The recent revelation by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, that Nigeria loses a staggering 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to oil thieves is gravely worrisome. To illustrate the severity of this...
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Setting the Records Straight
In the last 48 hours, our attention has been drawn to a viral video of a song that has raised concerns and commentary across Nigeria. For the avoidance of doubt, between August 4 and August 6 2022, the National...
President Buhari’s Ignoble Legacy
Just a few days ago, Nigerians watched in total shock the horrific video of terrorists brutally flogging the abducted male passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked on March 28. In the viral video, shared on social...
Red Flags for Nigeria’s Democracy
As Nigeria enters the heady season towards the 2023 general elections, there are certain observations about the on-going democratic process that raises serious concern about the state of Nigeria’s democracy. Reasonable...
Ekiti State Governorship Election: A litmus Test for INEC
Eligible voters with their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) totalling 749,065 in Ekiti are expected to file out on Saturday June 18th across the 177 wards in the 16 local government areas of the state to elect the next...
The Owo Bloodbath!
The Sunday, 5th June 2022 attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, home town of the state Governor, Mr Olurotimi Akeredolu, yet again brings into sharp focus the disturbing spectre of...
Arresting the Carnage in Anambra
On May 21 2022, the decapitated body of Hon Okechukwu Okoye, member representing Aguata Constituency II at the Anambra State House of Assembly was found at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. Six...
Deborah Yakubu: Lest Impunity triumphs
The sequence of events following the callous murder of Deborah Yakubu by a lynch mob is alarming. Deborah, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was killed over allegations...
Godwin Emefiele’s position untenable
The recent revelation by the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman of Ward 6 in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Nduka Erikpume indicating that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr...
Presidential Pardon for Corrupt Ex-Governors: Buhari’s Death Knell for the Anti-Graft War
On Thursday April 14, 2022, Nigerians received the shocking news of the presidential pardon President Muhammadu Buhari granted to former governors and convicted felons, Jolly Nyame of Taraba State and Joshua Dariye of...
The Twin Horrors in Kaduna
In a space of 48 hours, between Saturday March 26 and Monday March 28, Kaduna State has been dealt deadly blows by terrorists. In the first incident at Kaduna Airport on March 26, terrorists breached the Kaduna...
Government must halt bestial killings in Nigeria
In the past few days, a groundswell of anger and indignation has enveloped Nigeria over the cruel circumstances in which 22-year-old Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole was killed in Lagos State. As if in a long bad dream,...