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The Nigeria narrative: Omelet without eggs
While addressing troops recently at Batsari in Katsina State, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, reiterated the conviction of many Nigerians about a principal cause of the seeming failure of the security agencies to stem…
Death, the ignored reality
Life begets death. The day a person is born, the race to death tees off. For some, it is a dash; 100 metres or 200 metres. For others, it is a mini-marathon; 1,000metres or 2,000metres. For yet some others, it is a long-winding marathon.…
Security: It is Buhari’s call, not Buratai’s
President Muhammadu Buhari, last Thursday, gave a damning verdict on the nation’s security and intelligence chiefs when he told them that their best was not good enough for the nation and that he would no longer take any excuse from them…
Do black lives matter in Nigeria?
The sheer wickedness of his murder by the police turned George Floyd into a global figure as the world rose in one accord to condemn the inhuman treatment meted to him which resulted in his death. As soon as the video of Derek Chauvin, a…
Solving employment problem with special public works programme
Solving employment problem with special public works programmePresident Muhammadu Buhari understands that his main job is job creation and he is resolved to do all within his powers to ensure a reduction in the number of unemployed…
Ondo State’s car-driving ghosts
An audit report submitted to the Ondo State House of Assembly revealed that 88 ghost workers got N48.2 million as car loans in 2018. The report also showed that some beneficiaries got double car loan while 86 workers in both the civil and…
Sadiya Farouq, the strainer and the wicker fish-trap
NIGERIANS are given to nitpicking. Even when a public officer is working round the clock to give his or her best to the nation, the best the fellow can expect from the average Nigerian is insult or unfounded insinuation from the same people…
Sani-Baba and the 40 thieves
During his almost five-year hold on the country, late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, stole oodles of money stashed away in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey Island, a British Crown dependency located…
Sani-Baba and the 40 thieves
During his almost five-year hold on the country, late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, stole oodles of money stashed away in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey Island, a British Crown dependency located…
Between Nigeria’s palliatives and USA’s stimulus
NOTHING reveals the heart’s intents better than expressed words. So, it is not coincidental that while some countries tag their support for their citizens in the combat against the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant lockdown a…