LESSONS FROM THE DANA AIR CRASH
MONDAY EDITORIAL Airlines must be closely regulated It is almost five years since Dana Air Flight 992 crashed, less than five minutes before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,...
View ArticleJUSTICE ACCORDING TO STATUS
There is need to reform the administration of justice The recent decision of Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court to send former Adamawa State Governor, Mr James Ngilari to “any jail in...
View ArticleAPO SIX: LESSONS FROM A TRAGEDY
The police should work within the law After a trial that lasted for almost a decade, Justice Ishaq Bello, who also doubles as the Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF HERDSMEN VIOLENCE
The security agencies could do more to curb the herdsmen growing menace Many students of Benue State University, Makurdi last Saturday poured into the streets to protest the killing by herdsmen of...
View ArticleHAYATOU AND A NEW ERA IN CAF
Age and dynamism are required in the running of international sports associations While Nigeria played a critical role in the rise of Issa Hayatou in African football, it also played a role in his...
View ArticleINEC And The 2019 Elections
The electoral body’s timetable may eventually bring order to the polity Two years before the next general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable and...
View ArticleDEALING WITH THE FOREX CONUNDRUM
MONDAY EDITORIAL The central bank should allow the forces of demand and supply to determine the exchange rates After almost defying the law of gravity, the naira seems to be finding its level in...
View ArticleFEEDING FAT ON NORTH-EAST MISERY
The SGF must explain the framework being used to spend money by the PCNI If any proof was ever needed of a tragic mismatch between the reports of imminent starvation in the North-east and the proven...
View ArticleSHU’ARA’S CONTROVERSIAL TENURE ELONGATION
The extension of tenure of Jamila Shu’ara as permanent secretary is wrong For the second year running, President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of...
View ArticleDEATH ON THE CAMPUSES
The death of students due to poor sanitation raises questions about schools’ effective supervision Following the recent death, in questionable circumstances, of two students at Queens College, Lagos,...
View ArticleHAMEED ALI VERSUS THE SENATE
It is in Ali’s interest to honour the invitation by the Senate Last week, the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) washed its hands off Hameed Ali’s flirtation with anarchy. The...
View ArticleA Vote For Electronic Voting
The endorsement of electronic voting by the Senate is good for our democracy Following a successful consideration of the report of its committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
View ArticleSUICIDE IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY
MONDAY EDITORIAL The authorities could do more to reduce the pressure on Nigerians from all sides Following the recent death by suicide of a medical practitioner who jumped into the lagoon by the...
View ArticleElectricity Supply Drops by 800MW in One Week
• Egbin Power Plc on the brink of shutdown Ejiofor Alike After a recent relative improvement in power generation, the country has lost about 800,000 megawatts of electricity in the last one week...
View ArticleSENATE OF CONTROVERSY
The Senate may have been distracted, but most of the time it is doing its job In the last few weeks, the Senate has been at the front burner of public discourse with some social critics prescribing its...
View ArticleTHE ILE-IFE VIOLENCE CONUNDRUM
Law enforcement agencies must be impartial in the discharge of their duties The mixed and somewhat ethnic reactions to the recent violent clash between the Yoruba and Hausa in Ile-Ife, Osun State were...
View ArticleTHE LAGOS SAFETY CORPS
The neighbourhood safety corps will serve a valuable purpose Last week, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode formally unveiled the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LSNSC), a community policing institution...
View ArticleGovernment And Information Leakages
Unauthorised release of confidential information discredits government and weakens the decision making process Increasingly, the machinery of government seems to be finding it difficult to protect the...
View ArticleMUCH ADO ABOUT RECOVERY PLAN
MONDAY EDITORIAL Nigeria is still on a shaky ground More than two years after he was elected and just a few weeks to the half-term of his administration, President Muhamadu Buhari last week launched a...
View ArticleTHE MENINGITIS EMERGENCY
The health authorities could do more to tame the killer disease The recent outbreak of Meningitis with fatalities in excess of 400 people exposes the underbelly of our national health care service...
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