THE WASTING FEDERAL ASSETS…2
Many wasting national assets could be put to productive use By initiating a discussion on some of the prime assets that can be converted into productive activities, we believe that the Lagos State...
View ArticleNigeria And Homeland Security
As more evidence of incompetence emerges, the security agencies must work harder to secure the nation In an apparent move to mitigate the deteriorating security situation across the country, the...
View ArticleTHE EXPEDITION TO WASHINGTON
President Buhari’s visit would be meaningless if it does not add value to Nigeria’s wobbly democracy Less than three years in office, President Muhammadu Buhari will shake the hands of a second United...
View ArticleUK AND THE ‘WINDRUSH GENERATION’
The mistreatment of the Caribbean immigrants is sad and unfortunate The recent decision by the United Kingdom government to deport Caribbean immigrants otherwise known as the ‘Windrush generation’...
View ArticleNIGHTMARE IN LAGOS, PORT HARCOURT…1
The environment has become so polluted that death lurks in the nation’s air, contaminated land and unhygienic water The quality of the environment in Nigeria is declining so fast that it is gradually...
View ArticleNIGHTMARE IN LAGOS, PORT HARCOURT…2
Government must pay more attention to the environment Apparently due to poor funding, all the NESREA offices across the nation are in distress, just like the offices of the Federal Ministry of...
View ArticleWHINE NOT, NIGERIAN YOUTH
Monday Philips Ekpe argues that the youths are in a position to chart a bright future for themselves I am not about to lambast President Muhammadu Buhari for the impression he created the other day at...
View ArticleTHE LOCKDOWN ON IFE CAMPUS
The Obafemi Awolowo University should be opened immediately while both parties are resolving the issues at stake In a dramatic decision that bodes ill for tertiary education in Nigeria, the Osun...
View ArticleLet’s Avoid Sectarian Violence
The security agencies could do more to contain the violence On April 24, Reverend Fathers Joseph Gor, Felix Tyolaha and several other parishioners of the St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Ukpor-Mbalom,...
View ArticleRESOLVING THE JOHESU PALAVER
MONDAY EDITORIAL Strikes among the unions have become too common for meaningful development The ongoing strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) which began on April 17 is already crippling...
View ArticleTHE SENATOR MELAYE RECALL FIASCO
Only the voters can decide the fate of Dino Melaye The failed attempt last week to recall Dino Melaye, the loud and controversial senator representing Kogi West, suggests something very troubling....
View ArticleThaw In The Korean Peninsula?
An agreement between the US and China holds greater lever for peace in the Peninsula After 65 years under the psychology of conflict, antagonism and nuclear brinkmanship, the world sighed in some...
View ArticleSAD ROMANCE WITH MIND BENDING
All the stakeholders should fuse efforts to tackle the problem of drug addiction among our youths, writes Monday Philips Ekpe My first encounter with the subject of chemical abuse was in the early...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF SAFE WATER
Government must make clean and safe water accessible to all Safe water is a basic commodity necessary for the survival of humanity. But a recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
View ArticleThe Senate Versus IGP Idris
Even with the Senate excesses, Ibrahim Idris has become more dangerous to the system than many may realize The exchange of intemperate words between the Senate and the Inspector- General of Police, Mr...
View ArticleTHE CONTINUED DETENTION OF EL-ZAKZAKY
The detention of the Shi’ite leader is wrong and unlawful The continued detention of Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzaky, the leader of Shi’ite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) by the federal government in...
View ArticleBEYOND THE BAN ON CODEINE
All the stakeholders must do more to contain the problem of drug addiction The noise about the link between the illicit codeine trade and drug abuse in the northern part of Nigeria seems to be ebbing....
View ArticleN’Assembly Raises 2018 Budget by N500bn, May be Passed Thursday
• C’ttee on Senate invasion summons Omo-Agege, Ndume • Delta senator makes U-Turn, stays away from plenary Damilola Oyedele and James Emejo in Abuja Six months after it was laid before a joint session...
View ArticleINEC And The Voter Register
All the stakeholders must ensure the register is credible In the aftermath of the impunity recorded during the last local government election in Kano State where underage voting was allegedly...
View ArticleBEFORE MARRIAGE TURNS MORBID
Monday Philips Ekpe argues that people should not surrender their security to others The story is sordid. Even though it is still legally within the realm of allegations, as the court is yet to...
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