A Tainted Confirmation of The CJN
Justice Muhammad’s confirmation has created image and credibility problems for the senate and the judiciary There are clear issues of fitness and requisite qualification for the serious job of the...
View ArticleON BANKING SECTOR RECAPITALISATION
Monday Editorial The Central Bank of Nigeria is on track As part of the road map for his second term, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele recently reeled off some...
View ArticleEFCC AND PROCEEDS OF CRIMES
The EFCC must be transparent and accountable to the public The report that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given a building in Abuja recovered from the late ex-Chief of Air...
View ArticlePOLICING NIGERIA’S POROUS BORDERS
It is time to give serious attention to the country’s borders At the recently held Munich Security Conference in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari underlined a gnawing challenge which has exacerbated...
View ArticleRETURN OF EKITI MISSION SCHOOLS
It augurs well for education if well implemented The decision by the Ekiti State government to return mission schools to their original owners in a bid to improve the quality of education is one we...
View ArticleDEATH FROM GENERATOR FUMES
There is need for enlightenment campaigns on the use of generators Hardly a week passes without reports of fatalities resulting from generator fumes. Last week, it was the turn of a family of seven,...
View ArticleMinisterial Screening: Yet Another Hollow Ritual
The confirmation process leaves much to be desired The nomination by the president of persons found fit to be members of the Executive Council of the Federation and their confirmation by the Senate...
View ArticleTHE LAGOS AEROPLANE CLIMBER
Monday Editorial There is dangerous complacency at the airport It was a drama of the absurd last week when a man, later identified as a Nigerien, jumped into the engine of Azman aircraft, which was at...
View ArticleOF BUILDING COLLAPSE AND REGULATIONS
There is need to enforce the country’s building codes In the past few weeks, especially since the commencement of the rainy season, several buildings had collapsed in our country with fatalities in...
View ArticleTHE HIGHWAYS OF INSECURITY
The police could do more to guarantee life and property The rising wave of insecurity in the country and the inability of the federal government to contain the problem have become increasingly glaring....
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF ILLITERACY IN NIGERIA
The country should do more to support 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 ArticleNIGERIA AND MODERN DAY SLAVERY
The prevailing poverty is driving the slave trade While Nigeria is the most populous country on the continent, it also has the odious reputation of hosting the largest number of enslaved people in...
View ArticleBoko Haram: The Unfinished War
The authorities have to do much more to win the war against the insurgents On the 10th anniversary of the Boko Haram insurgency last Saturday, some of its gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on a group of...
View ArticleFILTHY CAMPUSES AND NASTY WAYS
MONDAY EDITORIAL All stakeholders should join hands to lift the appalling state of tertiary institutions A recent report by a national newspaper on the squalid state of most of the campuses of...
View ArticleTHE RIGHT TO PUBLIC PROTEST
The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed in the constitution The arrest at the weekend of Mr Omoyele Sowore by the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and the decision by the police to declare his...
View ArticleTHE ANONYMITY OF SUPREME SACRIFICE
We must treat our fallen soldiers and their families with dignity The report in the American Wall Street Journal that the Nigerian military authorities secretly buried more than 1,000 soldiers killed...
View ArticleA GLIMMER OF HOPE
Ibom Air is being managed professionally, writes Michael Bassey In the buildup to the governorship election early this year, so much was said about the Akwa Ibom State airline being desperately driven...
View ArticleNIGERIAN MIGRANTS KILLED IN GAMBIA
The victims of the brutal regime need justice The recent revelation that some Nigerians and other African migrants were murdered on the orders of former President of The Gambia, Mr Yahaya Jammeh should...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF WATER SUPPLY
The authorities may do well to invest more in water supply In Nigeria, the number of those without access to safe water and sanitation is unacceptable. Some 52.7m, according to the immediate past...
View ArticleThe Tragedy in Taraba And National Security
The police should be properly equipped to deal with most internal security problems The tragic clash in Taraba State between the army and the police which led to the killing of six persons as well as...
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