The Xinjiang terrorism challenge and the world
Ikenna Emewu SIX incidents of terror attacks in Xinjiang between 1992 and 2014 were enough signs to alert China that crises were in the offing in the vast land north western tip of the country. Bombing...
View ArticleEFCC and rehab of ‘Yahoo boys’
ACTING Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, said last week that the agency was planning to rehabilitate young people who engage in internet fraud popularly...
View ArticleAn open letter to Joana David Kolo
Sunny Eze Let me join millions of Nigerians to happily congratulate you on your nomination as commissioner designate in Kwara State. It is indeed heartwarming to be found worthy of serviceto your...
View ArticleHow to restore police image
Emmanuel Onwubiko In the year 2017, findings from a study on corruption in Nigeria jointly coordinated by the United Natiobs Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the National Bureau of Statistics...
View ArticleBorder closure: Lessons from the World Bank
Jerome-Mario Utomi IT is common knowledge that the Federal Government on August 20th, 2019, ordered the closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic, citing massive smuggling activities taking place...
View ArticleBoko Haram: For those who died
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, recently brought the tragedy of the unending Boko Haram insurgency in the country into bold relief with the revelation that 847...
View ArticleNDDC: The hunter and the hunted
Emmanuel Mbah In mankind’s recent history, recourse to the establishment and use of interventionist agencies as tools or vehicles to accomplish tasks has become increasingly popular. The reasons for...
View ArticleRemembering Alex Ekwueme @ 87
Chukwudi Enekwechi It was on November 20, 2017 that Nigerians woke up to the sad news of the demise the night before, of Nigeria’s former Vice President, pioneer Chairman of the Peoples Democratic...
View ArticleBoko Haram: The place of amnesty
Promise Adiele Many challenges have confronted Nigeria since the inauguration of the Lugardian territorial architecture in 1914. However, for some inexplicable reasons that bother on providence, the...
View ArticleC’River: Ayade, Agba Jalingo and other matters
Paul Obi “IN the long history of the world; Only a few generations have been given the role of defending freedom, in its hourof maximum danger, I do not shrink from that responsibility; I welcome it” –...
View ArticleProposing budget alternative for progress
Victor C. Ariole The lamentation out of the current IMF/World Bank gathering is that $50trillion frozen capital exist, no yield, seeking for trustworthy environment for investment and Nigeria is...
View ArticleThe mad rush for revenues
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano When finance minister, Hajia Zainab Ahmed reportedly said sometime ago (in response to fears about Nigeria’s rising debt) that the country’s problem is not debt but revenue, not...
View ArticleCritical gap in 2019 Nobel Peace Prize award
Charles Onunaiju “Peace does not arise from the actions of one party alone. When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reached out his hand, President Afwerki (Eritrea) grasped it and helped to formalize the peace...
View ArticleNDDC Probe: Why the new board should supervise it
There is no doubt that we have lots of challenges in the country. But the economy appears to be one we are yet to get things right. Another debilitating factor to the nation’s economic growth has to do...
View ArticleThe way out of noise pollution menace
Kayode Ojewale Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. Silence is more important than ever, as life today is full of...
View ArticleThe Ochanja carnage and other matters
Alex Enemanna It is no more news that as you read this piece at this moment, some of our compatriots in Anambra are in pain, deep pain. They are observing a festival of sorrow and anguish. Their...
View Article“Cold room” saga as a metaphor of a debased society
Rilwan Balogun On October 7, the media was awash with the debauched acts of two university dons, one from the University of Lagos and the other from College of Education, university of Ghana who were...
View ArticleHong Kong affairs brook no foreign interference
Chu Maoming It was the U.S. House of Representatives that passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 on 16 October. That is a gross interference in China’s internal affairs...
View ArticleThe National Human Right Commission’s role in Niger Delta
Jerome-Mario Utomi It is a time-honoured suggestion that during a period of rapid economic growth, nations as well as corporate organizations must continue investing even though it may not be clear how...
View ArticleThe proposed NIPOST Micro-finance banking
Emeka Oraetoka Is the proposed NIPOST micro-finance bank; government’s sure avenue of empowering the rural poor in Nigeria? If the report credited to the Postmaster General of the federation, Barrister...
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