NIGERIAN WOMEN AND 2019 POLLS
There must be conscious efforts to promote gender balance As women today mark the International Women’s Day across the world to celebrate their social, economic, cultural and political achievements, we...
View ArticleThe Cost of Elections in Nigeria
It’s time to conduct all elections in a single day With the conduct of the gubernatorial polls in 29 states and House of Assembly polls in all the 36 states yesterday, we hope we can draw a curtain on...
View ArticleTHE RISKY VENTURE OF IBOM AIR
Monday Editorial It’s in the state’s interest to sell off the airline At a lavish ceremony that speaks to misplaced priorities, the Akwa IbomState government recently unveiled Ibom Air, the first-state...
View ArticleTHE RISE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The authorities could do more to contain the violence The 2018 report of the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, which reveals 134 per cent increase in...
View ArticleTHE CONTINUED LAWLESSNESS IN ZAMFARA
The security agencies could do more to tame the impunity Zamfara State is always in the news. And it is almost always about killings in a state where armed bandits have a strong foothold. What worries...
View ArticleSTILL GROPING IN DARKNESS
The pricing system aids inefficiency in the sector Almost six years after the privatisation of the power sector, Nigerians are yet to know the difference between the old discredited regime of the Power...
View ArticleTHE MENACE OF LASSA FEVER
Health authorities should work towards eliminating the disease Anybody who has been following the weekly updates on Lassa fever from the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) cannot but be worried...
View Article2019 General Election And The Military
The military increasing role in politics compromises their professionalism Two civil society groups, the Save Democracy Women and Impact Future Nigeria on 6th March staged a protest in Abuja over what...
View ArticleNIGERIA’S LATEST EITI RANKING
MONDAY EDITORIAL NEITI should keep up the good work The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) recently adjudged Nigeria to have achieved Satisfactory Progress, the highest...
View ArticleTRAGEDY OF COLLAPSED BUILDINGS
There is need to enforce the nation’s building codes Last Wednesday, a three-storey residential building that also had within it a nursery and primary school and a shopping complex, collapsed at Ita...
View ArticleMSMES AND THE CBN INTERVENTION
If well implemented, the CBN arrangement bodes well for the economy The recent plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to transform NIPOST into a microfinance bank with branches in all the 774 local...
View ArticleTHE CARNAGE ON OUR ROADS
The authorities could do more to halt the epidemic of death by driving The high rate of road accidents in our country is frightening and demands prompt intervention for the safety of road users by the...
View ArticleTHE SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTIONS
The outcome should reflect the will of the people The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will tomorrow conduct supplementary elections in five states following the governorship election...
View Article2019 Polls And The Peacemakers
The National Peace Committee deserves commendation for initiating the right response to our social malaise The Nigerian political elite has done very little to figure out how to pull together all the...
View ArticleWHEN TRILLIONS GO TO WASTE
MONDAY EDITORIAL The state-owned petroleum corporation is a drain on the economy The recent reports put out by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on its webpage indicated it lost N228.1...
View ArticleCHALLENGES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA
There is need for instituting an effective corporate governance culture The continued rise in the percentage of quoted companies sanctioned by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for flouting its...
View ArticleBEFORE THE POWER SECTOR COLLAPSES
The stakeholders need to think and act more boldly to stem the crisis The report last weekend that the national power grid lost 1,770 megawatts in two days, causing power generation to deteriorate...
View ArticleTHE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ADDICTION
The authorities could do more to contain the epidemic When a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the illegal use of the cough syrup last year generated a frenzy and elicited...
View ArticleTHE TUBERCULOSIS SCOURGE
The authorities should do more to contain the epidemic The United States Centre for Disease Control said recently that no fewer than 18 people die in our country every hour as a result of...
View ArticleViolence Against Men in Uniform
Agroup of bandits recently attacked a mining site in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State and disarmed the six policemen on duty, killing one in the process. A few days earlier, the Garrison...
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