Navigating Future Presidential Appointments in Police and Public Institutions: Prioritizing Fairness, Dignity, and Psychological Well-Being – A Case Study on the Impact of Junior Officer Appointments The recent directive by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to compel the retirement of four Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) has ignited a critical conversation about the importance of fairness, meritocracy, and the humane treatment of officers facing compulsory retirement. This writing delves into the need for a comprehensive and sensitive approach when handling such situations, recognizing the deeply personal and psychological aspects of these officers’ careers and service to the nation. As an…
Author: John Egbeazien Oshodi
Improving The Safety Of Students At The University Of Calabar: An Updated Response To Critique of This Author’s Approach Respectfully, Ojua Takim A., Thank you to one Ojua Takim A for responding to my article titled “Vice Chancellor Florence Obi and Her Team: Shame on Them for University Late Inaction and Compromised Student Safety” which was published in Nigerian online media on August 19, 2023, and for attempting to clarify the details of the alleged sexual misconduct case involving Professor Cyril Ndifon and the administration’s approach to this issue. You did not identify your function identity fully, but there seems…
Steering Tinubu’s Complex Predicament: Acknowledging Nasir El-Rufai’s Integral Role and Expertise as a Ministerial Choice – A Strategic Decision Too Compelling for Tinubu to Neglect. In the context of the ongoing preparations for potential leadership changes in ministerial appointments in Nigeria, it is worth noting that I have never personally interacted with or met Nasir El-Rufai. However, I am aware of his notable work and prominent roles within the country. As the selection process for ministerial roles unfolds under the administration of Bola Tinubu, several individuals are being considered for these crucial positions. One name that has garnered attention is…
In a remarkable demonstration of ethical leadership, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has cast a spotlight on the essential attributes of effective governance. Recent events, as reported by the media, have showcased the profound significance of qualities such as discipline, responsivity, self-control, ethical responsibility, respectability, and a purpose-driven work ethic. The suspension of Commissioner Olaiya Atibioke, and the subsequent handling of the situation, serves as a vivid case study that has the potential to inspire transformative change across various sectors of Nigerian society. Governor Oyebanji’s leadership emerges as a beacon of hope, illuminating the path towards a renewed Nigeria…
Spirituality vs. Accountability: A Psychologist’s Analysis Of Mrs. Sanwo Olu Perspective In the heart of Nigeria’s intricate societal fabric, where spirituality and governance intersect, the tragic death of Dr. Vwaere Diaso at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, reverberates as a stark reminder of the enigmatic coexistence of fervent religious beliefs and pervasive corruption. This complex interplay, embodied in the backdrop of a nation marked by rich faith traditions and systemic challenges, necessitates a nuanced exploration. As Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, attributed the doctor’s demise to a spiritual attack, her words set in motion a…
Politicians shouldn’t trivialize “Let the Poor Breathe,” which is an impassioned plea for fairness and equity in the globe. “Let the Poor Breathe” is a powerful appeal. It lays an emphasis on the day-to-day struggles faced by impoverished communities, particularly those who are living in poverty. These strange and inexplicable behaviors are taking place at a time when the First Lady of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu, and a number of other well-known Nigerians are actively working to raise awareness about issues affecting vulnerable populations, particularly women and young people. A thorough apology is owed to Nigerians by the Godswill Akpabio’s Senate…
Wilson Sunday a repeat offender of Adamawa State, allegedly told police, “I have raped five young girls between January of this year and now.” Nigeria’s federal government, led by President Bola Tinubu, along with the governments of all the states and the leaders of all the local governments, must take immediate action to combat the pervasive problem of sexual assault. I think that Oluremi Tinubu, the First Lady of Nigeria, should be given the job I call “Personal Direct Special Adviser to the President on Women’s and Girls’ Issues and Related Personal Matters.” In order to address this national shame…
It is not unheard of in Nigeria for housekeepers, or other types of domestic workers to be the ones who are responsible for the death of their employers. On the other hand, it is not unheard of for supervisors to victimize low-income males and to abuse educated as well as uneducated women in the workplace. This type of behavior is widespread. As reported by the Nigerian press: “Employee murders Employer because of N63,000” (2017), “Man allegedly kills boss, mother two days after employment” (2019), “How I was slapped by my superior, aggrieved immigration officer petitions police” (2019), “Nigerian senator pleads…
One would think that all Nigerian law enforcement agencies, including the Department of State Service (DSS), would prefer that a suspect be in sound mental and physical health so that when found guilty of their crimes and sent to prison, the individual is in mental shape to feel and experience the pain of punishment. I believe the Nigerian people would like a guilty criminal to be emotionally and cognitively stable enough to bear the consequences of his or her acts and experience the gravity of the punishment that may be given if proven guilty. To avoid this, law enforcement agencies,…
President Bola Tinubu, as a concerned Nigerian-born person, I am obligated to shout out and bring this issue of judges’ involvement in law enforcement to your attention openly. Judges have increasingly overstepped their bounds in recent years, interfering with law enforcement activities conducted by the police, the State Security Service (SSS), Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. During and around the end of the Buhari presidency, which appeared to be a dictatorial or authoritarian kind of ‘democracy,’ some in the court operated as authoritarians, resulting in an environment marked by judicial overreach and rogue judges. Just take a look at…
