Year: 2018
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SERAP, others and the abuse of activism
By Ifure Ataifure Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have been doing great work. Nigerians like them and they get positive press for their efforts, which they should do everything possible not to abuse. SERAP has been at the forefront of utilizing the Freedom of Information Act, often dragging…
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Tertiary Education Funding: Srate Govts Urged To Brace Up
By Steve Oni, Ilorin State governments across the country have been urged to stop leaving burden of financing polytechnics and colleges of education established by them to other agencies. Chairman of the Governing Council of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Salihu Musa, who gave the admonition at the institution’s 25th convocation ceremony, said there was…
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That Deserved Doctorate To Buratai
By David Onmeje Initially, It seemed very foggy to me. I was one of the few critics who interrogated why the Kaduna State University, (KSUK), Kaduna had to find Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai worthy of conferment of an honorary doctorate degree. Gen. Buratai who was recently conferred with…
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Nigeria’s Economy And Just Before We Crucify Buhari
By Philip Agbese Nigeria is indeed a dynamic country where we have found the habit of looking at things mainly upside down and without giving it a second thought or a benefit of a doubt. In most times, we cry wolf where none exist. We are quick to “pull down” and celebrate the consequent downfall.…
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Boko Haram: Coalition reacts as Army lifts suspension on UNICEF, wants compromised staff investigated
The Coalition Against Terrorism in Nigeria (CATE), has reacted to the lift on ban ealier placed on the activities of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) by the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian had on Friday suspended the activities of UNICEF in the north-eastern part of the country. It accused the organisation of working…
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Opprobrious NASS And The 2019 Budget
By Gabriel Ikese The ideal of popular election of Legislators is generally regarded as admirable. Yet the selection process does not always permit the widest possible choices. And that has been our albatross here in Nigeria. The legislature is expected to reflect the electorate’s preferences, but that is in the Whiteman countries, not in our…
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BUHARI/OSINBAJO TICKET AS THE BEST OPTION IN 2019, SAYS GROUP
The Patriotic Conscience for New Nigeria, a civil society organization, has lauded the performance of Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Vice Presidential debate which held in Abuja yesterday. In a statement made available to press and signed by its national coordinator, Salisu Mohammed Sani, the group stated that the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket remains the…
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Olowu of Owu, Oba Oyelude calls for support for Nigerian Army
A highly respected traditional ruler in Yorubaland, the Olowu of Owu Kuta, Oba Hammed Adekunle Makama Oyelude, has called for total support for the Nigerian Army on the war against terrorism. The Olowu was reacting to a report in the media which indicted the Nigerian Army for war crimes in countering Boko Haram and other…
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Saraki Empowers 100 Kwara Women With N20m
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, haa disbursed the sum of N20 million to 100 women in Kwara state in furtherance of his empowerment scheme. The beneficiaries drawn from across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, received N200,000 each. Presenting the cash gift in Ilorin on Thursday, the…
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Strike: Kwara Poly Rector Counsels FG And ASUP
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Both the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) that, on its part, embarked on strike on Wednesday, have been urged to decline from taking an extremist position on the bone of contentions between the two of them. Rector of the Kwara state polytechnic, Mas’ud Elelu made the…