Editorial

Deploy more Personnel, Vehicles to Abuja Rural Communities

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2019 0

There is no doubt that Abuja metropolis is well policed, even though incidences of crime still occur every now and then because much as the Nigeria Police and other security agencies strategise and come up with new ideas on how to secure the city, criminals equally map out their own ways to get

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DSS, Sowore and sanctity of the Courts

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2019 0

The Friday, December 6, court room drama and the eventual re-arrest of the convener of the aborted “Revolution Now” protest, Omoyele Sowore, at the premises of a Federal High Court in Abuja has elicited reactions from a cross section of Nigerians, and the international community. Lagos courts to go digital in 2020 — AG The […]

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Young Nigerians and the trending drug abuse

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2019 0

The devastating consequences of drug use know no geographic, economic, social, or ethnic boundaries. Each year hundreds of thousands of people around the globe – rich, poor, educated, illiterate, male, female, and even young children die from drug abuse, and millions more are victims of addiction and drug-fueled violence. Beyond the toll drugs take on […]

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NAHCON and the indelible legacy of Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2019 0

Last week Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, via a letter, requested the Nigerian Senate to confirm his new nominees as chairman and commissioners of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON. With this, the third Board of the Commission headed by Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, which was inaugurated on 27th May, 2015 by then Vice President, […]

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Kogi: The killing of Mrs. Abuh must not be swept under carpet

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2019 0

On November 16, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa State. There was also a re-run for Kogi West Senatorial District the same day. Both the election in Bayelsa and that of Kogi witnessed severe violence that was condemned by Nigerians as well as local and international observers. […]

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Enough of Stringent Bail Conditions

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2019 0

On Monday, November 25, 2019 a judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Justice Okon Abang, gave what was clearly the highest bail amount in Nigeria’s judicial history. Ruling on the bail application filed by counsel to Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, embattled former chairman of Pension Reform Task Force Team, Justice Abang granted bail […]

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Financial autonomy: A litmus test for the Legislature, Judiciary

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2019 0

The Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Nigerian Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), which gave autonomy to the state legislature and Judiciary in a bill signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, is one instrument that many Nigerians say will test the character and competence of the officials of the two key institutions. The […]

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Needles rush to pass Hate speech bill into law

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2019 0

The rush by the All Progressives Congress (APC) dominated National Assembly, particularly the Senate to pass a Hate speech bill into law as well as the undue attention being given to the same issue by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration presently has created suspicion among many Nigerians that there is more than meets the eye […]

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Ending maternal deaths in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2019 0

Despite efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), maternal mortality rates worldwide especially Nigeria has remained unacceptably high, heightening the need for more efforts by all and sundry to reduce the number of women dying during child birth and possibly eliminate it. According to a recent study released by the United Nations, the global […]

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NNPC, security forces and battle against oil thieves

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2019 0

The revelation that about 22 million barrels of crude oil were stolen in the first six months of this year should worry every well-meaning Nigerian and calls to question the effectiveness of measures put in place to checkmate the menace. It is either that the measures are not working or there are collaborators within the […]

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FG, disobedience to Court orders and matters arising

Ihesiulo Grace 19 November 2019 0

No doubt, the recent warning credited to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, that disobeying Court orders would attract grave consequences stands out to be commended in the light of the numerous courts orders that were in the past not obeyed. The sore issue of disobedience to courts orders in this […]

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Decongestion of Nigeria’s Correctional facilities

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2019 0

To say that the decongestion of Nigerian Correctional facilities is intractable is to state the obvious. Since late 90s when the problem of overcrowding surfaced in the country prisons, efforts by various committees and successive ministers of Interior and Attorney Generals of the Federation toward decongesting the prisons are yet to yield the desire result. […]

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Senate passage of anti-sexual bill and need for support

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2019 0

The Senate last week Wednesday debated the sexual harassment bill which scaled second reading, drawing applause from many Nigerians who over time had expressed concern on the rising cases of sexual harassment of female students in the nation’s tertiary institutions by lecturers. Sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, the proposed legislation titled

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Increasing arrest of Journalists and need for caution

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

The growing threat to journalists and the profession of Journalism in the country is causing grave concern to all who cherish and believe on democracy. A number of journalists have come under arrest in recent time while many others have been beaten, harassed, intimidated and kidnapped in the course of their work. Some others are […]

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Beyond closure of Nigeria’s borders

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2019 0

That Nigeria about two months ago closed its land borders with its neighbours including Benin, Niger and Cameroon in its efforts to stem the tide of smuggling of various imported items like rice, automobiles and small and light arms and ammunitions among many other things is no longer news. However, this development has not gone […]

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We support Buhari’s plan to probe NDDC

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2019 0

The recent statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a forensic auditing of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) is a step in the right direction and we are wholeheartedly in support of the move. Adesina said the president’s […]

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The too many tanker fire accidents

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

The afternoon tanker fire incident on Upper Iweka axis of the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State on Wednesday is yet one in the many of such disheartening avoidable accidents on Nigerian roads. Tanker fire incident has become an almost everyday occurrences in the Lagos – Ibadan highway and the ever busy Apapa wharf […]

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Renewed offensive against Hate Speech and need for caution

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

In the last four years or thereabout of the present All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of Nigeria, the issue of Hate Speech among the people of the country has become a major topic of discourse as the government has repeatedly spoken up against it and even threatened to go all out against the purveyors […]

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Financial autonomy: The challenge before the legislature, Judiciary

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2019 0

The Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Nigerian Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) gave autonomy to the state legislature and Judiciary in a bill signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The amendment specifically meant the granting of financial autonomy and independence to Houses of Assembly and judiciary in the states. Hitherto, the funds […]

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Minimum wage: No to retrenchment of workers

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2019 0

Every well-meaning Nigerian must condemn the threat by the Federal Government to retrench workers if the Organised Labour, represented by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), insists on the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage with its consequential adjustments. Recall that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on […]