Beyond the State of Harmony: The Rising Cost of Police Harassment in Ilorin
It is disheartening that those tasked with protecting the public have become the very figures citizens fear.
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25 articlesThe future of Nigeria and menace of insecurity
Government bears the primary responsibility for protecting lives and property. Community vigilance, religious compassion, and individual resilience can support that duty; they cannot replace it.
Is the world shutting its door on Nigeria?
Our embassies must stop being graveyards of empty offices and instead become hubs of skilled negotiators who can advocate for our people’s mobility with facts, not excuses.
NELFUND: Against a culture of impunity
Programmes like NELFUND can unlock that human capital, but only in a governance environment where corruption is costly and impunity impossible.
The EFCC and epidemic of organised crime
Enforcing stricter financial regulations will help disrupt criminal financing. Strengthening anti-money laundering measures and improving surveillance of cryptocurrency transactions are necessary steps.
Trust and economic recovery
Restoring citizens’ trust in both economic policy and management of the economy is essential for sustainable growth.
The minors: A reflection of decay in society
Nigeria’s criminal justice system allowed these minors to languish in detention for three long months without verifying their ages or giving them a fair trial.
Tunji Alausa and Nigeria’s grand education strategy
Nigeria’s education sector requires a cohesive, long-term strategy to ensure sustained improvement.
Time for reset: Education reforms as a priority in Nigeria
It behoves the new administration to restructure the whole education system on a priority basis and align it with modern education techniques.
Time for reset
The reasonable inference to draw from this picture is that there is something wrong with our economic model.
Youths and “Obidients” afterwards
If the government does not respond urgently to issues that led to coalescing of forces in the “Obidient movement”, the youth movement will acquire more significant momentum.
Echoes of a new beginning
Given the recurring logistics challenges in our elections, INEC must develop better ways of solving these problems to improve Nigerians’ voting experience.
Crowd for hire: 2023 campaign rallies as a metaphor
It is evident that such rented crowds, no matter the visual power they portray, do not translate to voter loyalty or electoral victory.
Undecided voters and 2023 elections
They must develop real messages that speak to the concerns of those dissatisfied with the country’s current state of socio-economic conditions and provide credible alternative policy roadmap.
Leadership is key to unlocking Nigeria’s growth potential
Unlocking Nigeria’s growth potential requires new economic thinking by leadership in the public and private sectors.
Exodus of the next generation; time to be concerned
The primary strategic concern of our increasing demographic hemorrhage is the emigration of skilled Nigerian youth. The people on whom our future depends are leaving.
The burgeoning kidnapping industry
To tackle kidnapping for ransom will require a cocktail of laws, intelligence, surveillance, and joint military–police operation.
Road to anarchy: ASUU, Labour and solidarity protest
There are better ways to show solidarity with ASUU to achieve a better result than just protesting. NLC must liaise with ASUU and mediate between it and the government on this issue, considering the historical antecedents behind this crisis.
Education sector crisis: A future ruined
We must ringfence their benefits and emoluments in both federal and state budgets and never allow a situation where the government owe them salaries.
Social media as the new political wrestling ground
Political parties have a crucial role of reining in their proxies and supporters and working with fact- checkers and civil society organisations to put ethical communication principles into practice in a social-media age.
A generation ambushed by drugs
A national strategy that will map out actions at federal, state, and local government levels is needed and must involve security agencies, civil societies, and ordinary citizens.
Power begins with voter registration
For Nigerian youths to make a difference in the long term, they must be engaged in formal political processes and have a say in formulating today’s and tomorrow’s politics and policies.
Striking at the future of the Nigerian Youths
The country cannot make progress with the current system whereby incessant ASUU strikes continues to damage the Nigerian educational sector and imperils the future of the Nigerian youth.
#EndSARS and the rise of a new Nigeria
They should channel the enormous energy, organizational capacity and creativity of #EndSARS to form a political movement that would not be characterised by money politics and archaic and corruption-ridden ‘structures’ but by new ideas and new ways of playing politics.
#EndSARS: Things left unsaid
The #EndSARS protest has sent a clear signal that the youths of Nigeria have found their voice and the message is that we need comprehensive reform in all sectors of our country, be it security, education, healthcare, governance, economy or youth engagement.