9% Of Nigerian Graduates Find Employment: Why Are Nigerian Youths Not Employable?

Several factors are adduced for the swelling figure of unemployed Nigerian graduates, and the nagging issues should be addressed to contain the trend. What are they? *** In Nigeria, the scourge of unemployment keeps biting harder in an environment beset with traditional age-long challenges and the added burden of unsavoury realities occasioned by current economic…

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Leveraging Google’s Billion Dollar Investment To Strengthen Nigeria’s Digital Economy Master Plan

There are several opportunities inherent in Google’s investment in Nigeria’s digital economy, as internet connectivity turns the world into a global village. What are the accruable benefits? *** Global internet technology giants, Google has revealed at a recent Google for Africa event that it plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years to…

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One Year After ENDSARS: What Is The Same And What Has Changed About The Nigerian Police?

The first anniversary of the ENDSARS protests reminds us all about a  time Nigerian youths thronged the streets in protests against certain malfeasances by the the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), now disbanded. Are there positive results from the protests? *** It has been a year after the cataclysmic EndSARS movement, an epic social demonstration by…

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War Against Hard Drugs: How Has The NDLEA Fared?

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded unprecedented achievements in the war against hard drugs since the appointment of its current chairman and chief executive officer, Brigadier-General Muhammad Buba Marwa. What are the feats? *** The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) under its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier-General Muhammad Buba Marwa…

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War Against Bandits And Insurgents: A Nation At Its Wit’s End And America’s Troubling Conditionalities

The Tucano fighter jets ordered from the United States of America by government to scale up the fight against insurgency in Nigeria, particularly in the northern Nigeria are here.  But there is a lingering issue on whether bandits are terrorists or not. *** The United States Government has said that the Federal Government of Nigeria…

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