Beyond The Dapchi Tragedy
Government must go beyond the usual blame game to halt the widespread chaos and killings in the land When gunmen invade areas, kill people on an industrial scale, torch whole villages and disappear...
View ArticleCONTAINING THE LASSA FEVER EPIDEMIC
MONDAY EDITORIAL The authorities could do more to contain the viral disease Even though many Nigerians may not be paying attention, Lassa fever, a deadly viral disease that took its name from one of...
View ArticleTHE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL 2017
Withholding assent to the bill might set in motion problems that could mar the 2019 elections The alarm by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that it has in its custody a mountain load of...
View ArticleTIME TO RECHARGE LAKE CHAD
The campaign to revive the lake has been a failure. The concerned authorities must do more to catch up with the rhetoric At a three-day international conference on how to recharge the drying and...
View ArticleWinners Emerge in Design Genre Architecture Contest
Winners of the annual Design Genre Architecture competition aimed at deepening the talent base of students by exposing them to real life architectural projects have emerged. The winning team comprising...
View ArticleFAIRER DEAL FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN
Nigerian women deserve a better deal from the society As women all over the world mark the International Women’s Day and celebrate their achievements in the last century, critical stakeholders in...
View ArticleMALNUTRITION IN NIGERIA
The relevant authorities must do more to address the problem of hunger and malnutrition The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that the South-west has the second highest number of...
View ArticleWhy Healthcare Matters!
There is need for a major reform that will place healthcare as the leading public policy issue As part of its corporate social responsibility, THISDAY newspapers last week held a policy dialogue in...
View ArticleTHE NLC AT 40
MONDAY EDITORIAL The Congress must uphold democratic principles and operate by the spirit and content of its constitution The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) last week concluded a number of activities...
View ArticleTHE REX TILLERSON STOPOVER
The visit fits into the US long standing policy of containing trouble and trouble makers in faraway places For an administration that has had scant regard for and interest in the continent, the visit...
View ArticleThe UK effort is a wake-up call on the imperative of reforming our prisons
BEFORE THE LONDON PRISONERS ARRIVE In a not-so-subtle vote of no confidence in the Nigerian prison system, the United Kingdom is planning the construction of a £700,000 jail in our country so as to...
View ArticleDATA AND THE OIL INDUSTRY
The dearth of credible data hinders transparency and accountability It is shameful but rather typical that even when Nigeria was able to provide the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Country...
View ArticleTHE ROAD TO UMUKABIA
Emma Agu pays tribute to Nneoma Eunice Iwu, matriarch of the Iwu family Before 2003, Professor Maurice Iwu’s name had not yet been etched on the public psyche like a recurrent decimal. By the same...
View ArticleINSTITUTIONAL MEMORY FOR ECOMOG COMMANDERS
Gen. Shagaya’s death is a wake-up call for the region to preserve the achievements of its brave soldiers, writes Ben Asante One after the other, Nigeria is gradually losing some of its finest regional...
View ArticleHAWKING: A GENIUS FOR HUMANITY
Professor Stephen Hawking, physicist and leading intellectual dies, aged 76 Arguably one of the greatest scientists of the last century, the death on Wednesday in the United Kingdom of Professor...
View ArticleBeyond The NASU Strike Suspension
Frequent strikes have very damaging impact on academic pursuits With more than half the current academic session gone, the non-teaching staff of Nigerian universities operating under three unions,...
View ArticleTHE ELEPHANT KILLER OF IDANRE
Monday Editorial The authorities could do more to protect wildlife across the country In a devastating blow to conservation of wildlife in Nigeria, an ignorant hunter last week shot and killed an...
View ArticleLAWMAKERS AND THEIR RUNNING COSTS
The cost of running government is excessive For years, the sheer lack of transparency that shrouds the remunerations of National Assembly members and the magnitude of their financial outlay had been an...
View ArticleTHE CASE FOR POLICE REFORMS
The present standard of the police is unacceptable The recent invasion by unknown gunmen of a police station in Gbako Local Government Area of Niger State where some detained criminals were released...
View ArticleYET ANOTHER POOR WAEC RESULTS
The authorities must do more to turn the fortunes around The depressing state of education in the country was again highlighted last week when only 18 per cent of the candidates that sat for the West...
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