POWER MARKET FOR NEW INVESTORS
MONDAY EDITORIAL New investors can only be attracted when the operating business environment is right The new plan of the federal government to tackle the challenge of electricity in Nigeria is unclear...
View ArticleTHE FBI LIST AND MATTERS ARISING
The world should not use isolated infractions to pigeonhole Nigerians From social networking and research to business and commerce, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems are now...
View ArticleATTACKS ON NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA
President Ramaphosa should move quickly to stem the xenophobic violence In the past few weeks, many South African nationals (including those with neither education nor skills) had accused foreigners of...
View ArticleAN UNNECESSARY UNIVERSITY
The authorities should banish the idea of university of transportation The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi hinted last week that he had set a date for the ground-breaking ceremony of a...
View ArticleCOMBATING MALNUTRITION AND STUNTED GROWTH
Government must do more to address the problem of poverty A recent review of national nutritional reports indicates that child nutritional status levels in Nigeria are far below the World Health...
View ArticleWaiting for The Presidential Election Tribunal
It is time the presidential election tribunal delivered its ruling To underscore the urgency of time, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar last...
View ArticleROBERT MUGABE (1924 – 2019)
MONDAY EDITORIAL Former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, dies at age 95 Founding President of Zimbabwe, Mr Robert Mugabe, ousted from power in 2017 after 37 years, died on Friday at a private...
View ArticleNIGERIANS IN FOREIGN PRISONS
Government must embark on enlightenment campaigns on the dangers of trafficking in hard drugs Reports that about 16,500 Nigerians are currently in prisons outside the shores of the country, most of...
View ArticleARRESTING NIGERIA’S MODERN-DAY SLAVERY
Government should make a determined effort to empower the people This year’s marking of the United Nations-declared International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition on August 23...
View ArticleTREATIES BETWEEN GOVERNORS AND BANDITS
The amnesty to the bandits offers little comfort Desperate to find a solution to the widespread insecurity in his state, Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari last week did the unthinkable....
View ArticleNEEDED: A NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY
Suicide has become a major public health concern requiring adequate attention To mark the World Suicide Prevention Day last Wednesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that the total number...
View ArticleThe Growing Menace of ‘Petro-Piracy’
The menace of oil theft has gone on for too long without reasonable response When last year, the EOS Risk Group warned the Nigerian authorities about “the resurgence of ‘petro-piracy’, involving the...
View ArticleHEEDING THE WORLD BANK WARNING
MONDAY EDITORIAL It is in the nation’s interest to listen to the international financial institution The World Bank recently painted a gory picture of Nigeria’s economy with a warning for the...
View Article3,000 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
It is unacceptable to leave inmates perpetually on death row The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) was recently renamed Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). But many are not excited by the name change...
View ArticleREGISTRATION OF BIRTHS IN NIGERIA
Registration of births is critical to planning Recent reports from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that an estimated 19 million children are not captured in the population data of Nigeria...
View ArticleREGISTRATION OF BIRTHS IN NIGERIA
Registration of births is critical to planning Recent reports from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that an estimated 19 million children are not captured in the population data of Nigeria...
View ArticleDEALING WITH THE RAGING FLOODS
Government should do more to cushion the impact of floods A recent warning from the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) that floods from the upper reaches of the Niger Basin comprising eight...
View ArticleREALISTIC RESPONSE TO XENOPHOBIA
Nigeria should put its economy in order The xenophobic violence that engulfed parts of South Africa in late August and early September this year may have subsided but its consequences and likelihood of...
View ArticleIssues in The Presidential Election Tribunal Judgment
President Buhari should sign the amended Electoral Act into law in the interest of democracy The Presidential Election Tribunal recently delivered its much awaited judgment. The five-man tribunal,...
View ArticleDEALING WITH FOOD POISONING
The authorities must do more to minimise the dangers Food safety has for years been a growing concern in the country. Increasingly, many Nigerians are dying, ironically, from what ought to sustain and...
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