THE WELFARE OF POLICE FAMILIES
The police must be well provided for With the manner in which contributions have flowed into the GoFundMe account opened for the family of the late Sergeant Chukwudi Iboko, following the intervention...
View ArticleBEYOND THE ARREST OF EVANS
Chukwudi Onuamadike, billionaire kidnapper, must be safe and well guarded It was a good week for the security agencies. A leading kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, also known as Evans, was...
View ArticleINCESSANT COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS
The regulatory agencies should be alive to their responsibilities Despite assurances by the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, several buildings are...
View ArticleTHE TUBERCULOSIS BURDEN
The health authorities could do more to contain the scourge Tuberculosis still constitutes a major public health problem in Nigeria. A new report by the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control...
View ArticlePulling Back from The Precipice
There is urgent need to address the present political structure which has increasingly become a recipe for uncertainty and instability In a season when hateful rhetoric is being peddled across the...
View ArticleTHE END OF RAMADAN
MONDAY EDITORIAL There is need to continue to champion the cause of the needy and the less privileged in the society After a season of fasting and prayer which offered all Muslims the opportunity to...
View ArticleNEEDLESS TUSSLE OVER BUDGET POWERS
There should be collaboration and cooperation between the executive and the legislature in the preparation of the budget estimates Signing the 2017 Appropriation Act into law on the historic day of...
View ArticleTHE MADNESS IN TARABA STATE
There is need for the critical stakeholders to sit down and sink their differences At an average elevation of about 1,600 metres above sea level, the highest in Nigeria, with many of the adjoining...
View ArticleNTI DG Advocates Introduction of Environmental Education in Schools
John Shiklam in Kaduna The Director General and Chief Executive of the National Teachers (NTI), Kaduna, Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare, has advocated for the introduction of environmental education in...
View ArticlePRESIDENT BUHARI’S BAFFLING BROADCAST
President Buhari’s broadcast to Nigerians in Hausa is ill-advised To put it mildly, it is baffling that President Muhammadu Buhari should choose to address Nigerians in Hausa, rather than the medium...
View ArticlePRESIDENT BUHARI’S BAFFLING BROADCAST
President Buhari’s broadcast to Nigerians in Hausa is ill-advised put it mildly, it is baffling that President Muhammadu Buhari should choose to address Nigerians in Hausa, rather than the medium of...
View ArticleTHE FURY OF FLOODS
The authorities could improve on measures to prevent flooding In the last one month torrential rains have wreaked serious havoc on lives and property in several parts of the country. But nowhere has...
View ArticleThe Deplorable State of Federal Roads
The federal government should find innovative ways to tackle the challenge of collapsing road infrastructure across the country The deplorable state of federal roads came into focus a fortnight ago...
View ArticleREADING CULTURE AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
MONDAY EDITORIAL Libraries are agents of development The National Librarian, Professor Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina, last week, called on stakeholders in the education sector to go to the grassroots and...
View ArticleTHE CALL FOR ADR MECHANISM
The alternative means of resolving disputes deserves more attention Fascinated by the way and manner disputes were amicably resolved by African people through mediation and arbitration during the...
View ArticleBOKO HARAM: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS
There is urgent need to scale up intelligence gathering to ensure violent acts are nipped in the bud That Boko Haram, the violent militant group, still constitutes grave danger for Nigeria is to state...
View ArticleCURBING CYBERCRIMES IN NIGERIA
There is need to enforce the cybercrimes act Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems are now as basic to our lives as water and electricity. Many individuals, corporate organisations...
View ArticleWHEN JUNGLE JUSTICE REIGNS
Friday Editorial The authorities have to do more to protect the people A Lagos-based comedian Chinedu Paul and two others were last week named the latest victims of mob justice. Paul, aka Think Twice,...
View ArticleBADOO Impunity And The Cult Wars
Policing emphasis has to shift from law enforcement to crime prevention to stem the tide of crime and mob justice They called him Think Twice. He was a young man who made a living from making other...
View ArticleTHE CALL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
Decentralised renewable energy offers competitive advantage Against the background that electricity consumers in the country remain grossly under-served with one of the lowest energy-per-capita rates...
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