STATES AND MOUNTAINS OF DEBTS
The current challenge calls for creative resource management While decentralisation of government ordinarily presupposes that the nearer such institution is to the people the better, that has not...
View ArticleTACKLING MALNUTRITION IN NIGERIA
Government and other stakeholders could do more to secure the future of our children Five United Nations agencies recently called for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in an unprecedented...
View ArticleADDRESSING CHILDBIRTH COMPLICATIONS
Primary healthcare in Nigeria should be strengthened Reports that no fewer than 82,000 Nigerian women are lost yearly to pregnancy-related complications should concern health authorities in the...
View ArticleHAPPY EASTER!
We should imbibe the virtues of service, sacrifice and love For the second year in a row, Christians are celebrating Easter at the same period that Muslims are observing the Ramadan fast. The...
View ArticleA CALL FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE
The authorities must do more and create an enabling environment for gainful employment of the youth Three years ago, the World Bank reported that Nigeria was currently undergoing the worst...
View ArticleGOVERNORS AND SECURITY VOTES
Security votes must be spent transparently In a bid to stem the pervasive tendency of public officers who treat security votes as personal entitlements, the 36 governors were expected to meet with...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF DEFORESTATION
The authorities must pay significant attention to the environment A recent report by the United Nations that Nigeria has the highest deforestation rate in the world, with an estimated 3.7% of its...
View ArticleRISING VIOLENCE IN HOMES
The stakeholders should do more to stem domestic violence Last September, the Lagos State Attorney General, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, drew the attention of Nigerians to a social problem hardly ever...
View ArticleTHE IMPERATIVE OF HEALTH INSURANCE
The country should strive to extend health insurance to all citizens A year after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Bill into law, stakeholders in the...
View ArticleCHIBOK GIRLS: NINE YEARS AFTER…
EDITORIAL The nation is awaiting the return of the remaining schoolgirls Last Friday marked the ninth anniversary of the violent abduction of 276 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno...
View Article50 YEARS OF FEDERAL HIGH COURT
Despite some challenges, the FHC has remained in the forefront of justice administration in Nigeria Without much fanfare, the Federal High Court marked its 50th anniversary last week. Established on...
View ArticleTHE MENACE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
All stakeholders should do more to curb the menace Abuse of drugs and substance is a global phenomenon. But the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and...
View ArticleBUILDING MORE WASTEFUL AIRPORTS
Most of the airports do not make economic sense Reports that 12 states in the country recently secured licences from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authorities (NCAA) for the construction of...
View ArticleNIGERIAN AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT DAY
Piracy kills creativity. It should be stemmed As stakeholders mark the 2023 World Book and Copyright Day on Sunday, it is important to advance the protection of intellectual property in a country...
View ArticleSUDAN AND THE AFRICAN MALAISE
AU and the UN must do more to restore peace in Sudan Sudan is unraveling in a relapse of political instability and military adventurism. A bloody power struggle has exploded into a shooting war...
View ArticleTIME TO ERADICATE MALARIA
The new malaria vaccine is welcome. But more should also be done to test the efficacy of traditional medicinal products on the disease The provisional approval for the R21/Matrix malaria vaccine...
View ArticleA CLOSURE FOR DEATH-ROW INMATES
It is a violation on rights and dignity of prisoners to keep them indefinitely on death row The practice of keeping convicts perpetually on death row is not only inhumane, but also a violation of...
View ArticleGROWING DEBTS AMID WORSENING INDICES
Indiscriminate borrowing has become a serious threat to the economy Nigeria’s rising debt profile is increasingly raising serious concerns. The foremost global financial institution, the World Bank,...
View ArticleTHE GROWING CANCER BURDEN
All the critical stakeholders could do more to stem the scourge Nigeria, according to the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2023 factsheet,...
View ArticleACCOUNTABILITY IN A PERIOD OF TRANSITION
The looting of offices by outgoing public officers is repugnant and must be checked As in previous transition years, there are reports of outgoing governors who have started to ‘appropriate’ the...
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