PENSIONERS AND THEIR ENTITLEMENTS
MONDAY EDITORIAL PenCom should apply stricter measures in enforcing compliance with the provisions of the act A major attraction in public service, despite its poor remuneration package, is the benefit...
View ArticleTHE LEGISLATIVE PRESIDING OFFICERS
Legislators should strive to follow due process Although there are procedures for removing the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as Speakers in the 36 States...
View ArticleTHE INVASION OF SOKOTO AIRPORT RUNWAY
The authorities should ensure that the airports are safe and secure In yet another disgraceful breach of security to score cheap political point, loyalists and supporters of the former governor of...
View ArticleASHOLA VERSUS ELECTRICITY DISCOS
All the stakeholders should work towards resolving the power problem After several months of giving excuses on behalf of the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos), the Minister of Power, Works...
View ArticleDOING BUSINESS WITH TEARS
There is still much more to do to ease the business climate Going by the ‘2018 Investment Climate’ report by the United States’ Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, corruption and inconsistent...
View ArticleThe Invasion of National Assembly
Nigerians expect a higher commitment to the rule of law and respect for the critical institutions of state There is an urgent need to rise above mundane blame games and narrow political stone throwing...
View ArticleTHE 17,000 MISSING NIGERIANS
The authorities must treat the ICRC report with all seriousness The report last week by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) detailing how no fewer than 17,000 Nigerians were missing is...
View ArticleFUNDING THE 2019 ELECTION
The National Assembly should rise above partisanship as they deliberate on the INEC budget As the National Assembly suspends its two-month recess for Wednesday’s emergency meeting to consider the...
View ArticleAgain, Buhari Declines Assent to Electoral Act Amendment Bill
•Use of card reader in jeopardy •Presidency explains action today •Appeal Court halts arrest of INEC chairman Alex Enumah in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has again vetoed the Electoral Act...
View ArticleA’Ibom Targets 2,000 Public Schools for Renovation
Okon Bassey in Uyo Akwa Ibom state government says it has renovated more than 200 public schools across the 31 local government areas of the state in the last three years. The State Commissioner for...
View ArticleTHE NIGERIAN PRESS COUNCIL BILL
The bill is an unnecessary interference We join the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) in vehemently rejecting the proposed Nigerian Press Council...
View ArticleTech-U Emerges First Technical Varsity
Following the passage into law of a recent amendment to the 2012 Law setting up the Technical University, Ibadan by the Oyo State House of Assembly, the university has now been renamed the first...
View ArticleWASSCE 2018 Excellent Performance Confirms Caleb’s Standard
The Proprietor of Caleb British International School, Lekki, Lagos, Dr. Ola Adebogun has described the 100 per cent the school recorded in the recently released West African Senior School Certificate...
View ArticleFALLEN SOLDIERS AND SECRET BURIALS
Soldiers who die fighting so that we may live deserve decent burials While the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group recently accused the military of secretly burying soldiers killed by Boko Haram...
View ArticleTRIBUTE: Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It?
Aretha Franklin turned Otis Redding’s plea into the most empowering popular recording ever made. Officially, “Respect” is a relationship song. That’s how Otis Redding wrote it. But love wasn’t what...
View ArticleA MAN WITH COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS
Mohammed Haruna pays tribute to Adamu Ciroma, elder statesman, administrator and man of character A little over 16 years ago, on June 10, 2002 to be precise, I wrote a syndicated piece in the New...
View ArticleTHE NYSC TRAGEDY IN TARABA
MONDAY EDITORIAL The death of seven members of the NYSC is unsettling The death recently in Taraba State of nine National Youth Service Corps members is a national tragedy. These corps members were...
View ArticleBEYOND THE RAM MEAT
The festival offers another opportunity for a life of sacrifice, charity and love The Eid al-Adha, better known as Eid-el-Kabir being marked today across the world is a festival that calls for...
View ArticleTHE PASSAGE OF KOFI ANNAN
WEDNESDAY EDITORIAL Kofi Annan, former Secretary- General of the United Nations, dies at age 80 With the death last Saturday of Mr Kofi Annan, Africa has lost a major statesman, global ambassador and...
View ArticleTHE LAWLESSNESS OF A MINISTER
The Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, should be called to order Shortly before the deadline given by the football world governing body for Nigeria to resolve the contrived leadership dispute in the...
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