While we rejoice at Oriire release—we must never forget
THE release of the forty-four Oriire abductees after fifty-six harrowing days in the captivity of terrorists identified by the Defence Headquarters as JAS/Boko Haram was met with relief.
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Topic: <span>Security</span>
The missing layer in Nigeria’s state police debate
THE National Assembly has taken significant steps toward the creation of state police. The House of Representatives has passed the constitutional amendment bill, while the Senate has advanced it through second reading and referred it for public hearings and further scrutiny.
The republic deserves answers
Thank you for the rescues • Now answer the questions NIGERIA’s unrelenting insecurity demands a societal response. That response begins with citizens asking difficult questions. But before we do, we must express gratitude to the Nigerian military for rescuing 360 captives in Borno State, and to the Nigeria Police Force for rescuing the younger sister […]
A child’s question to Tinubu and Makinde
LAST Wednesday, on our way to his summer camp, my eight-year-old son asked me a troubling question: “Daddy, have the 39 schoolchildren and their 7 teachers kidnapped from the Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State been released?” I told him no. The federal government says it is working on […]
Abẹ́nilórí at the gates of Yorubaland
GLOBALLY, teaching is associated with building state capacity, modest livelihoods, and peace of mind. Teachers shape civilization. Teachers and students in rural Nigeria are now casualties of social collapse. Rural schools are no longer merely underfunded; they are exposed frontlines of national insecurity. The Federal Government recently exempted intending teachers from JAMB examinations. Yet a […]
This column is blacked out in mourning
A deliberately spare act of public mourning that centres lives lost to insecurity rather than allowing routine political commentary to continue around them.
The maths teacher beheaded by a terrorist in Oyo
The killing of a teacher in Oyo is examined as a failure of security, local intelligence and the state’s obligation to protect ordinary citizens.
Is Nigeria’s future imperiled? EFCC Chairman Olukoyede should tell us
If indeed 60 percent of a nation’s university students are involved in crime, then the implications go far beyond campus misconduct. It means future political leaders, business executives, academics, civil servants, and professionals may increasingly emerge from a culture shaped by fraud, bribery, and illegality. And the future is between five and 15 years away. […]