MOVING AWAY FROM OIL ECONOMY
MONDAY EDITORIAL The government should demonstrate seriousness in diversifying the economy The pledge by the federal government to build a digital economy around the creative sector to create jobs for...
View ArticleTHE BATTLE FOR RIVERS STATE
INEC should exceed expectations by conducting a peaceful election At a stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt last Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) expressed its resolve to...
View ArticleTHE KILLING OF A NSCDC OFFICER
The killers must be brought to justice The recent brutal killing of a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operative in Nyanya, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the presence of his wife...
View ArticleDEALING WITH EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Cyclone Idai provides lessons for Nigeria Two weeks ago, Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands more homeless. Although the water...
View ArticleCONTAINING THE CANCER EPIDEMIC
Government could do more in curbing the scourge The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently estimated that in 2018, no fewer than 116,000 new cases of cancer and 41,000 cancer-related deaths were...
View ArticleLeadership of The Ninth National Assembly
The legislature needs experienced and competent leadership The jostling for the leadership of the ninth National Assembly, expected to be inaugurated in June, has started in earnest. While we are...
View ArticleAS CASHLESS POLICY GOES NATIONWIDE…
MONDAY EDITORIAL The policy is good for the economy Two years after he suspended the cashless policy, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele recently unveiled plans to...
View ArticleISSUES IN NIGERIA’S MISERY INDEX
Government must find creative ways to tackle the unemployment problem Last week, Steve Hanke 2018 Misery Index listed Nigeria as the sixth miserable country in the world. Embattled Venezuela came...
View ArticleMATERNAL MORTALITY IN NIGERIA
Health authorities should give adequate attention to primary health care at the grassroots The scale of maternal mortality in Nigeria has become so alarming that we must call on the health authorities...
View ArticleRESURGENCE OF XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA
The authorities could do more to contain the violence From Johannesburg to Cape Town and other major cities, many Nigerian residents in South Africa no longer feel safe. With no fewer than six of our...
View ArticleTHE GROWING ILLITERACY IN NIGERIA
Government should invest more in education The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-formal Education (NMEC), said recently that 35 per cent of the nation’s adult population was...
View ArticleChibok Girls: Five Years After…
The task remains unfinished until every one of them is free Exactly five years ago today, 276 girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State in...
View ArticleMANAGING THE RAILWAYS EFFICIENTLY
MONDAY EDITORIAL The rail services could be better managed Rail transportation will breathe fresh life into the transport sector and reduce the intense pressure on the highways. It is therefore...
View ArticleTHE ANAMBRA LAW ON FUNERALS
The new law against expensive burials is welcome How a family chooses to bury their loved ones should not be the business of anyone. It is a private affair. But the ostentation that goes with funerals...
View ArticleINNOCENT NIGERIANS IN FOREIGN JAILS
Nigeria could do more for some of our nationals implicated in crimes abroad The disclosure last week that some of the eight Nigerians recently executed by the Saudi Arabian Government over drug-related...
View ArticleTHE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY CONUNDRUM
The Lagos-Ibadan expressway deserves urgent attention The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is yet another expression of our tragic state as a country. The 127.6-kilometre dual-carriage highway has in the last...
View ArticleTHE CONTROVERSY OVER PROJECT MINE
The disagreement over special economic zones is unnecessary The war of words between the Senate Committee on Industry, Trade and Investment and the Ministry it oversights over the establishment of some...
View ArticleEASTER: BEYOND THE MERRIMENT
There is need to embrace peace, tolerance and unity Es we rejoice and celebrate with Christians all over the world today, there is a lot in the Easter story that resonates for all humanity. Easter...
View ArticlePOLICE AND MOVEMENT OF CONTAINERS
MONDAY EDITORIAL The new directive aimed at restoring sanity to the ports is welcome To the extent that doing business in Nigeria is being hampered by all manner of unwholesome practices, even when...
View ArticleNORTHERN GOVERNORS AND THE DANGOTE CHALLENGE
Northern governors may do well to heed the wake-up call Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote was right on cue with his recent warning to the northern governors on the...
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