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…