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THE KILLINGS IN ANAMBRA STATE
The authorities must do more to protect lives and property of Nigerians The brutal murder of a pregnant Mrs Harira Jubril along with her four children has put in bold relief the grand mayhem and...
View ArticlePREPARING FOR THE 2022 FLOOD
It’s time to make good use of the ecological fund Recent data by the federal government in the 2022 Annual Flood Outlook collated by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) should put...
View ArticleCRITICAL ISSUES IN THE PARTY PRIMARIES
Serial abuses of the political process through ruinously expensive primaries and corrupt practices are worrying Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the current dispensation and the seventh year of...
View ArticleNEW RULES ON DIGITAL ASSETS
Even though the new guidelines appear favourable, there must be adequate safeguards against criminality Using peer-to-peer networks, Kucoin in April 2022 reported that 33.4 million Nigerians traded...
View ArticlePARTY PRIMARIES AND PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Public officers should do what is right One unfortunate feature of the ongoing primaries for the nomination of candidates for various offices by political parties has been the extensive use of money...
View ArticleTHE BAN ON ‘OKADA’ IN LAGOS
The ban is laudable, but government must address the challenges it throws up Last Sunday, about 100 motorcyclists invaded a residential estate in the Lokogoma area of Abuja, pulled down the gate and...
View ArticleTHE STOWAWAY SECURITY BREACHES
Security agencies could do more to secure the airports The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, recently witnessed another horror show. On Runway 18R, the mangled body of a young man who...
View ArticleIMPLEMENTING HEALTH INSURANCE LAW
Stakeholders should ensure the law is implemented in order to speed up universal health coverage The recent signing of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Bill into law by President...
View ArticleAPC AND THE HOUR OF DECISION
The APC leadership should do well to deliver a credible nomination convention After several false starts, occasioned by sundry postponements, the national convention of the ruling All Progressives...
View ArticleON INCESSANT GAS EXPLOSIONS
Regulators should be alive to their responsibilities It is rather unfortunate that gas has progressively become another source of death and bodily injuries for users and innocent bystanders in...
View ArticleFAAN AND THE AIRPORTS’ TOUTS
FAAN should get rid of touts from the airports A major downside of using Nigeria’s airports is the intimidation and harassment by touts employed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to...
View ArticleENDING CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
Child marriage is a violation of human rights. It should be stopped forthwith As part of activities to mark Children’s Day on 27th May, a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on...
View ArticleTHE GROWING POPULATION QUESTION
The UNICEF report is another wake-up call That Nigeria is today among the fastest growing countries of the world in terms of population is no longer in doubt. Ordinarily this should be a plus for us...
View ArticleTHE CASE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE BUSINESSES
Tax breaks should be extended to small scale businesses to stabilise Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mansur Muhtar, listed eight key directives that can improve Micro, Small and Medium Scale...
View ArticleAS EKITI STATE GOES TO THE POLLS…
It is another opportunity for INEC to test its preparedness for the 2023 general election Come Saturday, the people of Ekiti State will go to the polls to elect a successor to the incumbent Governor...
View ArticleTHE OWO TRAGEDY FALLOUTS
There is need for a thorough investigation of the mayhem Last Thursday, the federal government blamed the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an ISIL-affiliated armed group, for the June 5...
View ArticleINEFFICIENCY AT THE PORTS…1
It’s time to develop other ports in the country For a country that is heavily import-dependent, having and maintaining efficient and competitive seaports should be a given–a necessity that demands...
View ArticleINEFFICIENCY AT THE PORTS…11
There is urgent need to upgrade the Eastern ports Despite repeated promises from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) management at different times, Calabar port suffers chiefly from low water depth....
View ArticleBUSINESS, WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
Lack of electricity is ruinous to the economy The picture of Nigeria’s energy sector painted by the World Bank Regional Director for Infrastructure, Africa West and East of the global bank, Ashish...
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TUESDAY EDITORIAL THE PENSION OF RETIRED WORKERS PenCom should apply stricter measures to enforce compliance with the act A major attraction of working in both the private and public sectors in...
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