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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has attained the ignoble status of a long-standing unresolved national mystery which has continued to defy conventional and unconventional interventions geared towards making it function as intended. The NDDC was established by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 with the sole mission of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region…
Kidnapping is a victim crime or a crime of violence that affects the physical nature of a captured population, their lives or even leads to their death. This represents a sharp contrast from non-victim crimes such as prostitution, corruption, among others. It is stating the obvious that Nigeria is faced with an epidemic of kidnapping…
The Federal and State governments of Nigeria have been engulfed by a twin-hybrid issue of value added tax (VAT) and open grazing and there appears to be no end in sight as both issues have snowballed into legal and legislative battles. Recall, that on August 9, 2021, a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt in…
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has often been described as a federation only by name, as the components that make up the country operate more like feeder-states instead of federating units. The national system is designed in such a manner that huge responsibilities are concentrated in the center (mostly through the large powers vested in…
The Senate has approved the deployment of 5G Network in Nigeria, following the consideration and adoption of the recommendations contained in the report of its Joint Committees on Communications; Science and Technology; ICT and Cyber Crimes; and Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases on ‘The Status of 5G Network in Nigeria and its Technological Impact…
The extended war against Boko Haram has drawn in various state reactions to end the bloodletting. Both counterterrorism and counterinsurgency measures utilized by Nigeria and her neighboring countries (Chad, Niger, and Cameroon especially) have not delivered the ultimate anticipated results and outcomes. One of the strategies deployed to end the war was to provide safe…
Statements from certain individuals, cultural organisations, socio-economic groups, and other interest-based stakeholders in Nigeria appear to be strengthening and escalating separatist movements across the country. Some of these prominent persons and groups have criticised the government for pursuing these people, rather than focusing on more pressing issues in the country. Among such people is Nigeria’s Senate…
Foremost Ijaw Leader, former Federal Commissioner of Information and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, declared unequivocally that the South-South region of the country is not part of the current Biafra agitations. He postulated that while the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) might be pursuing a noble cause, the methodology…
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the novel virus, SARS-COV-2, has considerably increased awareness and discussions among the general populace – and scientists – regarding the important roles of vaccines. In fact, the Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than earlier forms of the virus that causes COVID-19. It might cause more…
Many parts of the country are still experiencing large-scale banditry, even though military operations are beginning to yield expected results. Armed groups have financed their operations through kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling, human and narcotics trafficking, among other criminal activities. Recently, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s mediatory efforts seem to have yielded some intelligence reports that the…
