Thoughts on having and managing expectations I remember when I started job hunting in Lagos after returning from NYSC in Fika, Yobe State. It had been a year spent teaching secondary school students government, a subject I hadn’t taken in…
Let’s start calling Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho, Bandits!
As far as the Nigerian government is concerned, Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu are the enemies of the state who must be caught and jailed for treasonable offences! Both IPOB, (Indigenous People of Biafra) and Sunday Igboho’s Yoruba Nation have…
Nigeria is suffering a trust deficit – Chido Nwakanma
Chido Nwakanma breaks down the Edelman Trust Barometer Report 2021 which posits that Nigerians have lost trust in government, the media NGOs and Business. An insightful read. Trust level in Nigeria is at a low 49 per cent overall for…
We are our own government in Nigeria – Lucia Edafioka
Sometime ago the second floor of the building I live in caught fire. One minute I was lounging, eating dinner, the next, adrenaline took over and I found myself downstairs running out of the building with my bare feet. When…
Government loses claims on efficiency with N4tr recurrent expenditure plan (Guardian)
Recurrent expenditure at N4tr betrays govt’s efficiency claims If there is efficiency in Nigeria’s governance, it has not been in the last fours and would remain a pipe dream, until it is realised, possibly in distant future, as about N500…
NDLEA seeks government partnership for drug-free society (Guardian)
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Retired Col. Muhammad Abdallah, has called on state governments to partner with the agency to address the scourge of drug trafficking and abuse. Abdallah, made the call in Abuja on Monday in…
Cleric urges FG to install CCTVs in every state (Guardian)
Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos, Dr. Sam Adeyemi, has called on the Federal Government to install closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) in every state of the federation, to help trace terrorists and other criminals. Arising from a two-day leadership conference…
Announce Imo gov candidate, APC councillors urge Oshiomhole (Punch)
Councillors numbering 645 elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday protested in Owerri, Imo State, over the controversy trailing the outcome of the party’s governorship primary in the state. The protesters who blocked the Government…
Kaduna Crisis: Government relaxes curfew (GUARDIAN)
The Kaduna State Governments has relaxed the curfew in Kaduna metropolis and environs after considerable peace has returned to the city. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, said this in a statement…