Incest and the Society
Despite the law against incest, the highly destructive social menace is becoming rampant in our country An Inspector of Police in Nasarawa State has allegedly raped and impregnated his 15-year-old...
View ArticleTHE REPAIR WORKS ON REFINERIES
What has become of the controversial budget approvals and contracts awards to fix the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries? By failing to properly manage its refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and...
View ArticleRITUAL KILLINGS AND ‘INSTANT WEALTH’
The impunity will persist unless proven cases of criminality are severely punished While there may be no reliable statistics, the menace of ritual killings across the country has become so pronounced....
View ArticleOIL THEFT ON INDUSTRIAL SCALE
The authorities must do more to stop the mass economic haemorrhage The lamentation by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over the unprecedented crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism and...
View ArticleVIOLENCE AGAINST STATE AGENTS
There is need for a comprehensive confidence building to rekindle the trust of citizens in security agencies No fewer than 65 police officers, 92 security operatives and 81 soldiers were killed...
View ArticleMOVING AWAY FROM OIL ECONOMY
Government should be serious about diversifying the economy The prevailing economic downturn has worsted the capacity of Nigerians so much so that basic necessities of life, including food and...
View ArticleUNENDING ROW OVER $418 MILLION
The court should be allowed to decide For about a year now, the federal government and the 36 states have been embroiled in a controversy over the propriety or otherwise of the controversial $418...
View ArticleTHE SEIZURE OF PANGOLIN SCALES
The authorities could do more to stem illegal trade in wildlife The seizure of 397.5kg of Pangolin scales from smugglers by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in collaboration with Wildlife Justice...
View ArticleWHAT HAPPENED TO THE AUTOGAS PLAN?
The autogas project should be pursued to fruition Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) are economical fuel sources for automobiles. Their advantages over conventional petrol...
View ArticleTHE SHAME OF OPEN DEFECATION
The authorities could do more to prevent unnecessary deaths In November 2018, President Buhari declared a state of emergency in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector and launched a national...
View ArticlePOWER SUPPLY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
The country needs an efficiently managed grid and appropriate incentives to attract investment The epileptic nature of power supply does not only make Nigeria one of the harshest environments to do...
View ArticleKADUNA AND THE GRIP OF TERRORISTS
The authorities must demonstrate the capacity to secure the lives and property of Nigerians Terrorists are increasingly consolidating their grips on Kaduna, Nigeria’s most fortified state and...
View ArticleLAURELS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The success at the Birmingham Games is a wake-up call for more investment in sports The recent 22nd Commonwealth Games ended in Birmingham, United Kingdom, with fanfare after top level competitions...
View ArticleNIGERIA AND THE 2022 MISERY INDEX
Governments must work hard to turn the dreary economic environment around We doubt if anybody was surprised that Nigeria’s Misery Index rose from 59.4 in December 2021 to 62.79 by July 2022. Not only...
View ArticleOPERATIONS OF FOREIGN AIRLINES
The authorities should intervene immediately to ensure that the airlines continue with their scheduled operations In a statement yesterday, Emirates Airlines said it would suspend its flight...
View ArticleACCOUNTABILITY AND THE MDAS
There is urgent need to strengthen the fiscal responsibility act Nigeria’s public finance management system is a study in the absurd. Despite supposedly laid down rules, the Ministries, Departments...
View ArticleTHE WANING RAILWAY LEGACY
The security agencies should secure the railway tracks For an administration that has shown remarkable interest in infrastructure development and rehabilitation as key to economic restoration,...
View ArticleTHE ECONOMY AND THE NGF PROPOSAL
The states should first put their house in order In apparent admission of the worsening situation in the country, governors of the 36 states under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum recently...
View ArticleCONTAINING MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK
A clean environment and good personal hygiene could help In yet another national health emergency, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced last weekend that monkey pox virus has now...
View ArticleRAVAGES OF FLOOD IN JIGAWA
The states should do well by heeding warnings from NiMet Jigawa State Government last week confirmed the death of no fewer than 50 persons as a result of flooding in some parts of the state. Hundreds...
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