Author: Pius Mordi
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Rivers: The day after – By Pius Mordi
In 1983, the ABC, an American broadcast company, envisioned exploring the effects of nuclear war on the United States. The product was a television movie called The Day After. The film postulates a fictional war
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The price we pay for insecurity – By Pius Mordi
A trending video featuring Senator Adams Oshiomhole lamenting the havoc wreaked on the economy by illegal solid mineral miners and the response by the federal government to the sabotage elicited resignation
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Rivers: Supreme Court and an uncharted dangerous territory – By Pius Mordi
When the apex court in the land gives a judgement, it carries the weight of a final arbiter for which there is no appeal. That puts a burden on the Justices. It becomes incumbent on them to take every factor – political, economic – into consideration. When there was more of politics
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Judiciary: Onnoghen and Buhari’s leprous legacy – By Pius Mordi
When Muhammadu Buhari capped his onslaught on the judiciary with his unilateral removal of then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen, his political allies allowed politics to becloud their sense of respect for the constitution and separation of powers.
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VAT: Niger Delta’s quest without roadmap – By Pius Mordi
When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu unveiled his proposal on a new formula for sharing proceeds from Value Added Tax (VAT), he may have thought that he only had to reckon with expected opposition of northern states.
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The killing game – By Pius Mordi
For a country not known to be in conflict with an external aggressor, Nigeria has turned into a huge killing zone. According to the National Bureau Statistics (NBS), over 614,937 people have been killed under circumstances associated with the activities of unidentified gunmen, religious extremists and non-state actors controlling territories.
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Security agents, task forces and the poor – By Pius Mordi
Before the collapse of the naira precipitated by the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had revealed that a whopping N306 billion was paid to uniformed security men
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Regional development agencies as a farce – By Pius Mordi
Under the 2025 budget estimate of N47.90 trillion, the federal government has set aside the sum of N4.26 trillion as statutory transfers to newly established development commissions for various regions in the country.
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A trillion-dollar Customs? It’s possible! – By Pius Mordi
With a history that dates back to 1891 when the British Colonial administration appointed T.A. Wall as the first Director-General of Customs for the collection of inland revenue in Niger Coast Protectorate, it is perhaps the oldest fedeal agency, older than the country with over 130 years in operation.
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North’s ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorists – By Pius Mordi
At peak of the campaign in 2013 to package an amnesty programme for Boko Haram terrorists who were wreaking havoc in the northeast and enormous pressure was brought on then President Goodluck Jonathan, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, widow of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, pleaded that a general amnesty be granted to the Boko Haram terror group.