Category: Opinion

The Minister of State, Police Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman -Ibrahim fsi was appointed in August, 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to drive the Renewed Hope Agenda in the area of internal security, security of lives of properties, as well as international collaboration with other security agencies.   Soon after her appointment and in line with Renewed Hope Police Agenda of the administration alot of reforms, policies and programs had been introduced to improve internal security, threats as well as ensured adequate security of lives and properties of ordinary Nigerians.…

It was the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that first alerted Nigerians that a number of tertiary institutions have been aiding candidates to falsify records for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) mobilisation. “The board has discovered widespread and unwholesome practices whereby some institutions were colluding with candidates to falsify vital records, such as backdated year of entry and subsequent age adjustments, to enable participation of fake candidates” in the NYSC scheme, JAMB Director of Admissions, Mohammed Bolaji, wrote in a letter to vice-chancellors, provosts and registrars of tertiary…

For some months now, the RCC construction company has stop work on the ongoing construction of the Oyo-Ogbomoso road, leaving the project in a state of limbo. This 44.5-kilometer stretch, which is about 65% completed, has been a source of both relief and concern for road users in the region. The idea to have this express road was conceived in 1979, and it was not until the early 2000s, during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, that the project gained momentum. The old roads that were used before the construction…

The Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC established in 2004 by an act of the National Assembly was saddled with promoting and consolidating Basic Education in Nigeria.   Though, bedevilled with successive administrative and financial constraints,the over two decades agency has been able to navigate and established policies and programs capable of solidifying Basic Education across the country.   Under the leadership of Dr Hamid Bobboyi in the last seven years, the renowned academic and astute administrator has been able to reposition the agency charged with the administration of early education…

Delivering a paper on the “Impact of the whistleblowing policy on public sector accountability and transparency” on Thursday July 11, 2024 at the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) conference in Abuja, the executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, reopened the debate about the imperative of effective engagement of whistle-blowers in the battle against corruption. Restarting the conversation, perhaps unwittingly, he identified some of the perceived weaknesses of the whistle-blower policy, which should be addressed, including the need for adequate safeguards for whistle-blowers to shield them…

It is a known fact that Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has always been bold, courageous and outspoken in the defence of his values. He is always consistent with facts. Maya Angelou a celebrated poet wrote, ” One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, merciful, generous or honest”.   Yesterday, 18th, August, 2023, the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu granted an interview to an online media outfit where he…

How rich is Vice President Kashim Shettima? I ask because twice last week, the big man from Borno described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lion of Bourdillon, Jagaban Borgu, Asiwaju of Lagos, as “this poor man.” To prove that the president is poor, Shettima said since he knew him “he has been using only one wristwatch” and living in a house without swimming pools. And, as a wrap-up of his definition of “poor”, he described himself as a better dresser than Tinubu. “He has overcome all those odds to dress well,”…

The passage of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Bill 2024 by the National Assembly is now history. The Bill, which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already signed into law, amended the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 by increasing the Minimum Wage from 30,000 Naira to 70,000 Naira and reducing the time for periodic review of the National Minimum Wage from five years to three years.   In passing the Bill, the National Assembly did what the time demanded. But no one is commenting on the parliament’s responsiveness in the prompt…

Nigeria is faced with serious challenges. The country is in dire need of a reset, and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been given the task as president if the country is to regain perspective, unite, advance, and join the league of developed nations. In his first year in office, the President has taken several bold actions that have disturbed those who think they own Nigeria. These actions have established a clear trajectory of where the country is headed if all hands are on the plough.   Unfortunately, the forces that have…