By Israel Abiodun Like a half-drunk arousing from a stupor, Amnesty International is finally exiting a self-inflicted reverie by returning to the trenches against the Nigerian state and the institutions entrusted with maintaining the country’s sovereignty, law enforcement and military agencies. It is an assignment at which it failed in the past and has apparently […]
Category archives: Opinion
Re-NYSC Scheme’s Relevance To Nigeria
By Ernest Adadu Certain arguments are really silly, by its immaturity, dulled by its fluid contents, meaningless and devalued by the writer’s creative disingenuousness. It’s the subject of the rejoinder as captioned in the heading of the analysis published on July 31, 2021, concerning the NYSC scheme. Perhaps still, some analyses are a bit of […]
On Matthew Page’s Fraudulent Defence of Foreign Organizations in Nigeria
By Philip Agbese Still on the research paper titled, “Fake Civil Society: The Rise of Pro-Government NGOs in Nigeria,” written by a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), scholar, Mr. Matthew T.Page. I promised to examine another dimension of the issues I still find germane for interrogation in the piece. The research paper essentially de-marketed […]
NEDC ICT Revolution and Matters Arising
By Terna Terka The North East Development Commission, as an agency of government, is saddled with the responsibility of leading the socio-economic recovery of states in North-East Nigeria, ravaged by the Boko Haram crisis since 2009. I have followed the activities of the NEDC closely since its inception, and I dare say that the way […]
Re: In the Valley of a Hounding Death: Corps Members and The Alluvion of Mishaps
By Anthony Kolawole I haven’t written in a while for personal reasons. But I came out of my self-imposed sabbatical after reading a piece titled “In the Valley of a Hounding Death: Corps Members and The Alluvion of Mishaps” and written by Ogungbile Emmanuel Oludotun. In the piece, I was confronted with the effort of […]
Re-NYSC: Any Relevance in Today’s Nigeria
By Bukola Olasanmi It is no myth that for long have ethnic, political and religious differences been too frequently weaponized by those seeking to obtain or retain political power. Given this history, expecting a program to bring national unity is a tall order, one that NYSC has proven to fill and also brought to realization, […]
Why Matthew Page is After My Shadow
By Philip Agbese I will court some decorousness and pretend to be excited, though it’s far from my mood now. As someone always mindful of my beloved country, and a slave to conventions of decency in intellectual engagements, I dare say, I am unscathed and undazzled by the dangerous hurricane wind which blew past me […]
Page and His Futile Attempt to De-market President Buhari
By Toby Prince Truly, from the outset, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari knew Aso Rock is a hot seat and Nigeria, a very complex country to govern. He has millions of admirers, and enough political adversaries too. President Buhari is not a leadership neophyte. So, despite the toughness of the game, he has refused to succumb […]
Ambassador TY Buratai and his foresight on national security
By Mark Bonaventure Nigeria is somewhat experiencing security challenges that are not surprising because there are various factors responsible for it. In this case, I would say the Boko Haram insurgency took the country unaware since 2009 when the Boko Haram group began a violent campaign in North-East Nigeria. The Nigerian Military has been actively […]
Re- 1,500 Christians Killed in 6 Months in Nigeria
By Ernest Adadu While taking a vivid look at the article being published on the spiteful statements made by the immediate past United States Secretary of State and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency , Mike Pompeo, all I saw was nothing but a tool (Pompeo) that is craving for relevance, and being used […]