Politics

Bad Governance and Poor Political Selection in Nigeria

Bad Governance and Poor Political Selection in Nigeria

In the current wave of globalization, Nigeria is part of the ‘global village’. The fact that Nigeria is the eighth largest exporter of crude oil, endowed with human and natural resources, and still has more than 59% of its population living below the poverty line depicts a paradox in the country. claimed that, out of…

20-10-20: A day to not Forget

20-10-20: A day to not Forget

End SARS is a decentralized social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuses. The protests which take its name from the slogan started in 2017 as…

Ondo State Government At Loggerhead With The Presidency Over Herdsmen

Ondo State Government At Loggerhead With The Presidency Over Herdsmen

Ondo State Government At Loggerhead With The Presidency Over Herdsmen The Ondo state government is in a so-called knot with the federal government over the state decision to send herdsmen out of the state forest reserves within seven days. Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, the Nigerian Bar Association former president and a seasoned lawyer on…

Covid-19 Second Wave Hits Hard as Government Reviews Schools Resumption

Covid-19 Second Wave Hits Hard as Government Reviews Schools Resumption

Covid-19 Second Wave Hits Hard as Government Reviews Schools Resumption Joy filled the entire country when the Academic staff union of Universities (ASUU) finally called off its nine-month strike after going through a series of negotiations with the government. Students and lecturers were at home due to the strike declared by ASUU since March 2020…

Sowore Rearrested Over Crossover Protest

Sowore Rearrested Over Crossover Protest

Sowore Rearrested Over Crossover Protest Sowore is at it again with the federal government. It is no news that Sowore has always been at loggerhead with the federal government. For those that do not know Sowore, let me give you a quick background to who he is and how and why he has always been…

Over 300 students abducted in Katsina State

Over 300 students abducted in Katsina State

The North-East has been faced with the height of insecurity issues in Nigeria, especially with the presence of Boko Haram in the country. They have been notorious over the last decade for school kidnappings, including the Chibok girls in 2014. Hundreds of people in Nigeria’s north-west region have been killed in attacks by what authorities…

Buhari meets with the 36 State Governors; the why?

Buhari meets with the 36 State Governors; the why?

Nigeria is presently embellished in security crisis which has become an unending challenge, not only by defying security measures but making a mockery of the efforts of the law enforcement agents and the millions of naira annually budgeted by government as security votes. Although, insecurity is not a problem that is unique only to Nigeria…

Zamfara Gold

Zamfara Gold

Who own Zamfara’s gold, the Federal government, the Zamfara State government or the 36 states of the Federation? This is the question on everyone’s lip , and in some quarters where the tension is high, the popular saying is, “Niger Delta oil is for the nation, while Zamfara gold is for Zamfara” Again we step…

Federal Government Versus CNN

Federal Government Versus CNN

Again as always, we find ourselves at the front page of international , obviously not for reasons many will be proud of but for a cause many are excited to follow to see which of the big elephants eventually emerges victorious at the end. Who sings the victory song, Nigerians are etching as the online…

Zoning Agreement in Nigeria

Zoning Agreement in Nigeria

It has become a political practice in Nigeria that political parties in their bid to ensure that no zone, or region is left behind in the allocation of power, the need to protect the minority and those who might not have the required political strength to fully push for it course on the national table…