Tag: editorial
Stymied Tertiary Education Sector
It is very depressing that the nation’s tertiary education sector has been stymied by unending strikes by players in the…
Nigeria’s Chaotic Aviation Industry
With 177 lives lost in 16 months and near-death experiences in our airspace now as ubiquitous as the air we…
Breaking Bank To Regrass Stadium
When the National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, was constructed in 2003 at a cost of N57.6 billion, tax paying…
Airport Projects On Disputed Land
The recent announcement by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, that work had begun on a disputed land at…
Nigeria’s Wobbling Economy
At the Saint Regis Hotel in Washington, DC, United States, the lingering problems of Nigeria’s economy echoed when some of…
How Safe Are Our Malls?
Last weekend’s terror attack on Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which resulted in the death of scores of people,…
Safeguarding Africa’s Risky Skies
The announcement recently by the International Air Transport Association, IATA, that in 2012 African aviation accounted for only 3 percent…
Jonathan, Nigerians And Corruption
On Tuesday at the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan scored a point,…
Show Of Shame At National Assembly
The show of shame that took place at the National Assembly Tuesday after Senators and members of the House of…
Stop This Carnage
The recent violence in Adabu, Obi and Assakio Alago communities of Adamawa State, caused by the Ombatse cult, peaked yesterday…
New Police BCMR Unnecessary
Beginning from today, the Nigeria Police will start its new Biometric Central Motor Registration, BCRMR, which they claimed would help…
Jonathan’s Vindictive Cabinet Shakeup
It was no surprise that President Goodluck Jonathan reshuffled his cabinet yesterday, but the timing was wrong and the shakeup…
Electricity Tariff Increase
The Federal Government recently announced that it will increase electricity tariffs every year. Under the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, regime,…
Brazen Electoral Robbery In Offa
The brazen electoral robbery in Offa Local Government by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWASIEC, is disturbing, preposterous and…
Huge Losses Through Poor Healthcare System
Two days ago, President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Osahon Enabule, put Nigeria’s annual loss through travelling abroad…
PDP Crisis And The Future Of Nigeria’s Democracy
Each time an election year approaches, political activities rise to frenetic levels. Many politicians who, hitherto had been indolent or…
FG Should Meet ASUU’s Demands
As the ongoing strike that has paralysed academic activities in the nation’s public universities enters day 60, there is urgent…
Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria
The world must rise now and move against the President of Syria, Bashar Hafez Al-Assad for allowing chemical weapons to…
A Nation Under Siege Of Kidnappers
In recent times, the rising wave of kidnapping in Nigeria has been frightening. Kidnapping for huge ransoms is now the…
Security Lapses At Nigerian Airports
The security breach that occurred at the Benin Airport in Edo State last Saturday has again discredited claims by Nigerian…
Beyond The Parties’ War
The war of words between the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC, has…
As Okagbare Saves The Day
Nigeria’s outing at the just concluded 14th IAAF World Championships, an equivalent of the FIFA Football World Cup, was almost…
Where Is Shekau’s Grave?
There is skepticism about the veracity of the claims by the Nigerian military on Monday that there was evidence Boko…
Nigeria’s Alarming Debt Profile
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, and coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, revealed a few days ago that Nigeria’s debt…
Education Policy And ASUU Strike
There seems to be no end to the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. And the major…
Unending Gas Scarcity And Power Supply
Nigerians have undoubtedly been taken on a very long ride in terms of failed promises by successive administrations to provide…
Travesty Of Justice
Two years ago, a video in which five men gang-raped a woman and posted their atrocious act on the internet…
Keeping Lagos Athletes Busy
Despite the holiday for the Eid-el-Fitri, Lagos State athletes were busy competing in the Quarterly Inter-Clubs Competition throughout the period.…
Rein In Fraudulent Agents, Landlords
When it comes to house scams in Lagos, history seems to repeat itself with an alarming accuracy and frequency. A…
Nigerian Players And Lack Of Lucrative Offers
Since the summer transfer window opened on 1 July, top European clubs have been signing players with mouth watering offers,…