NEGLECT OF THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED
The authorities must do more for persons with disabilities The world marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities last week. According to reports 31 million persons with disabilities are...
View ArticleMENACE OF PLASTICS IN NIGERIA
The authorities could do more to protect the environment Scientists have raised global concern that plastics pose unimaginable danger to humanity and may reach crisis level unless deliberate actions...
View ArticleAGAIN, IT’S TIME TO RENEW HOPE
The President will do well by signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law Despite worsening insecurity amid a stalled economy and crumbling public services, the Minister of Information, Lai...
View ArticleA NATIONAL ECONOMY IN TROUBLE
The authorities should steer the ship of state out of the present perilous trajectory As the debate on the sustainability of the humongous subsidy in the downstream sector of the petroleum sector...
View ArticleAGAIN, THE POPULATION QUESTION
It’s time to put the population under lid For many countries, a huge population symbolises strength. China, for instance, has a population far bigger than that of the entire African continent and is...
View ArticleTHE ANTIDOTE TO MALNUTRITION
Government must do more to address the issue of poverty Unless Nigeria leaders take immediate steps to address hunger and malnutrition, especially in children and pregnant women, the poor indices on...
View ArticlePLIGHT OF THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED
The authorities could do more to ameliorate the problems of the most vulnerable in society The humanitarian situation in the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camps across the country begs for...
View ArticleAS AFCON BEGINS IN CAMEROON…
It’s time again for players to show themselves while entertaining the world As the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) kicks off today in Cameroon with 24 countries featuring at the biggest football...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF MASSIVE OIL THEFT
As damning as a recent report that Nigeria may have lost about 200 million barrels to organised theft in the first 11 months of 2021 would seem, it came as no surprise. Going by figures from the...
View ArticleISSUES IN ASSETS DECLARATION
The Code of Conduct Bureau should sit up With questions persistently raised about the utility of assets declaration in Nigeria and the role of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), there is an urgent need...
View ArticleTHE MERRY-GO-ROUND IN NDDC
Government should inaugurate a board to conduct the affairs of the agency The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is becoming an object of jokes among critical stakeholders. Almost six months...
View ArticleTACKLING MEDICAL BRAIN DRAIN
Only a comprehensive review of the present conditions could make a big difference In a graphic display of how our country is losing its best and brightest, the General Medical Council of Britain (GMB)...
View ArticleAGAIN, RAVAGES OF LASSA FEVER
More could be done to contain the viral disease Amid the crisis of Covid-19 pandemic, Lassa fever, another viral disease, has again resurfaced. Last Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
View ArticlePORTRAIT OF A NATION BESIEGED
The epidemic of violence calls for a review of the nation’s security system and legitimisation of state police In the past week, bandits have killed many dozens in Zamfara, raiding several villages in...
View ArticleTHE LUCRATIVE GOLD SMUGGLING BUSINESS
There is urgent need to regulate artisanal mining in Nigeria The spike in gold smuggling in the country has once again highlighted the socio-institutional and structural problems in our governance...
View ArticleTHE SCOURGE OF RITUAL KILLINGS
Culprits should be prosecuted and severely punished to serve as a deterrent Increasingly, many Nigerians live in fear over growing cases of ritual killings. Last week, a 20-year-old man, Moses Oko, was...
View ArticleDEARTH OF MANPOWER IN UNIVERSITIES
Government must invest more in the universities In an apparent admission of the acute shortage of lecturers on the campuses, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has asked the government to...
View ArticleDEALING WITH THE CANCER SCOURGE
Cancer has become a major public health issue which government can no longer ignore From superstitious beliefs which attribute the ailment to some ‘spiritual arrows’ thrown by enemies to unproven...
View ArticleFLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS
Who will make the tough decisions to save passengers from undue delays? Air travel in Nigeria is beset by frequent delays, and sometimes outright cancellation of flights without any justification. A...
View ArticleBURKINA FASO AND THE COUP BUG
Leaders in West Africa must do more to stem the new wave of coups in the subregion The military takeover of government in Burkina Faso is the culmination of months of political unrest in the country....
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