TRAGEDIES ON THE WATERWAYS
The authorities may do well to enforce safety standards Dozens of people died last week after a canoe capsized on Kirfi River in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State in the latest of what has...
View ArticleTHE TANKER EXPLOSION IN ONITSHA
The authorities must do more about the deplorable state of roads across the country For the third time within the past 10 months, and a second time in Onitsha, Anambra State in the past four years, it...
View ArticleThe Power Tussle Over Police
There is an urgent need to amend the PSC Act Even when the rivalry between the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Police Service Commission (PSC) is a recurrent development, it...
View ArticleA DIESEL-POWERED ECONOMY
MONDAY EDITORIAL The reliance of the country’s economy on diesel generators is not sustainable No fewer than 70 per cent of Nigerian firms, according to the World Bank, rely on generators for their...
View ArticleTHE DEATH OF ‘ALAGBA’
Government could do more to protect wildlife The death recently of a famous tortoise, named ‘Alagba’, at the palace of the traditional ruler in Ogbomosho, Osun State, has elicited reactions from across...
View ArticleA NATION AT THE MERCY OF GUNMEN
Government has do much more to check insecurity across the country Barely a week after gunmen abducted six female pupils, vice- principal and a matron at the Engravers College in Chikun local...
View ArticleDEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE
There is need to give adequate attention to mental health As part of efforts to create awareness during the World Mental Health Day last week, the Olashore International School, Lagos in collaboration...
View ArticleTHE MINT AND E-PASSPORTS
Domesticating the production of security documents is good for the economy Apparently worried about the huge cost to the nation in foreign exchange, President Muhammadu Buhari recently directed the...
View ArticleTOO BIG TO VEIL
Remi Adebayo writes that the statement credited to Minister of State, Petroleum Resources on the $62b owed to Nigeria by IOCs is unguarded For 48 hours, last August, President Muhammadu Buhari was...
View ArticleTHE PLATFORM AS AN IDEATION CONFERENCE
The Platform has become a forum to generate ideas for national development, writes Gboyega Atoyebi The Platform Nigeria has once again proven itself as arguably Nigeria’s leading national development...
View ArticleThe Farcical Drama in Kogi State
The impeachment of Kogi State’s deputy governor is dangerous and provocative. It marks a new low for constitutionalism In what reads more like a coup against the constitution and public decency, the...
View ArticleCASHLESS POLICY AND THE ECONOMY
Monday Editorial The policy should be faithfully implemented On 17th September this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a circular to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to immediately commence the...
View ArticleMILITARY INCURSION INTO CIVIC SPACE
The army’s ‘operation positive identification’ will infringe on civil liberties The recent announcement by the Nigerian army of a nationwide “Operation Positive Identification” (OPI) has once again...
View ArticleTHE WINDS OF CHANGE IN NDDC
The NDDC badly needs an overhaul In what many see as a move to restore a measure of sanity in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari last week ordered a forensic...
View ArticleTHE N10.33TRN BUDGET PROPOSAL
The budget proposal is welcome. But for now spare the cheers President Muhammadu Buhari on 8th October this year presented a N10.33 billion budget estimate to the National Assembly. It is based on the...
View ArticleRISING DEATH TOLL ON THE ROADS
As the Yuletide draws closer, relevant agencies should do more to minimise road crashes Driving on Nigerian roads has become so risky that in every four hours no fewer than two lives are lost. Nigeria...
View ArticleRepositioning Tertiary Institutions For Research
TETfund decision is a smart move. To break the frontiers of knowledge, researches are inevitable Research is a key ingredient of advancement in virtually every sphere of human endeavour. With it,...
View ArticlePRUNING THE COST OF GOVERNANCE
MONDAY EDITORIAL Government should trim all outrageous expenses In what seems to be a step towards prudent management of scarce resources, the federal government recently placed restrictions on foreign...
View ArticleENDEMIC POVERTY IN THE NORTH
The north should invest massively in education For the umpteenth time, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, stirred the hornet’s nest last week while speaking on the endemic poverty and loss of...
View ArticleTHE FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION
The FCC has been rendered ineffectual Due to the heterogeneous nature of the Nigerian society, the Federal Character Commission (FCC) was created as a federal executive body to implement and enforce...
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