UNRESOLVED ISSUE OF ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY
By Biodun Olamosu
Introduction
The electric power industry is associated with economic development of any country. For industrial development to take place, the development of social infrastructures, including the provision of regular electricity must be taken for granted. Electricity is also of vital importance in commercial institutions and residential areas...
Unveiling the Roots of Insecurity, Healing the Wounds of Human Rights Violations in South East Nigeria: a report by RULAAC
In March 2024, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) issued a report on insecurity in the South East. The roots of insecurity described in the report could apply to almost anywhere in Nigeria and indeed insecurity and a violent state response has in recent years spread across most of the country with the associated...
We Need To Re-Build a Socialist Alternative
The price of petrol has increased nearly as much in the last year as during the whole period of Obasanjo’s eight year presidency. Now we also face a tripling of the cost of electricity and job losses from the implementation of the Oronsaye Report. And yet the trade unions continue to take little action. They still generally...
Poverty is a Far Greater Killer than Insecurity
We are all concerned about the rising tide of insecurity, arising from increased poverty and inequality. But poverty itself is a far greater, but silent killer, that does not hit the headlines. Increased poverty is leading to greater hunger that weakens the body, especially of the elderly and very young. This in turn increases the death rate....
Crime, Criminality and The State of ...
By Biodun Olamosu
The issue of insecurity is one of the major problems confronting working people and has been a focus of attention of intellectual discourse today more than ever before. There is a consensus on this issue that lives are not safe as more people get killed by various means, other than...
Falana writes AGF, demands end to human rights violations in Okuama
In a letter addressed to Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has called for an immediate end to what he describes as “egregious violations” of the human rights of innocent members of the Okuama community in Delta State.
Falana highlighted several incidents of...
We Can Make a Difference IF We Make Our Voices Heard
We live in frightening times. Inflation is now well over 30%. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the cost of a healthy diet is now almost N30,000 a month for a single person, just for food (without preparation or transport to market costs). The government is tripling the price of electricity and threatening to unilaterally impose...
FELA: MUSICAL ICON AND PAN-AFRICANIST
By Biodun Olamosu
The singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will forever be remembered as an unrepentant crusader for social justice. He was a musical legend whose his fame traversed the length and breadth of the globe. His influence on Nigerian and African youths can only be compared with that of his hero, Kwame Nkrumah, the first...
Student Loans – a Cruel Hoax in Place of Proper Funding of Tertiary Education
The Student Loans Act marks yet another embarrassing policy reversal by the Tinubu Government. The revised act, currently in National Assembly, removes some of the glaring faults of the original Act. However, the fundamental problems of student loans remain. They discriminate against poorer students, require huge bureaucratic costs and encourage corruption.
The students loan...
Workers in Chad Show Fight Against an Increase in the Price of Fuel and Other Issues
There was a widely supported general strike in Chad that lasted for a month from 20th February, 2024. This was over the military government increasing the price of fuel by 40% in the middle of February and the coming to an end of the three year social pact between some trade unions and the government without many...