AWKA AND THE RENEWED CULT WARS
The authorities must do more to contain the violence The Ezinano Community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State recently announced a N10 million bounty for anyone with information that...
View ArticleONDO STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
The choice of the electorate should prevail Although the build-up to tomorrow’s gubernatorial election in Ondo State has not been as nasty as that of Edo State held three months ago, the stakes are...
View ArticleTACKLING LASSA FEVER/MENINGITIS
It is shameful that Nigerians are still dying in droves from preventable diseases Last week revelation by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that no fewer than 762 Nigerians died from Lassa...
View ArticleA NATION OF HUNGRY PEOPLE
The authorities must do more to bring down the cost of food The 5th Wave of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) General Household Survey 2023/2024 which tracked the resilience of Nigerians over time...
View ArticleSUPREME COURT AND THE LOTTERY ACT
At last, states have powers over lottery and games of chance Many interest groups had hoped that the return to democratic dispensation in May 1999 would create a golden opportunity for the political...
View ArticleBATTLE FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE ALAUSA
SUNDAY BABATUNDE argues that 2027 is still faraway The race for the 2027 governorship election seems to have started earlier than expected in the Centre of Excellence, Lagos State, albeit on a very...
View ArticleROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES AND FATALITIES
All the stakeholders should do more to contain the carnage To many Nigerians, death by road traffic crashes (RTC) becomes news only when prominent citizens are involved or casualty figures in specific...
View ArticleRISING COST OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS
The authorities must do more to bring down the cost of drugs In June this year, President Bola Tinubu signed an executive order to increase local production of healthcare products, including...
View ArticleTETFUND AND TERTIARY EDUCATION
The federal government should deploy TETFund as a catalyst to revamp tertiary education in Nigeria Following the announcement by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) of a record-breaking N1.5...
View ArticleTHE ARREST AND TRIAL OF SIMON EKPA
Ekpa should be made to account for his crime In a significant step towards addressing insecurity in the Southeast region, pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa was arrested and remanded in custody last...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS: TAKING THE RIGHT PATH
The authorities could do more to contain the scourge Nigerians joined the rest of humanity to celebrate the World AIDS Day 2024 with the theme, “Take the rights path: My health, my right!” It was...
View ArticleTHE TRIAL OF YAHAYA BELLO
It’s time again for the EFCC to prove their case in court For several months, the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello was a fugitive from the law. Now that he is in the custody of the Economic...
View ArticleTHE CHALLENGE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
All the stakeholders could do more to stem the menace It is unfortunate that violence continues to manifest itself in new forms and trends against women and girls in the country. No fewer than 30 per...
View ArticleTRAGEDIES ON THE WATERWAYS
Regulators should do more to ensure safety standards are maintained It is understandable that boat accidents are inevitable in the creeks and coastlines especially given the fact that the people...
View ArticleCARNAGE ON THE ROAD
The authorities must do more to stem the scourge Dozens of muslim worshippers were killed recently in Saminaka, Kaduna State, when their bus collided with an oncoming truck. An official of the Kaduna...
View ArticleCARNAGE ON THE ROAD
The authorities must do more to stem the scourge Dozens of muslim worshippers were killed recently in Saminaka, Kaduna State, when their bus collided with an oncoming truck. An official of the Kaduna...
View ArticleISSUES IN THE 753-DUPLEX ESTATE FORFEITURE
The EFCC could do more to stem the worrying level of impunity in public office The final forfeiture of 753 duplexes in Abuja to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without any name to...
View ArticleWHEN WILL GAS FLARING END?
It’s time to stop the harmful practice of gas flaring Whereas Nigeria has over the decades reaped huge revenue from oil, the converse side of it is that gas flaring, a concomitant effect of...
View ArticlePERVASIVE ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The rights of the people should be upheld at all times As we join the rest of the world to mark the 2024 International Human Rights Day with the theme, “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”, the...
View ArticleTHE WAVE OF RITUAL KILLINGS
Stiffer punishment is needed to deter the murderers Driven largely by ignorance and poverty, the bizarre practice of killing for rituals is now commonplace in Nigeria. So rampant is the crime that...
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