Category: Analysis
Repositioning EFCC: Tasks before the agency’s leadership
By Ismail Abdulaziz Successful implementation of a national anti-corruption policy and the strategy for the fight against corruption via concerted actions of ministries, departments and agencies, remains an integral part
Read MoreRevisiting youths’ role in national security strategy review
By Ismail Abdulaziz Youths are drivers of the future of any nation that sets strategic goals for security and growth, concerned Nigerians have observed. According to them, this ought to
Read MoreTackling insecurity and imperative of arms control
By Sumaila Ogbaje Proliferation of small arms and light weapons have become a global challenge. This is due to light weapons’ lethal efficiency, easy accessibility, indiscriminate usage and devastating havocs
Read MoreCan diplomacy prevent another war in Gaza?
Israel is intensifying air strikes on the Gaza Strip in the worst violence since the 2014 war. Palestinian groups, including Hamas, are firing rockets into Israel. Dozens of people have
Read MoreRole of Control Centre in arms proliferation and national security
By Kayode Adebiyi The Federal Government recently approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to replace the defunct Presidential Committee
Read MoreOf governors and violent extremism
By Kayode Adebiyi In 2017, the Federal Government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), launched the Policy Framework and National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent
Read MoreAddressing low voter turnout via polling units’ expansion
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Voter access to Polling Units (PUs) is at the heart of every electoral democracy because PUs are the basis on which citizens exercise their fundamental rights to
Read More2023 and potency of Amotekun
Cardiff University-trained journalism veteran, IBRAHIM Sheme explores what is at stake in the raging controversy over Southwest’s planned private security and intelligence outfit known as Amotekun to the general political
Read MoreNational Economic Council and burden of boosting economic growth
In recognition of the importance of economic growth to the advancement and stability of a nation, the 1999 Constitution, as amended, established the National Economic Council (NEC). Under the constitution,
Read MoreWhere is Obasanjo?
[2/27, 9:54 PM] Nasir Dambatta: As congratulatory messages poured in for President Muhammadu Buhari over his re-election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has kept disquietingly mum. Telephone calls made to Obasanjo’s
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