Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, (ABUAD), has accused Nigeria’s former heads of state, including incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of ruining the country’s education system.Mr. Babalola also described as criminal the use of strikes to shut down schools for several months.Mr. Babalola said this in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday when he received the…
There is rising disgust among young people of Nigeria, finding themselves in a land where members of the legal profession and politicians have been deceiving them since 1999 with the make believe that the country has a Constitution. The Nigerian Bar Association, the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), and politicians serving since 1999 to date…
Did the activities of militants in the Niger Delta qualify as crime? Hell Yes! Militancy and kidnapping were a profitable pursuit in that oil-rich region in the early 2000s. Kidnapping as an organised venture entered our national lexicon at the time. Immigrants from Europe and America working with oil companies were kidnapped and huge ransoms…
The way banditry is handled in Nigeria makes it unclear to know if to call bandits criminals who should feel the wrath of the law or people who are merely exercising their constitutional rights to torment peace loving Nigerians. Nigerian government has a suspicious tolerance for bandits. If anyone says they’re government sponsored, I wouldn’t…
Promises of quality education is one of the cardinal issues that public office holders at all levels in the country often ride on to get the mandate of the people. This is always followed by huge annual budget to the sector to show their commitment to the people. But to what extent do these huge…
My heart is very heavy. I’m saddened and devastated. My soul is sorely troubled at this time. For decades before the advent of this administration, Nigerians have risked their lives, liberties, their times and their energies, their resources, to win back this country on the side of democracy and good government, from military dictatorship. Some…
Who mandated LCC to arrest? At the Lekki toll gate today, many protesters were seen beaten and manhandled by some officials of the LCC and thrown in their van. Is LCC now a government agency mandated to enforce a state law or arrest any citizen within its reach? Time is revealing alot about the incompetence…
Why is it called United Arab Emirate.Because the seven Arab Emirates “came together” on a round table and decided to form United Arab Emirate . To be United means to have a common purpose. Unity is not by force. You can never force unity.The UAE is a small country with the Population of 9.2 million…