CONTAINING LASSA FEVER
The health authorities could do more to tame the viral disease The gravity of the current health emergency in the country was driven home on Monday when the Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole,...
View ArticleAPC’s Volte Face On Restructuring
APC’s about-turn rekindles hope for the overdue restructuring of the country Although the All Progressives Congress (APC) committed itself to restructuring the country and promised to support...
View ArticleRICHER AT THE POOR’S EXPENSE
MONDAY EDITORIAL Policymakers should strive to ensure fair distribution of economic opportunities among the citizens The reality of the Nigerian condition was brought home to President Muhammadu Buhari...
View ArticleEXECUTIVE ORDER ON LOCAL CONTENT
The order, if well implemented, will enhance increased participation of local firms in the economy Barely nine months after directing all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to give preference...
View ArticleMUCH ADO ABOUT BASA AGREEMENTS
The BASA agreements are underutilised Without providing details, the Presidency announced last week that Nigeria had signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with five countries: Algeria,...
View Article2019 AND THE VOTE CONJURERS
Desperate politicians are posing new challenges to the will of the people, writes Olusegun Adeniyi For a man who came to power without contesting an election in the real sense of the word, one can...
View ArticleWHEN POLICE BECOME PRIVATE GUARDS
The police force must be helped to regain its pride of place Although the revelation that no fewer than 150,000 police personnel, representing about 30 per cent of their entire force, are attached to...
View ArticleTHE NFIU CONTROVERSY
The authorities must intervene quickly to ensure that the country is not suspended The suspension in July, 2017 of Nigeria from the Egmont group, following failure to grant operational autonomy to the...
View ArticleThe Exit of Jacob Zuma
The resignation of Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa holds lessons for Nigeria The resignation, last Wednesday, of President Jacob Zuma clearly demonstrates the limits of individual absolutism...
View ArticleROAD ACCIDENTS AND THE ECONOMY
MONDAY EDITORIAL The authorities must do more to stop the carnage on our roads The death, last week in Bauchi State, of 20 students, two teachers and a driver, in a motor accident along the...
View ArticleGOVERNORS AND STATE POLICE
State police should be part of the wider conversation on restructuring the federation Control of police by the states gained more converts last week with critical stakeholders throwing their weight...
View ArticleWHY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES MATTER
Government must take concrete steps to protect indigenous languages by enforcing the national policy on education As the world marks the 2018 International Mother Tongue Day, it is important for all...
View ArticleTHE TUBERCULOSIS SCOURGE
The relevant authorities could do more to contain the disease A recent journal report on the high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Nigeria calls for concerted efforts by the health authorities,...
View ArticleANOTHER $500M FOR AJAOKUTA?
Government should hands off the running of the steel company The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, last week, captured the nation’s anguish over the troubled Ajaokuta Steel Plant...
View ArticleThe Resurgence of Corruption
The Transparency International verdict corresponds largely with the perception of many Nigerians Since we were almost certain that the anti-corruption outing of this administration was bound to...
View ArticleTHE TRAGEDY IN DAPCHI
MONDAY EDITORIAL The authorities must do more to secure the future of our children The fact that Nigeria hardly learn from its experiences was brought to fore last week when the “technically defeated”...
View ArticleTRAFFICKING AND THE WITCH DOCTORS
The authorities could do more to contain the menace The recent decision by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), to engage the services of native witch doctors to...
View ArticleCURBING CHILD DEATH IN NIGERIA
The health authorities should invest more in the primary health care system For the umpteenth time, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has in a new report raised the alarm about Nigeria’s...
View ArticleCURBING UNDERAGE VOTING
There is urgent need for more voters’ education In the wake of the nationwide outrage that greeted what transpired at the recent Kano State Local Government election, the Independent National Electoral...
View Article30 YEARS OF ROAD SAFETY IN NIGERIA
The FRSC has done remarkably well Established in 1988 by then military leader, General Ibrahim Babangida as an interventionist agency to address the menace of road accidents, the Federal Road Safety...
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