ROBBING THE DEAD OF DIGNITY
The authorities should ensure that the dead are buried with deserved respect The outcry over the abandonment of 600 corpses dumped at the mortuary facility of the Central Hospital Agbor in Ika South...
View ArticleTHE CRUELTY ON AFRICAN MANATEE
The authorities could do more to protect wildlife The conservation community is gravely outraged by a recent gory video of an African Manatee being dragged through the street of a coastal community in...
View ArticleNow That Coronavirus Is Here…
A good personal hygiene could make a lot of difference The confirmation last Thursday that an Italian who entered the country four days earlier had tested positive to Coronavirus – officially known as...
View ArticleCBN AND THE ANCHOR BORROWERS’ PROGRAMME
The central bank should play little or no role in quasi-fiscal operations In its economic update for Nigeria released in the last quarter of 2019 with the theme, “Jumpstarting Inclusive Growth:...
View ArticleREFORMING THE JUDICIARY
It is time to overhaul the judiciary for efficiency Almost every case of substance in Nigeria, as in other countries, ends at the apex court which in our case is the Supreme Court. But the number of...
View ArticleIN THE VORTEX OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Government could do more to curtail the illegal business That there is an urgent need for a collective action against human trafficking in the country cannot be overemphasised. The challenge is...
View ArticleWHAT MANNER OF IMMUNITY?
The bill on immunity for principal legislative officers is uncalled for A bill seeking to amend section 308 of the 1999 Constitution to provide immunity for presiding officers of the National Assembly...
View ArticleCURBING TRANSACTIONAL POLITICS
There is need for independent audits of campaign finances to aid accountability The neglect of the relevant campaign financing limits and what candidates do with such donated monies even after...
View ArticleBetter Deal for Nigerian Women
Gender equality is essential for economies and communities to thrive As women all over the world today mark the International Women’s Day to celebrate their achievements in the last century, critical...
View ArticleTHE EXPRESSWAY OF AGONY
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway deserves significant attention There was some mild relief last week as the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was opened to traffic. The failed stretch,...
View ArticleBARUWA’S CONVICTION: A MESSAGE TO RAPISTS
Baruwa’s conviction holds lessons for rapists The recent conviction of Dr Afeez Baruwa, a former part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, who raped an admission-seeking 18-year-old girl was a...
View ArticleLuxury For ‘Repentant’ Boko Haram Members
The bill seeking for the rehabilitation of repentant insurgents is ill-advised In the midst of the ongoing serial brutalities against Nigerians who reside in the North-east, a bewildering bill was...
View ArticleDEALING WITH THE APC CRISIS
The All Progressives Congress should put its house in order As the main pillar of the architecture of democracy, the health of the political parties in any country is a strategic national security...
View ArticleTHE RISING NUMBER OF CULT GANGS
The authorities should do more to curb the menace More than 15 persons were killed across Edo State recently following cult clashes between two confraternities. Few days after the Edo incident, a...
View ArticleCORONAVIRUS And The Economy
Nigeria could do with a sense of urgency about economic reforms Even though Nigeria has not recorded any fatality from Coronavirus, the country is nonetheless witnessing other gloomier consequences....
View ArticleTELECOMS AND POOR SERVICES
The regulator could do more to ensure better services The mobile telecommunications sector has grown to become a very important contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The sector...
View ArticleProposed Bill To Ban Plastics
The proposed bill to ban plastic products is in order Plastic is harmful to the environment, not only because it is produced from nonrenewable resources, but also because of the difficulties of...
View ArticleDealing With The Crisis In Kaduna
The authorities could do more to contain the violence Kaduna is gradually replacing Zamfara as a state where banditry is fast becoming a way of life. In the latest of such bloody conflagrations,...
View ArticleCOUNCIL OF ULAMAS AND STREET BEGGING
The Almajiri system is a breeding ground for insecurity We fail to understand the recent opposition by the Kano State Council of Ulamas to the ban on street begging by Governor Abdulahi Ganduje. Since...
View ArticleTHE ABULE ADO TRAGEDY
It is yet another avoidable tragedy Last Sunday’s multiple explosions at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin local council of Lagos State was yet another avoidable tragedy. At the last count, some 20 people,...
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