DEATH BY SNAKEBITES
Government could do more to contain the public health problem Despite the prevalence of snakebites, especially in the rural parts of the country, the health authorities are not doing enough to tackle...
View ArticleBALA MOHAMMED’S QUEST FOR STABILITY
In the face of grave national crisis, Mohammed is steadfast in the pursuit of political stability, writes Emma Agu These are difficult times: for Nigeria and Nigerians; for the government and the...
View ArticleUnmasking Boko Haram Sponsors
The conviction of six Nigerians in UAE offers a clue to unearthing some sponsors of the terror group For the past 11 years, a variety of ideas and thoughts have been presented on how Boko Haram raises...
View ArticleDEPLORABLE CONDITION OF CAMPUSES
Administrators must be more creative to stem the decay Now that the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are reaching common grounds on contentious issues in their...
View ArticleTERM LIMITS AND AFRICAN LEADERS
There is an urgent need to strengthen institutions of state across the continent Every presidential system of government always prescribes a term limit. In the United States from where it originates,...
View ArticleYET ANOTHER ECONOMIC RECESSION
The insolvent economy needs better attention Without a doubt, the situation in the country today has tasked the wits of the federal government. If the cause of the prevailing hardship could be traced...
View ArticleONDO AND THE ABANDONED CORPSES
Government could do more to preserve the bodies of the dead Bizarre reports of hundreds of corpses in various stages of decomposition littering the corridors of the mortuary of the General Hospital at...
View ArticleBLOODY CULT WARS IN EDO
Security agencies must do more to contain the menace The recent bloody war between rival cult groups in Benin City which led to the death of no fewer than 30 persons has once more brought to the fore...
View ArticleA Nation In Dire Straits
Government should try to get its sums right. The waste must stop Amid threats by some of its personnel to stay away from duty due to inability to meet their financial obligations, the Federal Fire...
View ArticleTHE HIGHWAYS OF CARNAGE
The regulators must do more to minimise the scourge The rise in number of crashes on our roads is frightening. The high rate of carnage demands appropriate and adequate policy interventions by the...
View ArticleTHE MO IBRAHIM DISMAL REPORT
Nigeria’s governance performance is another wake-up call The Mo Ibrahim Index of Africa Governance (IIAG) latest report is another sad reminder of what governance has become on the continent. It...
View ArticleCONTAINING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
The authorities could do more to protect the Nigerian child Following more than a decade of insurgency and violence in the Northeast, Nigeria continues to feature prominently on the list of countries...
View ArticleDEALING WITH COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS
The regulators should impose stiffer punishment for copyright violations The recent removal by the President of the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission has brought to...
View ArticleENDING OPEN DEFECATION
The authorities must do more to change the habit Despite the Executive Order 009 signed last year by President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of open defecation, there are no signs that the...
View ArticleMASSACRES IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Oludayo Tade argues an urgent need to rejig and restructure Nigeria’s security architecture November 28, 2020 is a day the people of Zabarmari in Borno State will live to remember. It was the day...
View ArticleA Nation Besieged By Insecurity…(1)
The security agencies need to move away from the model that has not served us well The gruesome massacre of dozens of rice farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents is yet another...
View ArticleEL-RUFAI AND THE RESTRUCTURING DEBATE
The need to restructure the federation has become more pressing Although the All Progressives Congress (APC) committed itself to restructuring the country and promised to support devolution of powers...
View ArticleTHE POWER SECTOR CHALLENGE
After billions of dollar investments, the picture is not changing Less than a month after the first tariff price increase since 2015, there was a major power outage in Lagos and other major cities...
View ArticleTHE EFCC PROBE REPORT
The authorities should speed up the process and bring it to a close After exceeding its initial timeframe by more than three months, the Justice Ayo Salami probe panel recently submitted its report,...
View ArticleLAND BORDERS AND SMALL ARMS
There is need to establish special border patrols to contain the flow of arms The closure of Nigeria’s land borders for more than a year has not in any way diminished the country’s security challenge....
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