Tag: editorial
Time To Halt Mudslinging In The National Assembly
In the last couple of weeks, defections and counter-defections in the National Assembly have hogged the news headlines non-stop. The…
A House Divided Against Itself
The apparent discordant positions held by leaders of the Yoruba nationality on the impending National Conference, is worrisome. These same…
No To Foreign Technical Assistant For Stephen Keshi
Most Nigerians were shocked when it became apparent that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has been nusring the desire to…
Mbu’s Landmine And The New Rivers Police Boss
The recent redeployment of highly controversial Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu, by the Police Service Commission to the…
Sanusi’s Outcry Over Missing Oil Revenue
The claim by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
ASUU And FG’s Insincerity
On 3 December, 2013, while the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was biting hard on students…
Rein In Aliens Who Brutalise Nigerians
The level of violence meted out by expatriate business people in Nigeria to their staff has become worrisome and needs…
2014 Budget: Matters Arising
In December last year, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, on behalf of…
Travails Of Egan/Igando Housing Scheme Subscribers
On Monday Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola inaugurated the Lagos State Housing Ownership Mortgage Scheme, HOMS, at the Banquet Hall of…
Concession Of National Stadium
When President Goodluck Jonathan approved the concession of the National Stadium in Lagos last month, many sports stakeholders reacted differently. While…
Redeem LASU’s Glory
The Lagos State University, the only university that belongs to the state described as the Centre of Excellence, requires a…
A Year To The Presidential Election
A year and four days to the presidential election, Nigerians still do not know who are the contenders or what…
Senate And The Doctrine Of Take A Bow And Go
Nigeria’s National Assembly will face a litmus test when it begins to screen the ministerial nominees President Goodluck Jonathan has…
Saving The Real Sector
As the tenure of the current Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi will soon end, and possi…
Tukur’s Forced Resignation And PDP’s Decline
Last Wednesday’s forced resignation of Bamanga Tukur, the seventh Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 15 years, is…