THE EPIDEMIC OF DRUG ABUSE
The authorities should strengthen drug control policies Nigeria is in the throes of a major public health emergency. The first ever nationwide survey on drug use in Nigeria has revealed gross abuse of...
View ArticleAGENDA FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS
Politicians may do well to abide by the letters of the peace accord Arising from the fear, anxiety and racour that still pervade the political space, the General Abdulsami Abubakar-led National Peace...
View ArticleBUHARI AND THE ‘GHOST’ WORKERS
The ghost workers should be exposed and punished In a special write-up released last Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that nearly 550 million dollars has been saved from identifying ghost...
View ArticlePostponement of The Presidential Poll: Matters Arising
The Yakubu-led INEC has a second chance to make a good impression The Presidential and National Assembly elections were supposed to hold yesterday across the country. But as it had happened on...
View ArticleENDING LOSSES IN MARITIME SECTOR
MONDAY EDITORIAL Government should implement existing laws for the benefit of stakeholders At a period the country needs all the resources it could muster for economic development, it is losing...
View ArticleLEAH SHARIBU: ONE YEAR AFTER
We cannot afford to give up on Sharibu Today marks exactly one year that Miss Leah Sharibu has been in the captivity of the Boko Haram insurgents. Sharibu was the only schoolgirl among the 110 students...
View ArticlePOLICE AND THE WASTE OF MANPOWER
The authorities should stop wasting police officers trained at great expense It has become fairly routine in the Nigeria Police Force to retire senior officers immediately an acting Inspector-General...
View ArticleKANO AND THE WASTED BEER BOTTLES
Nigeria is a secular state The recent destruction of 30 truckloads of beer by the Kano State Hisbah Board has raised several questions about the character of our federation and rule of law in Nigeria....
View ArticleFINALLY, NIGERIANS GO TO POLLS…
INEC must learn from its mistakes and conduct free and credible elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) put Nigeria on the spotlight by postponing the elections scheduled for...
View ArticleNow, The Waiting Begins…
The candidates and their supporters should exercise restraint as they await the result of the election After a false start by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which saw to the...
View ArticleTHE MENACE OF KILLER VEGETABLE OIL
MONDAY EDITORIAL The regulatory agencies could do more in spreading awareness about the product In recent weeks, the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) and National Agency for Food and Drug Control...
View ArticleNEW CAPITAL RULES FOR BANKS
The proposed new requirement is desirable Over the past few decades, there has been a deluge of bank failures in Nigeria mostly occasioned by a cocktail of factors, chief among which are...
View ArticleTHE FCT BROOM AND PUBLIC DECENCY
The broom at the Abuja city gate is a monument to impunity If the claim that some supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) erected the big broom at the Abuja City Gate is credible, it...
View ArticleMINIMUM WAGE FOR WORKERS
The stakeholders should agree on an acceptable formula before it is passed into law The recent decision by the National Council of State to peg the national minimum wage at N27,000 for the least paid...
View ArticleON EL-ZAKZAKY’S CONTINUED DETENTION
The continued detention of El-Zakzaky is unlawful Despite the recent sensational claim by the federal government that it spends about N3.5 million monthly to feed Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the...
View ArticlePresidential Election And Its Aftermath
There is urgent need to strengthen key institutions while security agents on election duties must be professional Although majority of the local and international observers have adjudged the 23rd...
View ArticleCURBING ANIMAL CRUELTY IN NIGERIA
MONDAY EDITORIAL The authorities could do more to protect wildlife Despite the fact that there is no report that anybody has ever been tried and convicted for the offence, the 1999 Constitution...
View ArticlePROLIFERATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES
The present size of political parties is counterproductive If there is any lesson from the Presidential and National Assembly elections, it is that Nigeria does not need 91 political parties. Aside the...
View ArticleAFDB AND THE SANITATION TARGETS
The authorities should do more to eliminate open defecation The call by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on development partners to scale up support for implementation of sanitation programmes to...
View ArticleINEC AND THE GOVERNORSHIP POLLS
After the last one, INEC should be able to conduct a more sensible election Two weeks after the presidential and national assembly elections, Nigerians will again return to the polls on Saturday to...
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