Assuming that the current situation is one in which the said student, whose name I will not mention for ethical reasons, has given false information to the public or media, no official of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) is authorized to address the matter externally in the manner in which the student or their guardian did in the media. The following headline should never have happened. “Anambra student who won a multimillion-naira scholarship from Innoson used software to boost her UTME score: JAMB,” Ahmed Oluwasanjo wrote in a Peoples Gazette online article published on July 2, 2023. President Bola…
Nnamdi Ikechukwu Nwinyi Gets NSCDC Leadership Support He Is fair, knowledgeable, and experienced Regarding the issue of unequal appointments, it appears that many Nigerians have praised you, Mr. President Tinubu, for departing from the open, clear, and blatant mentality of Buharism. In regards to chronic lopsided security leadership appointments. This is in relation to your recent security chief nominations, which many Nigerians saw as generally fair and competent. In the event that you choose to make a change in the law enforcement leadership in the field of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC), DCG Nnamdi Ikechukwu Nwinyi, a veteran…
Godwin Emefiele was the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from June 2014 until his suspension by President Bola Tinubu in June 2023. Emefiele while active as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policies. Nigeria’s Central Bank exists to create a monetary environment conducive to economic progress and to promote a stable and healthy financial system by upholding the highest levels of honesty and leadership. The underlying reason for a country’s independent central bank, commonly known as the Federal Reserve, is the need to shield the institution and its leadership,…
The inauguration of the 10th Senate on June 13 will be a historic session, with religious, ethnic, and geopolitical feelings currently flowing from the camp of former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, thereby interjecting the senate presidency inauguration vote. Despite the current Muslim-Muslim ethos and image of the presidency, Senator elect Yari seems unconcerned about the outrage about the upcoming government’s lack of religious balance. Despite the endorsement of Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as well as the support of the party’s national working committee for Akpabio, Yari remains steadfast in his refusal to give way…
Is There Too Much Sex In Nigeria, Resulting In Overpopulation, Overcrowding, And Solutions? Overpopulation in Nigeria is a life-threatening issue. Women and girls should have the right to refuse sex that they do not want, which helps to minimize overpopulation. According to all estimates, Nigeria is presently overpopulated, which means that the number of Nigerians and other people in Nigeria outnumbers the resources available to maintain them. There are various factors that contribute to overpopulation, including high fertility rates, discouragement of family planning, poverty, the necessity for more children to labor, particularly in rural regions, religions’ negative attitudes toward abortion…
We now live in a virtual world, so Mr. President if you want, you may move to Lagos, London, Paris, or New York, as long as you are involved with the people and have them in mind at all times. Mr. President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu you need people working for you who will implement your plans and respond to public concerns. Let me quickly clarify that, aside from online volunteering, I am not looking for any paid employment in Nigeria. The public should practice Tinubuism in both words and deeds. Meaning that the people would witness an enhanced presidency with…
Nigeria is ready for an idealistic revolution; the time has come to begin. During the 2023 election season, Nigerians in a supposedly democratic environment were clearly subjected to political and economic slavery more than ever before. Physical force is always used by the state and federal governments to quell the vast majority of Nigerians’ demands for liberty, freedom, and equality, including youths and young adults as well as the average Nigerian. Nigeria is only a democracy in name, as evidenced by the fact that during this election period, many Nigerians were deprived of their political liberties, forced to act on…
Post-Election Grief Could Be Real, Especially With Obi People Of All Ages Became Acquainted With This Great Man This election was like no other— The rise of Peter Obi in the crusade for Nigeria’s presidential election on February 25, 2023 will forever shake up the country’s politics. Rallying him are what has come to be known as the “Obi-dients” consisting of mostly youths, young adults, and open-minded adults within and outside Nigeria. They joined Obi to battle for the soul of old Nigeria. In Obi’s own words, “The big people are there, but allow this small person to do it.…
Lawan vs. Machina: “This Court Has Powers To Overrule Itself (In) Any Decision Not In Accordance With Justice,” – Supreme Court Justice Nweze’s Fitting Words In 2020 On The Case Of Ihedioha vs. Uzodinma How apt are the above words in the headline for the Ariwoola Supreme Court now being described as “supreme court of technicality and injustice”? Today Hope Uzodinma of APC is the Imo State governor because the Supreme Court upturned the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that affirmed Emeka Ihedioha of PDP who had the highest votes to win the elections, yet…
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan inadvertently or accidentally and without realizing psychologically or spiritually apparently might not have known what he was doing when he spoke some reserved words after the Supreme Court three-against-two split judgement led by Justice Chima Centus Nweze. Now Dr. Lawan should announce he has decided to do the right thing, place a call to Bashir Machina, the people’s affirmed candidate who won the May 28, 2022, APC Yobe North Senatorial District. Dr. Lawan should concede to the true winner. I believe Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande, on behalf of the…
