Anyone with knowledge of Nigeria’s current thread at his or her disposal would have the picture of brutal attacks on police orderlies attached to some high-profile personalities in the country. Many of these attacks have resulted in unfortunate death of many patriotic and fearless security officers who were unjustly killed in their line of duty. The menace which has led some security details to their early graves in defence and safety of their civilian principals against gunmen, kidnappers, assailants, bandits and hired assassins, has become a more or less disastrous incident that have kept the sacred lives of our security…
Author: Damilare Adeleye
Education is a bane and bedrock of growth of any society. A country that dearly desires developmental progress and peaceful existence will always give appropriate priority to the educational orientation of its citizenry. Education in this context is not restricted to formal academic schooling. It generally involves any ideological learning and venture that can impact the life of the learners and the entire society. Reputable educationist, and academic scholar, Dr Ganiu Bamgbose, in one of his articles, defines education as the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitude and values which makes one a useful and functional member of the society. On…
Damilare Adeleye No sooner had one hoped to have seen enough unwarranted tragedies in the year 2022 than another hell broke loose on the 25th of Christmas celebration. On the supposedly joyful moment of merriments, an innocent civilian was gruesomely and disdainfully murdered. This time, the crime was not perpetrated by the usually non-state actors like terror bandits, unknown gunmen or armed assailants. Rather, the unfortunate incident was brutally executed by an officer of the Nigerian Police Force identified as Assistant Superintendent of Police named Drambi Vandi, an officer who was said to have spent 33 years in the police…
It is known fact that most big men in Nigeria do not seek medical treatment in the country even when they want to get rid of a mere headache. Most especially, state governors, National Assembly members including the President of the Federation and his cabinet members do not, at any time, hesitate to fly abroad for their medical checkup, medical advisory or treatment. This is so not because our doctors and other medical personnel are naive or incompetent, but because the Nigerian government and its most senior officials cherish to patronise foreign enterprises, products, even at the detriment of the…
It is high time a court of competent jurisdiction declared the office of Nigerian presidency as vacant without further delay. This is expedient as the current occupant of that seat in person of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has continued to blatantly display nonchalance and indifference towards the affairs of the nation and arrogantly showing disregard to supreme rule of law which is binding over every individual. Attempts to delay Buhari’s impeachment may elevate the country from a failed state to a banana republic where the situation may get out of control. The Nigerian people are steadfast, patriotic, diligent and…
