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Kidnapping: Taking battle to criminals in Kwara

Kidnapping: Taking battle to criminals in Kwara

STEPHEN OLUFEMI ONI reports on the efforts of the Kwara State Police Command under new CP Paul Odama to nip kidnapping and other acts of criminality in the bud in the state   When the…

CISLAC: Over 500,000 lives lost to armed conflicts in Nigeria

CISLAC: Over 500,000 lives lost to armed conflicts in Nigeria

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has continued its unrelenting fight for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts through a legal framework, which the group is now urging President Muhammadu Buhari to sign…

#EndSARS: Ogun victims in endless wait for implementation of panel’s report

#EndSARS: Ogun victims in endless wait for implementation of panel’s report

Thursday, October 20 marked two years since youths protesting across the country against brutality perpetrated against Nigerians by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police and other security agencies were reportedly killed by security…

Phasing out SGBV in Ekiti

Phasing out SGBV in Ekiti

Any harmful act of sexual, physical, psychological, mental and emotional abuse perpetrated against a person’s will based on the gender is referred to as Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV). Many have attributed the causes to…

Izombe Mayhem: A community in despair

Izombe Mayhem: A community in despair

Victims of the October 8, 2021 military invasion of Izombe community, in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State have appealed to Governor Hope Uzodinma to expedite action towards ameliorating their plights.   The…

Bayelsa: Road about to hit Brass Island, 80 years after

Bayelsa: Road about to hit Brass Island, 80 years after

Gradually they are getting there as development is progressively spreading across Bayelsa State.   The state would have development more than it is now if there were access roads to these communities especially communities that…

When Ogun, Oyo states united to tackle insecurity

When Ogun, Oyo states united to tackle insecurity

Two states in the South Western part of the nation, Ogun and Oyo worried by the rising cases of crime along their borders have decided to tackle the menace headline by agreeing to set up…

Moving Lagos from linear to circular economy

Moving Lagos from linear to circular economy

As Lagos population grows daily with attendant increase in waste generation, experts recently met to chart ways on how best the state can attain a circular economic status through strategic management of waste generation. MURITALA…

Tackling menace of street begging in Kwara

Tackling menace of street begging in Kwara

STEPHEN OLUFEMI ONI in this report examines the menace of street begging in Kwara State, especially in Ilorin, the state capital, and steps being taken by the government to curb the crisis   Street begging…

Ondo spare parts market in turmoil over royal interference in leadership tussle

Ondo spare parts market in turmoil over royal interference in leadership tussle

With spare parts dealers in Akure, the Ondo State capital blaming Deji of Akure of moves to impose a chairman on the market, ADEWALE MOMOH writes on the crisis and parties involved   The situation…