Column No. 6

A weekly column by Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, which touches on general issues

Column No.6: Life, death, and blind Nigerians

For the past month, life in Nigeria has been colored with a most bleak palette. The culprits are many and varied, but the main ones are there to see,

Column No.6: When insecurity threatens ‘stomach infrastructure’

Across Nigeria, particularly the North, insecurity remains a serious problem. From insurgency in the North-East to banditry and kidnapping in other ar

Column No.6: Uniformed, yet uninformed

First, we have the actual armed forces, all three arms of it: The Army, Navy and Air Force. Then we have the Police Force, the DSS, Customs, Immigrati

Column No.6: A plea for an education on education

I read yesterday that the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, at the official flagging-off of the World Bank-sponsored Better Education S

Column No.6: Who’s checking checkpoints in Abuja?

Probably the worst of them all is the checkpoint after the traffic lights at the popular Banex Junction, which is manned by cops from the Counter Terr