THE SHAME OF FEDERAL ROADS…2
The nation’s highways need more attention At an elaborate ceremony last week, the federal government announced the release of N100 billion Sukuk bonds to pay some contractors to facilitate the...
View ArticleJustice For Abuja Women
The victory of Njemanje and others at the court is a wake-up call to act within the law We feel vindicated by last Thursday’s judgment of the ECOWAS Court which imposed a fine of N18 million on the...
View ArticleABATTOIRS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
MONDAY EDITORIAL Health authorities could do more to improve the state of abattoirs The findings by different studies keep pointing to one fact: the increasing health hazards in consuming the beef...
View ArticlePOLICE AND RISING CRIME RATES
The federal government should investigate the allegations against the officers and men of the force and weed out the bad eggs Even before the ascendancy of the “ember” months, violent crimes had been...
View ArticleNNPC: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSPARENCY
The NNPC’s contract scandal offers another opportunity to reform the corporation Even if the belated response of Mr. Maikanti Baru to the leaked memo containing grave allegations on the running of the...
View ArticleBEYOND ASO ROCK CLINICAL DEFICIT
There is urgent need to overhaul the nation’s health facilities At their best, power elite all over the world are known for one thing: enlightened self-interest. They usually appropriate the choicest...
View ArticleOF VCS AND NIGERIAN GRADUATES
Many vice-chancellors are implicated in the steady decline in university education The Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) recently decried what it considers the...
View ArticleTHE SIX-YEAR SINGLE TERM PROPOSAL
Nigeria’s challenge with the presidential system is not with numbers or terms, but seriously with governance The debate on the number of years and terms a Nigerian President should spend in office was...
View ArticleBORROWING (1): THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MONDAY EDITORIAL The growing debts could be ruinously expensive to the nation As Nigeria continues to pile up debts, believing we can borrow our way out of the current mess, the International...
View ArticleThe states should cut down on costs of governance
BORROWING (2): THE STATE GOVERNMENT At a period the debt profile of the 36 states, according to BudgIT, has increased from N3.03 trillion in 2015 to N3.89 trillion in 2017, the governors are...
View ArticleTHE MAINA RECALL SCANDAL
The credibility of the administration’s cornerstone – the anti-graft war- is increasingly being eroded The summary dismissal of the fugitive former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Mr....
View ArticleRENEWED VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE
Security agencies and other stakeholders must do more to end the violence No fewer than 29 villagers, mostly women and children, were recently killed in Irigwe chiefdom in Bassa Local Government Area...
View ArticleZUMA’S SCANDALOUS STATUE IN OWERRI
The statue in honour of President Zuma is ill-conceived The erection of a statue of the President of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma, in Owerri by the Imo State Governor, Mr Rochas Okorocha has continued...
View ArticleTHE CONCLAVE OF SOUTHERN GOVERNORS
The Southern Governors’ Forum meeting is a commendable move towards a viable bloc consensus The meeting, last Monday, of the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) is a pointer to the rising awareness of the...
View ArticleYET ANOTHER POPULATION WARNING
MONDAY EDITORIAL There is need to invest massively in education According to the latest figures from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria currently accounts...
View ArticleSENATOR MISAU AND THE CORRUPTION WAR
It is in public interest to probe the allegations against the IGP The Police authorities, last Thursday, explained the circumstances that led to the release of two operational vehicles to the office of...
View ArticleMAINA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL SCANDAL
The President should be held to account for Maina’s reinstatement in spite of a contrary counsel When we wrote last week that the reinstatement and promotion of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, the fugitive...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT AND BVN DEFAULTERS
The government action is largely justified In a deft move that caught many unawares, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja, last week, ordered that account holders without Bank...
View ArticleFITTING LESSONS FOR THE HEALTH SECTOR
The Afe Babalola and Nile universities’ initiative should be emulated Despite the decline in socio-economic activities in the country, some private investors have decided to channel their resources...
View ArticleCABINET JOBS FOR THE BOYS?
Cabinet reshuffle may be necessary but it should not be about creating jobs for the boys Responding to mounting pressure from both the big wigs and the rank and file in the ruling all Progressives...
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