THE LAGOS-IBADAN RAIL TICKET
Mujib Dada-Gadri urges government to subsidise rail transport to make it affordable Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, was speaking at the inauguration of the governing council of the...
View ArticleYAKUBU’S SECOND COMING AT INEC
Mahmood Yakubu’s duty is clearly cut out Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu was last week sworn in for a second term by President Muhammadu...
View ArticleTHE REFINERIES OF WASTE
It’s time to sell off the refineries The essence of business process reengineering in corporate domain is simply to improve results and quality while reducing costs subsequently incurred. It typically...
View ArticleTIME TO EXPUNGE VAGRANCY LAWS
The laws affirm a divide and are offensive An advisory opinion recently delivered by the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights held that all the countries within the continent are under obligation...
View ArticleTHE SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19
Nigerians should adhere strictly to the safety protocols to defeat the scourge Last Friday, Nigeria recorded 796 new cases of COVID-19, representing the highest daily burden of the disease since the...
View ArticleISSUES IN BIRTH REGISTRATION
Registration of births is key to national 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...
View ArticleFIGHTING GRAFT AND THE 2020 CPI
The current ranking is another wake-up call The recently released 2020 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which scored Nigeria 25 out of 100 points is another dent to a...
View ArticleJUSTICE FOR NIGER DELTA FARMERS
The court victory is a warning to oil companies to act more responsibly After 13 years of legal wrangling, three Nigerian farmers last week secured justice for oil spills that polluted swathes of their...
View ArticleCLARIFYING COMMUNITY POLICING
Government should clarify the mode of operation of community policing In a bid to secure the buy-in of Nigerians on community policing, a one-day sensitisation programme was recently organised in Abuja...
View ArticleCONTAINING THE BIRD FLU OUTBREAK
The authorities must do more to check the flu With the recent death of several birds in four farms across Plateau State, the Director and Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Sipak Dawat Shaseet has confirmed...
View ArticleLATEEF KAYODE JAKANDE (1929—2021)
Former Lagos State Governor, Lateef Jakande, dies at age 91 The passing yesterday of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande marks the end of an era in our governance culture. He was easily the most noteworthy...
View ArticleTHE BEAUTY OF A GOOD NAME
Tayo Ogunbiyi pays tribute to Lateef Jakande, former governor of Lagos State Death, which legendary playwright, Williams Shakespeare describes as a necessary evil, finally caught up with the first...
View ArticleInsecurity And The Federal Capital
The security agencies could do more to contain the threat of criminals While the security and safety of all people in Nigeria remain the primary responsibility of the federal government, we must...
View ArticleREFORMING THE PORT PROCESS
The NPPM initiative should be backed by an enabling law for effectiveness Apparently in response to the Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which scored Nigeria very...
View ArticlePIB IN AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
It’s time to pass the PIB bill Two weeks ago, the United States technology firm, Apple announced an all-time record quarterly revenue of $111.4 billion for the fiscal year which ended on 26th December,...
View ArticleINCREASING POPULATION OF POOR NIGERIANS
More Nigerians will be trapped in poverty because of increasing population Nigeria’s uncontrolled population is becoming worrying as the prospects of poverty reduction in the near future is...
View ArticleGROWING MENACE OF NOISE POLLUTION
Government should enforce legislation on noise pollution Scientists have determined that noise, ordinarily, is not a bad thing, but it becomes a pollutant in the environment when it rises to unbearable...
View ArticleA DELUGE OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
More care should be taken in licensing new universities The recent approval by the federal government of additional 20 private universities ordinarily should be a welcome development since it brings...
View ArticleAGENDA FOR THE NEW EFCC CHAIRMAN
The war against corruption must now be strengthened and refocused, writes Etim Etim The appointment of a new chairman for the EFCC last week by President Muhammadu Buhari should bring the drift and...
View ArticleOkonjo Iweala’s WTO Appointment
Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment holds substantial prospects for Nigeria and Africa In a season of bad news for the country, the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General of the...
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