SENATE COMMITTEE ON AVIATION TO PROBE RECENT AIRLINE-PASSENGER INCIDENTS
The Senate Committee on Aviation has announced an investigation into recent high-profile incidents involving airlines and passengers in Nigeria. The move aims to address concerns about operational standards, passenger rights, and discipline within the aviation sector. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Buhari Abdulfatai, expressed serious concern Continue Reading
Ribadu’s quiet revolution in bringing security to the grassroots
When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (NSA) in June 2023, the reaction was swift and mixed. Some critics lamented the departure from the traditional norm of appointing military generals to the role. But for many Nigerians – particularly within civil society, the intelligence Continue Reading
Nigeria needs integrated and efficient transport system
Since creation, man has been an itinerant being. It is against nature to have someone remain on the spot throughout life. Aside from walking around his or her surroundings, human beings like to explore their environment. Travelling, therefore, forms part of human activities. The earliest forms of transportation were animals Continue Reading
On Carter Bridge: FG must prioritise safety, transparency
The recent remark by Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, about one of Nigeria’s iconic landmarks—the Carter Bridge—is a subject of interest because the infrastructure has ripple effects on trade, logistics, and the economic growth of Lagos State and the nation at large. Following an on-the-spot assessment visit, Umahi had expressed Continue Reading
80 years after Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic bombings: Any lesson?
Summary History routinely affords illuminating insights on existential challenges which have confronted humanity. Apprehending that context, clear-headed analysis, direction, intentionality, coupled with the political will to avoid repeating pivotal schisms which facilitated those fundamental problems ab initio, elevate real leadership, to the rarified pantheons of statesmanship. That assertion is partly Continue Reading





