Summary: The Nigeria’s fourth republic (1999 to date) is longest democratic period the country have witness since gaining Independence in ...

Summary: Herdsmen militancy has been ongoing in Nigeria for a long time but in recent years the incidents have become ...

Summary: Since the beginning of the problem called “security” almost immediately after the military were forced out of power in ...

North-west Nigeria has for the past four to five decades suffered from waves of crisis and violence. The trajectory of ...

A wave of protests has spread through Nigeria as citizens call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a ...

For a brief moment in October, it seemed that youthful protesters calling to “abolish” a police force had succeeded. After ...

“…economic security is national security” – President-Elect Joseph Biden                       “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste” – Paul ...

Cyberspace is constantly flooded with information generated by individuals, corporate organisations, state institutions and businesses on a daily basis. This ...

Summary: West Africa and the Sahel have become the theatres of violent conflicts. The number of violent Fulani herdsmen in ...

It has been a tumultuous week of protests. It will be helpful to take a backward glance as we navigate ...

Crimes and criminality have shifted from the physical environment to cyberspace, where criminals operate now without any physical restriction, and ...

Summary: Several internet assisted crimes known as cybercrimes are committed daily in various forms, such as fraudulent electronic mails, pornography, ...

Summary: At the root of the north-south dichotomy is the distribution of power between the two blocs and access to ...

Summary: The kidnapping of 110 schoolgirls from Dapchi last is the latest event to cast doubt on the Nigerian government’s ...

Summary: Nigeria has surfed through numerous hurdles as far as security is concerned. Ranging from the Niger Delta Insurrection and ...

Last week, I participated in a conference on the theme of combatting insecurity and violent extremism in the Sahel. It ...

Summary: Nigeria’s solid minerals sector is essentially private-sector driven. Through a cadaster-like system, the government allocates mineral titles to investors ...

Summary: Nigeria has for several years been a hotspot for piracy incidents, recent report is encouraging. It indicates that in ...

Between 2010 and 2015, Nigeria lost 6,500 citizens and 62,000 others were displaced from their homelands in 850 recorded violent ...

Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to ...

Shila boys are youths of 15 to 25 years who engage in street larceny and have been terrorising the residents ...

“Fear a tumult which will affect those who caused it as well as the innocent ones…” – Quran Chapter Anfal 8:25 ...

When Major-General Bashir Magashi (rtd.) was announced as a ministerial nominee, I reached out to the former Commissioner for Information ...

The signal we receive daily in counterterrorism campaigns, especially from Borno State is disturbing and alarming. The alleged conspiracy and ...

It was supposed to be a tactful foresight, the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari in appointing people from Borno State ...

Introduction Since the return to democracy in 1999, Nigeria has been grappling with diverse security challenges, chief among them are ...

Mr. President should realize that the Fulani herdsmen are worse than the Boko Haram and the Niger Delta militants. This ...

Evidence shows growing concern over increasing sexual violence against girls nationwide in the COVID-19 lockdown. Cases of rape reported to ...

It is easy to blame the Shiites because we do not subscribe to their ideology or the struggle for the ...

Whenever I cross the River Kaduna bridge to visit Teslim, I am reminded of the tranquility of my childhood growing ...

The security situation in the country today is frightening. Insurgents, militants, criminals and bandits have caught up the reality of ...

Summary: Rural banditry refers to armed violence driven principally by the criminal intent to steal and plunder. It is motivated ...

Granted that the intervention by security forces in a crisis may occasionally be compelling to bring about stability and calmness, ...

Security experts have identified good governance as a panacea to the recurring problems of insecurity in the country. The experts, ...

Summary: The forests are used by terrorists, kidnappers, cannabis cultivators, cattle rustlers and robbers. This is because they offer shelter ...

Northern Nigeria has become a thieving and killing field for cattle rustlers who maraud the region’s ungoverned forests, stealing cattle ...

Kidnapping is an ancient crime dating back to 17th century Britain when infant children of rich families would be “napped” (caught ...

Muhammadu Buhari has just won his second term as President of Nigeria in what was a fiercely fought campaign chiefly ...

The core reason for the substantive demands for restructuring Nigeria is linked, paradoxically, to widespread concerns about how far the ...

On June 30, 2017, my column was entitled, “No Need to Fight: Restructuring is the basis of Happiness.” In it ...

Memorandum by Friends of Democracy to the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution 1.0 Introduction Since ...

The Nigeria Bar Association got a new executive over a month now. Given the pervasiveness of corruption in Nigeria and ...

Nigeria faces the triple challenge of providing reliable power supply, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and keeping energy affordable to consumers. ...

