CURBING THE SCOURGE OF CULTISM
The security agencies should do more to fight cultism While Lagos has been the epicentre of most of the recent cultist upheavals on account of the notorious operations of ‘Badoo Boys’ in Ikorodu where...
View ArticlePRESIDENT BUHARI AND UNSIGNED BILLS
President Buhari should sign the electoral amendment bill in the nation’s interest Penultimate Thursday, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnogen was an unusual guest at the Senate. He had...
View ArticleYET ANOTHER TRAGEDY ON THE WATERWAYS
The authorities should enforce safety standards on the waterways With the drowning of no fewer than 19 children in a boat mishap last Saturday in Lafiagi, Edu local government area of Kwara State,...
View ArticleELECTORAL ACT AND THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO
The rejection of the electoral amendment bill presages a return to impunity After months of speculations that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) might be uncomfortable with the idea of...
View ArticleFIRE AND THE HARMATTAN SEASON
MONDAY EDITORIAL There is need to invest more in safety equipment The Harmattan haze has announced its arrival and is gradually creeping and putting people and businesses at the risk of fire disasters...
View Article2019 POLL: AVERTING A CATASTROPHE
The future is precarious unless politicians end the spectre of impunity Apparently worried by a political environment suffused with mud-slinging, rancour, incitement and hate speech, the National...
View ArticleOF ASUU AND ENDLESS STRIKES
WEDNESDAY EDITORIAL ASUU and the federal government should find a common ground to ensure that the strike is called off With the latest strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),...
View ArticleTHE BANE OF CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
Child marriage is an issue that must be addressed because of its grave implications That the prevalence of maternal and child mortality has grave impacts on our human capital development is not in...
View ArticleHIGH RATE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS
The FRSC could do more to stem the carnage on our roads Statistics of death on our roads are becoming rather alarming. Last month, 11 students of the University of Maiduguri who were sent home from...
View ArticleA MANIFESTO I NEVER WROTE
Willy Eleje Abili dreams big for Ebonyi State In 2017, I wrote up two articles titled ‘My Dream for Ebonyi State’, which was published in two parts in THISDAY Newspaper of 14th and 21st April. The...
View ArticleBeyond The Vice-Presidential Debate
Debates among political office seekers are healthy for the democratic process The vice-presidential candidates of five political parties on Friday held a debate to persuade Nigerians on how to...
View ArticleTACKLING THE YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK
MONDAY EDITORIAL The renewed outbreak is a wake-up call to be more proactive Nigeria has been experiencing sporadic outbreaks of Yellow fever since September 2017 when the first case was confirmed in a...
View ArticleA CASE FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
It is not in the interest of Nigeria to expel Amnesty International Still smarting from the reversal of an order to ban United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) from its theatre...
View ArticleTHE DANGER OF LEAD POISONING
Lead poisoning is widespread. The country should be better prepared At the recent international conference on lead poisoning held in Abuja, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo spoke on the risks to which...
View ArticleAS AKINDELE GOES TO JAIL…
Richard Akindele deserves what he got In a bid to put an end to what has become an epidemic of shame on the campuses of institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the...
View ArticleTHE PORT HARCOURT BUILDING COLLAPSE
Efforts must be made to ensure that stipulated regulations are adhered to The recent collapse of an uncompleted seven-storey building in Port Harcourt where no fewer than 16 persons lost their lives...
View Article2019 Budget and The Subsidy Question
The subsidy regime is not a good option. It is a drain on scarce resources Hardly had President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 appropriation bill to the National Assembly last Wednesday with a...
View ArticleNIGERIA’S TROUBLED ECONOMY
MONDAY EDITORIAL The states should be allowed to exploit and manage their resources After a session over the lingering minimum wage for workers, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met...
View ArticleMERRY CHRISTMAS!
Let’s smile because we are stronger than the problems around us We are yet again in the annual season when we joyfully celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, the universal symbol of love and...
View ArticleBASTARDISING HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Our institutions need more funds, not additional numbers Much as it is desirable to take education closer to the people, the rate at which universities, polytechnics and colleges of education are...
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