AGAIN, DEATHS FROM LASSA FEVER
Government must sharpen the surveillance and social health education activities to prevent the disease from spreading There are fears that Lassa fever, which ravaged many states across the nation...
View ArticleBUHARI’S CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER
MONDAY EDITORIAL It is a worthwhile project if well implemented In fulfillment of its campaign promise, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced the payment of N5,000 monthly...
View ArticleDEATH BY ELECTROCUTION
The regulatory agency could do more to curtail the lapses in the power sector While it is gratifying that the electrical fault that led to the death of no fewer than 14 persons at a particular section...
View ArticleCOLLAPSED BUILDING AT POLICE BARRACKS
There is alternative to chaos. The authorities should ensure buildings conform to codes and regulations A sergeant and one other person died from a collapsed building at the police barracks, Ikeja,...
View ArticleSTILL ON THE MALARIA SCOURGE
The health authority needs to allocate more resources to contain the scourge The Director, Malaria Project, Society for Family Health, Dr. Ernest Nwokolo, recently resorted to scary imagery to...
View ArticleTHE GRUESOME DEATH OF A COLONEL
The security agencies should sharpen their investigative skills and apprehend the killers of Anthony Okeyim Students and staff of Command Secondary School, Ibadan, recently awoke to a gruesome sight:...
View ArticleBetween The Church And The State
The Nigerian state will be better off if it hands-off issues of religion The untidy meddling with the tenure and structure of religious organisations and their patriarchs, which led to the removal last...
View ArticleA DIVIDED LABOUR HOUSE
MONDAY EDITORIAL Nigeria Labour Congress should put its house in order At a most difficult period when the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ought to be constantly striving to secure better working...
View ArticleTHE ABSENCE OF A REGULATOR
It is time to reconstitute the board of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission For 13 months, the federal government has perhaps unknowingly contributed largely to creating an unstable regulatory...
View ArticleMAKING THE POLICE MORE EFFECTIVE
Community support and participation are critical to improving police performance While the surest way to fighting crime in any society remains equipping the police for the discharge of their onerous...
View ArticleJAMMEH AND THE GAMBIAN LOGJAM
ECOWAS should use any available means to remove the dictator With the expiration of the deadline of last night set by leaders of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) for the Gambian...
View ArticleTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE
Government may do well to enforce the laws against child marriage A girl who goes to school and stays in school till about 18, according to Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director, United...
View ArticleECOWAS And The Fall of Jammeh
After an initial resistance, the defeated dictator of 22 years, Mr Yahya Jammeh, finally accepted that the game was up yesterday morning. He agreed to leave The Gambia on exile, paving way for his...
View ArticleTHE IDP CAMP BOMBING ERROR
MONDAY EDITORIAL The military authorities should ensure it does not happen again Last Tuesday marked another day of tragedy for the nation when a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet mistakenly...
View ArticleNATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE PIB
The expected PIB act should ensure better management of our oil resources All things being equal, there are expectations that the National Assembly may pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law...
View ArticleTHE POWER SUPPLY SCANDAL
After three years of privatisation, the power sector is still in a shambles When in November 2013 the electricity distribution and power generation companies were handed over to some private operators...
View ArticleRISING FATALITIES ON THE WATERWAYS
The authorities may do well to enforce safety standards While fatalities arising from road accidents or plane crashes easily catch public attention, the rising number of deaths occasioned by boat...
View ArticleBEFORE PASSING THE VIGILANTE BILL
Their conduct and mode of operation must be clearly spelt out The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, recently urged the National Assembly to ensure a quick passage of the bill before them for...
View ArticleSecuring Schools for Our Children
Schools are increasingly under attack. Good protective measures could do all lots of good The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria and allied bodies recently sought audience with President...
View ArticleAN ECONOMY IN TROUBLE
MONDAY EDITORIAL Government needs to focus on the fragile economy The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) last week released its latest report titled “Looking Inwards: Will Nigeria tread the path of...
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