In the short-term, we are already aware of the immediate changes that COVID-19 has brought to our lives. Air travel ...

PUTTING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY INTO PERSPECTIVE International efforts are intensifying to end hunger and address the emerging challenge of ...

Nigeria’s recent announcement confirming that it is closing its borders to prevent movement of all goods has been met with harsh criticism from ...

key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating food security situation that is compounded ...

“…I don’t mind Nigeria losing a whole school year than exposing our children to danger.” Those were the words of ...

Now is the best time for people in power to hold a national dialogue to drive the focus of Nigeria’s ...

As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot ...

Coming up, we have heard from several local political discourses that the only way Nigeria’s problems can be solved is ...

As we enjoy the Niger Delta special corruption opera playing on the nation’s prime time shows, we should reflect deeper ...

The flood of corruption stories in Nigeria in the last week has worried many patriotic Nigerians. It was like a ...

Government should adopt a better strategy for the anti-graft war If there is any lesson from the current suspension and ...

Nigerians have always had cause to condemn the activities of their elected representatives, particularly those at the National Assembly (NASS). ...

There is currently an upsurge of passionate demands for “restructuring”, “true federalism” and “actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra”. ...

Give it to him, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, knows how to hit the nail on the head ...

All over the world, the reach of digital technology is growing at an extraordinary rate, even in developing countries. Young people are ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Education remains one of the fundamental factors of development as it has the potential of enriching people’s understanding ...

One of the most difficult truths I have reconciled myself with as a Nigerian is that: it is extremely difficult ...

The quality of education in any country is one of the major keys to national development. The decline in the ...

About two months ago, the Nigerian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to all goods. According to the country’s ...

Nigeria’s education system is based on the (1)-6-3-3-4 formula: one year pre-primary education, six years primary, three years junior secondary, ...

Why are Nigeria’s universities in such a sorry state? Some would say it had to do with just one word: ...

There is a saying in Nigeria, “Little by little the bird builds its nest”. In just the same way, Nigeria ...

Urbanisation remains a big challenge for city managers in low- and middle-income countries. This includes Nigeria, where the proportion of ...

22,000 teachers in Kaduna were sacked as a result of their incompetence “they do not have the requisite skills and ...

By Olumzy “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” The importance of education to a nation can not be ...

Most people believe Nigeria is in recession because the whole world seems to be plunging in to recession due to ...

Keywords: Food Security, Agriculture, Agritech, NITDA Summary: Agriculture has undergone rapid transformation, from the era of the industrial revolution, when farmers ...

Keywords: Food Security, World Bank, World Economic Forum, Food, Pandemic Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown measures have had ...

Competition laws protect consumers and create confidence in an economy. It’s a signal to investors and entrepreneurs that a market is fair ...

2020 bushwhacked just about everyone. And across the world, responses to the challenges presented by the year have been as ...

With a population and gross domestic product projected at 399 million people and $3.3 trillion by 2050, the gulf between the ...

There is no shortage of technological innovations designed to boost animal agriculture in Africa. These range from GPS tracking systems which identify ...

The expectation of closing the 16.8% shortfall in the Nigeria financial inclusion target is threatened, as the recent Enhancing Financial ...

THE International Monetary Fund’s recent warning to the Federal Government to avoid undue aggression in tax collection amid what is ...

As Nigeria celebrated its 59th  independence , a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo ...

Some 230 years ago, Thomas Jefferson argued that “the two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let ...

In my 2005 National Democracy Day Lecture, I strongly argued that “for sustainable democracy, fundamental changes are required in the ...

Being the text of the prepared speech by Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, former Governor of the Central Bank of ...

Protocol It is my pleasure to address you at this second edition ofthe “National Seminar on Cash Handling, Automation andManagement” ...

The unfolding US-China power rivalry bears a striking resemblance to the tensions between the US and the Soviet bloc during the Cold ...

With the roll out of the Economic Sustainability Plan of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Non-Interest Finance Market has ...

“From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor’s rights without striking a ...

INTRODUCTION The present structure of Nigeria’s federal system of government is dysfunctional, hardly sustainable and will continue to constrain the ...

Nobel Laureate professor Wole Soyinka recently called for an emergency national conference on the Nigerian economy. This suggests that the economy is not only ...

One of the main reasons newly-elected Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari had been widely expected to lose his bid for a ...

The World Food Programme has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World War II. ...

About 90 million people – roughly half Nigeria’s population – live in extreme poverty, according to estimates from the World Data ...

The Economic Advisory Council should keep in mind that Nigeria is one of five countries – alongside Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia ...