IMPRESSED by the proactive steps adopted by the hierarchy of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) to safeguard lives and property of Corp members all across Nigeria in this season of heightened insecurity, the leading civil society organisation in Nigeria- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu […]
Month: April 2021
By Emmanuel Onwubiko. Tension and beating of war drums in Nigeria under the political leadership of a president who progressively fades away from public arena in preference for issuing of incongruent and incoherent press statements from his media minders, has reached dizzying height. There is now a unanimity of […]
By William Ikhianosimhe Orbih. Something happened recently on the floor of the Senate. Some find it amusing; others saddening. Smart Adeyemi; Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, brought human tears to the floor of the legislative chambers, a rare sight in the eighth assembly of the Nigerian Senate indeed. […]
Spring of Hope for The Girl-Child Development Initiative (SHoGDI); a charity – advocacy Non-Governmental Organisation has charged all stakeholders to set aside Party and Religious sentiments so as to protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria. SHoGDI made this charge in a statement condemning the abduction of students in the University […]
“Every strata of the elites in Nigeria must by now transcend above their jealously guided pettiness and pedestrian political and financial contestations to begin to articulate and implement wholistically, a range of fit-for-purpose and functional mechanisms and measures to stop Nigeria from sliding into the precipice of anarchy, doom and […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko. I woke up after a fantastic night rest but my morning wasn’t so romantic. Not with the cacophony of stories of blood, pains and agony that steer me right back in the face as soon as I started my second morning ritual of browsing through Nigerian […]
By William Ikhiansinomhe Orbih. It is the time of reckoning for Nigeria’s Minister of Communication, Isa Pantami, or is it?. In saner climes, he would have resigned already, take off the honorable minister garb, and put on more appropriate clothing as he faces the music. Rather, he is still […]
By Peter-Claver Onwudike. Nigeria in recent times has witnessed an unprecedented level of insecurity. This has made national security threat to be a major issue for the government and has prompted huge allocation of the national budget to security. In order to ameliorate the incidence of crime in the […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko The strongman of Chad, Nigeria’s neighbour from the war torn North East of Nigeria; Idriss Déby has reportedly been killed in the battle field whereby he reportedly led his fighters to challenge the rebels that were staging uprising and threatening to overrun the capital of N’Djamena. […]
By Kennedy Eberechi. It is obvious to postulate that there is a connection between the youths and national integration. This intercourse is not only symbiotically connected; but, one depends on the other for its sustenance. Therefore, the role of the youths on national development and sustainable peace cannot be […]
