SAVING THE NATIONAL PARKS (2)
There is urgent need to reposition the parks as resources for economic development One federal agency that has deliberately distanced itself from the development strides of the various governments in...
View ArticleFUNDING THE UNIVER SITIES
Government and other stakeholders must think fresh ways of funding public universities The gates of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology were opened to students recently after some eight months of...
View ArticleFixing prices by government fiat does not work
THE TASK FORCE ON FOOD PRICES The Federal Executive Council recently constituted among itself a “Food Security Task Force’’ to address the rising prices of consumables. “Government is quite concerned...
View ArticleWAY OUT OF ARIK AIR DEBACLE
All the stakeholders, including AMCON, should sit at a table to decide the way forward Last week, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) announced the takeover of Nigeria’s largest...
View ArticleXenophobic Attacks in South Africa
It is in the interest of South Africa and the continent to end the violence In its 2007 report, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the African Union stated that “despite the solidarity and...
View ArticleDEALING WITH YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
MONDAY EDITORIAL There is urgent need to realign the nation’s educational curriculum with the needs of the economy Unless the relevant authorities do something critical and urgent about the...
View ArticleDISOBEDIENCE TO COURT ORDER
Disobedience to court orders constitutes threat to the rule of law If there is anything that the current administration is increasingly being notorious for, it is in the manner it disregards court...
View ArticleKEEPING THE GIRL CHILD IN SCHOOL
An educated woman empowers the society at large The girl child in our society is often discriminated upon. Nigeria holds the second largest number of out of school children conservatively put at 10.5...
View ArticleTHE ARMY AND 38 OFFICERS
The army should act within the law With the release last week of Amnesty International Report 2016/2017 “The State of The World’s Human Rights”, the Nigerian Army has disputed the aspect touching on...
View ArticleTHE RIGHT TO PUBLIC PROTEST
The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental human right under our constitution For too long, the police authorities have continued to frighten our public with the colonial law that requires permit...
View ArticleTHE NIGERIAN AUTO-DRIVE STRUCTURE
Azibola Omekwe argues the need for fiscal federalism The word ‘restructuring’ has become pre-eminent in our national life. It has assumed a life of its own, eliciting different meanings across the...
View ArticleThe Task Before CJN Onnoghen
Justice Onnoghen needs a new wave of reform to restore credibility to the bench After his confirmation last week by the Senate, Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen became the substantive Chief Justice of...
View ArticleTHE CLOSURE OF ABUJA AIRPORT
MONDAY EDITORIAL Shutting down the airport will cause some extraordinary obstacles Barring any last-minute change of mind, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will be closed within the...
View ArticleDISASTERS ON THE PROWL
Regulatory authorities may do well to enforce rules and regulations Figures on disasters are increasingly becoming scary in Nigeria. Two weeks ago, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said...
View ArticleBEYOND EASING ENTRY VISA FOR FOREIGNERS
There is still more to do to shore up investor confidence Nigeria has consistently ranked poorly in relation to other economies on the ease of doing business. Between 2008 and 2016, it averaged 145,...
View ArticleDEATHS FROM LASSA FEVER
The health authorities could do more to contain the viral disease Early last year, Lassa fever ravaged many states across the nation. Since December 2016, the nation is again increasingly under the...
View ArticleOSINBAJO IN THE NIGER DELTA
MONDAY EDITORIAL The Niger Delta needs massive infrastructural development In the past few weeks, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was in and out of the Niger Delta, engaging with the...
View ArticleDEALING WITH THE FAMINE ALERT
The best answer is to treat the alert by UNICEF seriously The recent alert by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) that nearly 1.4 million children were at “imminent...
View ArticleAGAIN, ATIKU ON RESTRUCTURING
Atiku is right. It’s time to restructure the federation In restating his call for the restructuring of the federation, former vice -president and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress...
View ArticleBETWEEN AMBODE AND FASHOLA
The welfare of the people should be paramount Last week, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and his predecessor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, now the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, engaged...
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