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TACKLING THE MENACE OF MALNUTRITION The authorities must do more to secure the future of our children Childhood malnutrition has continued to take a devastating toll on our citizens through death and...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF AIR POLLUTION
Regulators should be alive to their responsibilities In most Nigerian cities, vehicles with unacceptable emission standards clog the streets, oozing impurities unchecked. Majority of these are used...
View ArticleMALARIA AND THE NEW COUNCIL
All the critical stakeholders could do more to contain the scourge Determined to eradicate malaria in Nigeria, the federal government recently enlisted the support of some prominent business leaders...
View ArticleTACKLING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
The authorities should do well by enforcing the law We must commend the Lagos State government for not only establishing an institution to deal with the challenge of domestic violence but also for...
View ArticleLET’S TALK ABOUT SUICIDES
The authorities should do more to stem the scourge As millions of people around the world mark this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), it is important for critical stakeholders in our country...
View ArticleREINTRODUCING THE WHISTLEBLOWING BILL
Government must act with sincerity of purpose for the policy to make effective impact In a bid to curb corruption in public places, former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 introduced the...
View ArticleA FLOODGATE OF AVOIDABLE LOSSES
The authorities should take flood predictions seriously No fewer than 205 persons lost their lives in different flooding incidents across 29 states so far in 2024. Some 225,169 others were displaced...
View ArticleTHE FLOODING OF MAIDUGURI
It pays to be proactive We commiserate with the residents of Maiduguri caught in the flooding this week. It will take a long time for the ugly experience to ebb from their memories even after the...
View ArticleAS EDO STATE ELECT NEXT GOVERNOR…
The will of the people should prevail The competition for who becomes the next Governor of Edo State is intense with the campaigns laced with harsh rhetoric, hateful speeches and threats. There have...
View ArticleYET ANOTHER TANKER EXPLOSION
Regulators must do more to stem the problem It was another hell on earth for several families in the country, following the explosion of a fuel-laden tanker along Bida-Agaie-Lapai Road in Niger State....
View ArticleA NATION OF HUNGRY PEOPLE
Government should do well by addressing the issue of insecurity across the land The growing number of hungry Nigerians, according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé analysis on national food insecurity,...
View ArticleTHE NEGLECT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
All stakeholders should invest more in libraries While education is described as the result of acquired knowledge and the accumulation of observations and experiences, a library serves as both the...
View ArticleINSECURITY AND THE ENUGU EXAMPLE
State governors should protect their territories by going after criminals The spate of attacks on rural communities across the country has gradually brought the average citizen to the Hobbesian state...
View ArticleEFCC, YAHAYA BELLO AND SORDID DRAMA
The EFCC should operate within the law If there is anything that the drama between the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has shown, it...
View ArticleDEATH ROW CONVICTS AND MATTERS ARISING
State governors should do what is right As of April, according to a recent disclosure by the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesperson, Abubakar Umar, a total of 3,504 inmates were on death row...
View ArticleTHE ABUJA EARTH TREMORS
The tremors are another wake-up call For four days last week, earth tremors sparked fears in the communities of Mpape, Katampe District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This should be another...
View ArticleTHE WOES OF PENSIONERS
The regulator should enforce the provisions of the law The Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) was adopted in 2004 to end protracted delays in payment of pension benefits to retirees. But 20 years...
View ArticleIMMUNISATION AND ENDANGERED CHILDREN
Health authorities must ensure that children are immunised The World Health Organisation (WHO) report that Nigeria has over 2.1 million zero-dose children who are yet to receive any form of...
View ArticleLET’S INVEST IN PUBLIC TOILETS
The provision of conveniences is an imperative Going by the latest Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) report, no fewer than 48 million people in the country practice open defecation, with only 18...
View ArticleNIGERIA AT 64: A SENSE OF FOREBODING
We all must do more to bring relief to a battered country Amid serious security and socio-economic challenges, Nigeria today marks its 64th independence anniversary. Ordinarily, it should be a day to...
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