelligently. Imagine that he awarded different contracts amounting to N20 billion (including over billion…
