Tag: injustice
The SDG Index; the hattrick Nigeria can’t seem to score
First, some backstory. Since its inception in 1945, the United Nations has always been very hands-on with global social and ...
PDP has just reported the FG to the UN, but it might be too little too late
The main opposition party in Nigeria the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suddenly woken up to its responsibilities of strengthening ...
[The Injustice Blog] The NBS report on the Nigerian Police is absolutely correct
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a recent report ...
[The Injustice Blog] Is Ambode’s Lagos working for all?
The Lagos state Governor Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015, said, “As we collectively face ...
Opinion: Welcome to Nigeria, the animal kingdom
by Michael Ace Perhaps you might want to remind me I am as well a Nigerian. The dirt I smell ...
[The Injustice Blog] The DSS has held a pastor in custody over ‘social media comment’ for months
The Department of State Services (DSS) is in the news again. Two days ago the family of one Chisom Anaele ...
Ondo election: Mimiko accuses INEC of injustice
Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko has said the Independent National Electoral Commission ought to postpone the governorship election in the ...
Reno Omokri: Buhari, Jonathan and a redefinition of change
by Reno Omokri Name your dog Buhari and you will be diligently prosecuted in today’s Nigeria but kill a harmless ...
The Thread: What’s Twitter feminism good for? Absolutely everything!
We love it when events on Twitter culminate in learning moments. Following the brouhaha (who uses that word?) about Izien, over a ...
Ex-militants to FG: ‘Why you shouldn’t negotiate with Avengers’
Former militants operating under the aegis of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A), on Monday, called on the ...
Opinion: Is homosexuality Nigeria’s biggest problem now?
by Moyo Salvador President Goodluck Jonathan has finally signed off on a bill to criminalize homosexuality with an attendant 14 ...
Opinion: Get tired of being tired and do something worthwhile
by Kehinde Ajose Ours is a generation of tired individuals who are tired about the narratives of their lives, tired ...
PHOTOS: Lance Armstrong meets the woman who brought him down
Lance Armstrong has spent the past year dealing with the consequences of his drug cheating but here, in a quaint ...
Pius Adesanmi: In memory of Festus Iyayi – Convoys are “Nigeria’s worst postcolonial tragedy”
by Pius Adesanmi President Obama’s convoy comprises his limo, a decoy limo, one or two media buses and a few ...
Japheth Omojuwa: Charity, as the opportunity cost of poverty (Y! FrontPage)
by Japheth Omojuwa We are not better off collecting stipends from our politicians than we’d be if we freed up ...
Opinion: Discrimination against females at the Nigerian Bar
by Zubaida Mahmoud It reminds me of the Senior FEMALE Law School Lecturer that not only addressed us as ‘gentlemen in skirts’ ...