GOVERNMENT AND TAX DEFAULTERS
There is need to bring more people into the tax net Due to the slump in the cost of oil in the global market, the pressure on the tax authority has never been greater, particularly in our...
View ArticleENDING MALARIA FOR GOOD
There is still much to do to rout the malaria scourge People across the world recently commemorated World Malaria Day with the theme, “End Malaria for Good”. It was yet another reminder to the health...
View ArticleWhistle-Blower Policy on Illicit Arms
Government should codify the policy into law to elicit the confidence of the public In a bid to throw the spotlight on illicit gun ownership and control in the country, the federal government announced...
View ArticleSTATES AND THE UBEC FUND
MONDAY EDITORIAL The states may do well by accessing the UBEC fund in the interest of the Nigerian child It is depressing that even as primary education in the country remains in a shambles, a...
View ArticleNTC ACT AND THE TOBACCO LOBBY
It’s time to implement the tobacco control act A recent alarm that tobacco companies were working to derail the implementation of the National Tobacco Control, (NTC) Act, signed into law in 2015 by...
View ArticleUNILAG Alumni Awards Scholarships to Indigent Students
Funmi Ogundare Miss Ndidiamaka Egbe, is a 400 level student of the department of Arts and Social Science, University of Lagos. Brought up in a polygamous home, her parents who are farmers and reside in...
View ArticleTHE RELEASE OF 82 CHIBOK GIRLS
Cheering as it is, there is much more to do to restore order to the nation Following the release of a new set of 82 abducted Chibok schoolgirls last weekend, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar spoke...
View ArticleRESEARCH AND THE UNIVERSITIES
There is urgent need to invest in research in the universities How can the link between universities and industries be strengthened in Nigeria? That was the question that engaged the attention of...
View ArticleNFF MUST PUT HOUSE IN ORDER
The football authorities must ensure prompt payment of salaries By the time Shuaibu Amodu died as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director last year, the four-time former coach of the...
View ArticleThe Plight of Nigerian Workers
Conversations for a new wage cap should consider the need for fiscal federalism The last May Day protest in Abuja and some other places in the country was another demonstration of the growing anger in...
View ArticleMAKING GOOD USE OF ECOLOGICAL FUND
MONDAY EDITORIAL It’s a decision whose time has come The National Economic Council (NEC) rose from its meeting in Abuja last month with a resolution that states and local governments would henceforth...
View ArticleTHE POLITICS OF INFIRMITY
Those campaigning for a second term for ailing President Buhari are misguided The recent orchestration of a second term bid for the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari should be dismissed as purposeful...
View ArticleTHE INEVITABILITY OF PPP
The authorities must ensure the enabling environment is attractive Acting President Yemi Osinbajo last week underlined the necessity for collaboration between the public and private sectors if we must...
View ArticlePOLICE AND THE CIVIL POPULACE
The police must act within the law The insistence by the Lagos State Public Advice Centre Director, Mrs Tola Akinsanya, that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ijesha Police station who last...
View ArticleDEATH FROM GENERATOR FUMES
There is need for enlightenment campaign on the use of generators A widow and her three children in the Ikorodu area of Lagos lost their lives in a rather cheap manner recently. With no power supply...
View ArticleTo Thy Communities O Policemen!
Sending federal policemen to their communities may be a great idea, but it is also laden with grave perils The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, said at a security stakeholders’ meeting...
View ArticleBURATAI’S WARNING AND MATTERS ARISING
The Army should investigate, arrest and prosecute all those involved in the security breach The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, last week warned army officers and soldiers to steer...
View ArticleTHE NATIONAL STADIUM IN LAGOS
The federal government should hand it over to the Lagos State Government that is willing to put it into productive use Built in 1972 to host the All African Games that was held a year later, the...
View ArticleGUARDING AGAINST EBOLA OUTBREAK
Nigerians should continue to be vigilant The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week alerted the world to another outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the last...
View ArticleTHE RAPISTS OF IKOYI SCHOOL
All the stakeholders must do more to curb the rot in our schools The recent foiled attempt at gang-rape involving some senior students of Ireti Grammar School, Falomo in Lagos was a testimony to the...
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