DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION
Negligent power distribution companies should be severely sanctioned Announcing its readiness in Abuja to host a global power safety summit in October this year, the Abuja Electricity Distribution...
View ArticleThe Lagos Tanker Explosion
As long as truck drivers continue to do what they like, they will continue to endanger lives In one of those tragedies for which our country has become notorious, no fewer than nine persons were burnt...
View ArticleTHE 2018 BUDGET CONTROVERSY
MONDAY EDITORIAL Funds for constituency projects should be streamlined and justified In signing the 2018 Budget into law two weeks ago, President Muhammadu Buhari did rather grudgingly as he complained...
View ArticleA MOST RECKLESS MINISTER
Dan-Ali, Minister of Defence, is increasingly becoming a liability to the government After his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari last week, following the Plateau State killings, the Speaker of...
View ArticleTHE OMINOUS THREAT FROM ISIS
The security agencies should ensure that the Islamic terrorists have no base in the country In apparent response to reports that the battle-hardened members of the Islamic State terrorist group from...
View ArticleKIF AND THE IDEA OF NEW NIGERIA
Olusegun Adeniyi writes that the Kashim Ibrahim Foundation fellows is a good initiative by the Kaduna State Government Watching the videos of the 31 shortlisted candidates each of who made a...
View ArticleVIOLENCE IN THE HOMES
The law prohibiting violence against persons should be enforced From the lady whose policeman-husband regularly threatens her with a gun to the business man who has turned his wife into a punching bag...
View ArticleREAL WORTH OF A NIGERIAN’S LIFE
The story of Thailand’s 13 holds lesson for Nigeria, writes Monday Philips Ekpe The stories coming out of the cave in Thailand where 12 adolescents and their 25 years old coach have been trapped for...
View ArticleWHY GOOD JOURNALISM MATTERS
Good journalism will continue to matter as it plays the critical role of informing the citizens and keeping those in power accountable For almost a week, Nigeria hosted the cream of journalists and...
View ArticleEkiti State Governorship Election
It is a test case of the INEC’s preparedness for the 2019 general election Come Saturday, the people of Ekiti State will go to the poll to elect their next governor. The election will not just be a...
View ArticleNIGERIA AND THE POVERTY REPORT
MONDAY EDITORIAL The Brookings report on growing poverty in Nigeria is another wake-up call A recent global poverty ranking which places Nigeria at the bottom of the ladder has continued to rankle the...
View ArticleRAPE AND ENUGU SCHOOLS
Criminals will continue to act with impunity unless they are severely sanctioned Evidently because it is easy for rapists to get away with their heinous crime in the state, Enugu is becoming...
View ArticleA NATION AND ITS READING CULTURE
The authorities should invest in public libraries Since poor reading habit is causative of the poor performance of most students in school assessments and examinations, we endorse the decision by the...
View ArticlePARADOX OF PLENTY AND PENURY
Government could do more to contain the prevailing poverty in the land, writes Monday Philips Ekpe I can’t say for sure what sentiments I have for statistics. Maybe respect, disdain, awe or suspicion....
View ArticleTHE ABUJA LITERARY FESTIVAL
There is need to place more emphasis on the development of the arts In a nation where the creative arts are not fully appreciated, the recently concluded Literary and Arts Festival (ALitFest) is...
View ArticleWHO SPEAKS FOR THE FULANI BOY?
Much more could be done to improve the lot of the Fulani boy who rears cattle, argues Okezie Victor Ikpeazu Like every other Nigerian, I am deeply appalled and genuinely concerned over the horrific and...
View ArticleWho Will Stop These Killings?
The security agencies are ineffective. They are due for overhaul Nothing highlights the desperate situation in which Nigeria has found itself today than the harrowing words by the governor of Sokoto,...
View ArticleTHE NFIU ACT AND MATTERS ARISING
MONDAY EDITORIAL The government should urgently submit the act to the Egmont group Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Act, 2018. The law...
View ArticleADMIRALTY LAW AND TREATIES IN NIGERIA
The authorities could do more by domesticating international treaties Organised by the Nigerian Shippers Council and the National Judicial Council with the theme “Institutional Excellence in Admiralty...
View ArticleTHE SCOURGE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The authorities should address the problem of poverty Of the around 700,000 persons trafficked across the world every year, Nigeria’s notoriety in the act has become an issue of international concern....
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