YET ANOTHER DELUGE
MONDAY EDITORIAL There is need to pay more attention to the environment While hundreds of thousands of citizens are still counting their losses, nature is wreaking havocs on communities in several...
View ArticleTHE CORRUPTION CONUNDRUM
The Carnegie report provides lessons on the war against corruption A recent report of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace singled out corruption as the most important obstacle preventing...
View ArticleTHE ALARM ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Nigeria could do more to stem the menace of human trafficking British Prime Minister Theresa May was recently in Nigeria as part of a three-nation African tour. While in the country, she spoke...
View ArticleEdo Govt Trains Learning Officers to Promote Basic Education
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City Edo State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), has said that the ongoing training for learning and development Officers, who are championing the Edo Basic Education...
View ArticleANYTHING CAN HAPPEN HERE!
We should be prepared for every eventuality, argues Olusegun Adeniyi In the aftermath of the earth tremors that hit Abuja last week, the federal government assured residents of their safety but it is...
View ArticleBUHARI AND THE UNSIGNED PGIB
The rejection of the bill is a major setback for the country Citing the provision that empowers the proposed Petroleum Regulatory Commission to retain as much as 10 per cent of the revenue generated...
View ArticleDEALING WITH THE LAGOS CHAOS
Government should introduce a policy that will encourage patronage of the ports in the Eastern part of the country In calling for the revival of the ports in the eastern part of the country in a bid to...
View ArticleTHE DRUMS OF RESTRUCTURING
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has been in the forefront of restructuring, argues Kanmi Ademiluyi “Restructuring” is all the rage. It has become all things to all segments and a political battering ram...
View ArticleBuhari And The Rule of Law
Democracy is built on the principle of rule of law Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently cried out on the urgent need to pull the country back from the troubling...
View ArticleTHE CANCER SCOURGE IN NIGERIA
MONDAY EDITORIAL Government could do more to contain the menace The increasing cases of cancer infections among Nigerians, young and old, only help to make life and living a little more precarious. In...
View ArticleOSUN POLL: NOT ANOTHER BAZAAR, PLEASE
The electorate should be allowed to determine the outcome of the election Come Saturday, the people of Osun State will go to the poll to elect a new governor for another four years. It is yet another...
View ArticleTACKLING THE LAKE CHAD CRISIS
For there to be any enduring peace, the people of the region need to be empowered In a bid to contain the grave humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Region, a two–day conference was last week held in...
View ArticleTHE FALLING EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
There must be minimum standards for the establishment of universities Given the manner in which many of the private universities in the country, including those with ramshackle facilities and second...
View ArticleKUDOS TO NIGERIAN PRISONS SERVICE
The Prisons Service deserves a pat for winning the Confucius Award After a barrage of negative reports, Nigeria recorded a milestone on 7th September, when the United Nations Educational, Scientific...
View ArticleAbuja Earth Tremors And Matters Arising
There is need for proper monitoring of all earthquake-prone zones in the country The recent outbreak of multiple earth tremors in some parts of Abuja jolted the city and caused many residents agony...
View ArticleTHAT LEAH SHARIBU BE FREED
Monday Editorial The government should do all within its powers to get Leah Sharibu out of captivity Leah Sharibu, the lone Christian Dapchi school girl who was held back by Boko Haram insurgents when...
View ArticleTHE CBN SANCTIONS ON MTN
Corporate players in Nigeria must play by the rules Three years after being slammed with an unprecedented $5.2 billion fine by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) for violating the SIM card...
View ArticleTHE TRUNCATED NIGERIA AIR PROJECT
What went wrong? Hadi Sirika owes Nigerians an explanation Nigerians who were elated at the prospect of having a national carrier whose operations would cut into the over $1 billion the foreign...
View ArticleAS OSUN CONCLUDES GUBER POLL
Everything should be done to ensure that the election is credible Shortly before the Osun State gubernatorial election was declared inconclusive last Sunday, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the United...
View ArticleINEC And Bungled Elections
The Osun governorship election seems to suggest that we are harking backwards If justice, equity and fairness are the metric used, it is safe to conclude that the Osun State gubernatorial election was...
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