ASUU Has Outlived Its Shelf Life
By Shaka Momodu In 20 years, university teachers in the country under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have embarked on strike over 15 times (a strike almost every one and…
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Inside Nigeria’s Killing Fields
By Reuben Abati On Saturday, November 28, about 43 farmers who had gone to their farms during the current harvest season were attacked by Boko Haram terrorists. They were tied up; their hands behind their…
Refineries Gulped N81.41bn, Refined Zero Crude – NNPC
Punch Editorial By Okechukwu Nnodim A total of N81.41bn was expended on Nigeria’s refineries between January and August this year but the facilities refined no drop of crude oil all through this period, latest data…
Terrorism: UAE Convictions Expose Nigeria’s Failures
Punch Editorial THE arrest, prompt prosecution and sentencing of six Boko Haram sponsors in the United Arab Emirates exposes Nigeria’s abject failure to tackle its home-grown terrorism. The government should face reality: the war on…
Salami Panel Wants Magu, Other Policemen In EFCC Removed
By Leon Usigbe President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of the judicial commission of inquiry on the investigation of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), headed…
Umahi’s Flight to Oblivion
By Shaka Momodu A wide range of emotions is provoked in a democracy. They range from fear, hatred, envy, contempt, absurdity, awe, anger, hope, promise, inclusiveness, tolerance, freedom and much more. Of these, we have…
We Feel Unsafe, Unable To Prepare For Exams –Students Of Zaria Poly Where Lecturer, Two Children Were Kidnapped
By Jesusegun Alagbe Quietness was the name to describe the atmosphere within and outside the premises of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State on a humid Wednesday afternoon when our correspondent visited the school. Except…
What Kinds Of Protests Actually Work?
How activists can both create pressure for change and win over support By Eric Shuman and Eran Halperin, Ph.D. The killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police this summer (along with the…
Lekki Shootings: Buratai Ordered Deployment Of Trainee Soldiers, General Tells Panel
…reveals 81 Division had troop shortage during #EndSARS protest …says army unhappy Sanwo-Olu denied inviting soldiers By Oladimeji Ramon The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, said on…
Harassment Of #EndSARS Promoters Should Stop
Punch Editorial IF there is anything the retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari regime has displayed as remarkably as its obvious ineptitude, it is its aversion to public criticism. And for all its deficiencies in bettering…