In October of 2022, all over the Nigerian media here are some earnest words from Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola: “Nigeria at crossroads, needs honest judges” which he uttered during the swearing-in of the newly appointed acting President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Stanley Lawal. Chief Justice Ariwoola, those words present themselves as so relevant in the last few hours in regards to the case of Lawan V.Machina. Justice Ariwoola, you also reflected on Nigeria’s current situations and challenges as a young but troubled democracy. “Nigeria is currently plagued with myriads of problems that…
These Misguided Court Decisions During Election Times Does Not Help The Nation Move Forward, Sadly Dear Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, in my road to becoming a criminal justice specialist, forensic and clinical psychologist, I still remember in my criminal law class a requirement for graduate criminal justice students, my professor here in America said this to us: “Da mihi factum, dabo tibi ius“(give me the facts, I will give you the right). Like most places in the world this phrase is at work with magistrates and judges, I want to believe, though the Nigerian judicial system is sometimes known to…
Could the Tinubu speech at Lafia, Nasarawa State on Saturday, February 4, presidentially affirm Jagaban as he loves to call himself? The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have profoundly, swiftly and magically spread his presidential influence to Nigerians with his speech in Nasarawa during the APC Presidential Campaign Rally In Nasarawa State. By way of psychological expressions his words at the podium appeared as that to motivate, alert, reassure, and guide the Nigerian people. Whether they were written or directly from his head he spoke in a truly open and moving way.…
Only in an unusual place like Nigeria will the head of the executive branch of government and public services for the Nigerian people deny being a public officer. In Nigeria, we hold elections for many public offices, including the president. A long time ago, Nigeria drifted from traditional ways of authority to the British parliamentary system and the American presidential system. Today, while we say the country operates as a presidential system, which it has haphazardly and blindly embraced, we cannot say the country is practicing a true system of government. As what is being practiced is really not a…
Black America Cries About Police Brutality Is Not Just About Race But About Justice Blacks in America have been the primary—though certainly not the only—target of police violence in the United States. Black adults are generally about five times as likely as whites to say they’ve been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity. There is a substantial body of evidence showing that people of non-white skin, especially African Americans, are at greater risk of experiencing criminal justice contact and police-involved harm than are whites. When it comes to police brutality in the United States, the unjustified…
With many questions surrounding presidential candidate Bola Tinubu’s physical and mental fitness in the last two years, one would expect the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign to have asked Tinubu’s doctors in Nigeria and abroad to release a summary medical history on Tinubu to the public. The ordinary questions are simply: is he healthy, vigorous, and fit to successfully run the country if elected? The Nigerian population of more than 200 million still doesn’t know if Tinubu is physically and mentally unfit to be president. On video and at rallies, there have been reported public sightings of him looking…
Tinubu reportedly dozed off on Friday during a meeting of presidential candidates and party leaders with the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Abuja. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is in the news again for falling asleep in a setting where he should be awake, but he did not nod off intentionally, at least that is my guess. I do not know if Tinubu has the condition of narcolepsy or if he is a narcoleptic; narcolepsy is a neurological condition with a frequency of up to 1 per 1,000 that is characterized by irresistible bouts…
It is not by chance that The Nigerian Presidential Election Is Marred By Thuggery. Obi Should Stop Acting like a gentleman now and join them. Three presidential candidates, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, and Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, are in the fight to lead Nigeria. It is a known reality that the psychology of Nigerian elections has long institutionalized electoral thuggery with its three main extensions: surprises, fraud, and violence. For Obi, peaceful elections are the mark of democracy, as they serve the purpose of a peaceful change in…
Obasanjo’s Support For Obi Inadvertently Reveals The True Feelings Of Those Who Do Not Want A New Nigeria As the presidential election draws near, the average Nigerian keeps learning more and more about the political stupidity in Nigeria. Let us make it clear: a political endorsement is a public declaration of one’s own or personal support of a candidate for elected office. An endorsement is an act of saying or showing that you agree with or support something or someone; that is what former military leader and President Olusegun Obasanjo did when he openly showed support for Peter Obi, presidential…
Particularly During This Tense Ethnic And Religious Presidential Campaign In 2023. In all of Africa, religion and ethnicity have generally caused and diminished a sense of communal tolerance and coexistence, which continue to reawaken divisions, hatred, and even violence. This dilemma is more prevalent in the most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria, which is dominated by entrenched, intense religious and ethnic tensions. No wonder the successful planting of democratic structures that express unity, institutional healthiness, instability, national security, and an expressed positive future remain distant. Before we get into the tradition of “Kwanzaa,” an annual festival celebrating unity and social…
