Ramadan, time for spiritual renewal
RAMADAN is here again. It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most propagated month in the Islamic sphere, when Muslims fast for 29 or 30 days. Last Wednesday, the moon was sighted as declared by the President-General, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and the Sultan of Sokoto, signaling the commencement […]
Police must find killers of the Fatinoyes
WHILE Nigerians are still mourning the gruesome murder of Bolanle Raheem by a police officer on Christmas Day, December 25, 2022, some evil-minded people in our midst who believe our lives are in their hands struck again in the early hours of New Year Day, January 1, 2023. They trailed Mr. Kehinde Fatinoye, a former […]
Need for mandatory psychological assessment for policemen
FOLLOWING the continued killing of innocent Nigerians by police officers, we believe it has become necessary to enforce the already existing mandatory psychological assessment for policemen. Section 3 (D) of Force Order 237 of the Nigeria Police Force Continuum Matrix, FCM, prohibits police officers from pointing firearms at citizens. Yet, the ugly incidents of killing […]
Cashless policy and need to track internet fraudsters
THE cashless policy introduced in by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is without doubt a step in the right direction given that it is aimed at scaling up financial inclusion and reducing cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism financing, advance fee fraud, graft, ransom payment, extortion, and other crimes. Facilitating this laudable policy are […]
Getting our politics right in 2023
THE lives of people in every society are considerably shaped by the politics that obtains there, and the politics of every society is shaped by the characters of men and women the people elect to rule over them. The above is true because the economy, social life, education, healthcare and other aspects of every society […]
