Category: Bala Ibrahim’s Corner

By Bala Ibrahim Take it or leave it, as a country, Nigeria is countlessly challenged by calamities or even catastrophes, with security being the biggest bane. Regardless of how one looks at the situation of the country today, the hands of the clock are clicking in the direction of a cataclysm. From the north to the south, east to the […]

By Bala Ibrahim Less than two weeks after the abduction of 42 students from a secondary school in Kagara, Niger State, reports filtered in that more than 300 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara, were kidnapped last night, Thursday 25/02/2021. According to the BBC, a resident of Jangebe, who gave his name as Halliru Jangebe, told the News […]

By Bala Ibrahim I watched with bliss yesterday, Wednesday, 24/02/2021, the senate appearance of Abdulrasheed Bawa, the presidential nominee, and his eventual confirmation as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. It was an exceptional display of talent, intelligence and comprehensive knowledge of the anti corruption subject, by a boy that I hitherto thought is a […]

By Bala Ibrahim Lawyers describe legal advice as the professional opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law, in relation to a particular factual situation. It is therefore an advise given based on the analyses carried out on a set of facts, which would permit for a decision to be taken on a specific course of action, in compliance […]

By Bala Ibrahim Anyone familiar with President Muhammadu Buhari, should not only be unsurprised by his surprises, but be ready to understand the meaning “BUHARINOMOVES”. A term that has come to be accepted as the unpredicted outcome of President Buhari’s next move or planned action at any point in time. Yes, even before he became PMB, as GMB, Muhammadu Buhari […]

By Bala Ibrahim Ordinarily, I wouldn’t bother coming to the rescue of a people with a rusty memory, especially a people that fall within the Nigerian geopolitical arrangement. But when, through action or inaction, such rusty memory is pushing the people in the direction of a holocaust, even poor students of history like me, may be compelled by the sense […]

By Bala Ibrahim President Muhammadu Buhari has once again taken Nigerians by surprise yesterday, by announcing the extension of the tenure of IGP Adamu Mohammed, the 20th indigenous Inspector General of Police by a period of three months. According to the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of […]

By Bala Ibrahim Since Monday, February 1st 2021, when the tenure of the current IGP Adamu Mohammed officially came to an end, having attained the mandatory 35 years in service, Louis Edet House, the Force headquarter of the Nigeria police, and the entire country were thrown into suspense, confusion and persistent palpitations. The suspense and confusion were due to the […]

By Bala Ibrahim Yesterday, Tuesday, 26th January 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the resignation/retirement of the service chiefs and their replacements. Through a press release by the Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, the announcement came thus, Major General Leo Irabor replaced General Abayomi Olonisakin as Chief of Defense Staff, Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru replaced Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai as Chief of Army Staff, […]

By Bala Ibrahim Since Friday 20th Nov. 2020, when the Presidential panel of Justice Ayo Salami, set up by President Muhammadu Buhari submitted its report to the President, the media has been awash with all manner of opinions, mostly on the speculated recommendations of the panel to the President. What seems to be a consensus is that Magu was indicted, […]