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No matter the guise, there is always a way to unearth the fact that deep ethnicity and cultural values have a great influence on most humans. People are inclined to identify and associate themselves with their ethnicity first before nationality. Human society is an embodiment of economic, social and political activities. The synergy of all…
The plots and conspiracies for the 2023 presidential election have begun. Permutations have intensified on who will eventually capture the ticket of the two major parties. With the body language of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) looking up north, presidential candidates from the north seem more favoured to win the ticket of PDP. Former Senate President Bukola…
Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCo) is the latest effort of the government to deepen infrastructure development in Nigeria by financing public asset development, rehabilitating old assets, and constructing new ones. The initiative has the aim of raising $36.7bn with a seed capital of N1trn (about $2.6bn) coming from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the…
Recently, security forces arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators alleged to be financial sponsors and facilitators of Boko Haram. This was the time Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, told newsmen that “Convictions have been obtained of Nigerians who send money to Boko Haram terrorists, and this occurs…
It is no news that Nigeria is facing serious security challenges. The current spate of banditry and insurgency, mixed with kidnapping and uprising from secessionists, give both government and the citizens sleepless nights. It is most probably against this backdrop that President Muhammadu Buhari is soliciting assistance from the international community. In a virtual meeting…
In his popular drama, “Macbeth”, Williams Shakespeare wrote that there’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. He must have felt that no one can read someone else’s mind by merely looking at the face.However, last Tuesday, the reverse was the case in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. No one needed any art…
Nigeria is in a state of war. A few months ago, the war was in the northeast. But today, it is ubiquitous. The entire country is now the theatre of violent engagement. Up until January this year, and raging as they were, Boko Haram had no Nigerian territory under their control. But today, they are…
It is almost natural to put one’s mouth where one’s sentiments lie. But if one takes a closer look, one would discover that man-made categories such as race, religion, ethnicity, race, political interests, around which we form our sentiments or emotional allegiances, are the problems of our very existence as we are always too ready…
Mixed reactions have trailed a new law signed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State which mandates agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), as well as other anti-graft agencies to hand over corruption cases to the state government. Going by the legislation…
The current spate of banditry, kidnapping, as well as the constant attack on security personnel and facilities, has raised the country’s insecurity challenges to a crescendo. Although one must not fail to admit that issues like banditry and kidnapping are one thing, while Boko Haram is another thing, the purported inability to defeat the insurgents…
