Tag: editorial
Trampling On Journalists’ Rights
In yet another of the many missteps that have become the hallmark of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the police, acting…
Oil Theft: No To Death Penalty
Recently, the President of the Senate, David Mark, while inaugurating the Senate Joint Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)…
Patience Jonathan’s Health Condition
For some time now the media has been buzzing with the relapse of Dame Patience Jonathan’s health and her recent…
Corporate Sponsorship And Sports Development
As the 15th edition of the NNPC/Shell football competition drew to an end at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos…
Rein In These Murderous Gangsters
The killing of Adeolu Otenaike, a 400-level student of the North American University, the Republic of Benin, on 18 March,…
Flying Eagles’ Flop At AYC
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles went to the ongoing African Youth Championship, AYC, in Algeria with high expectation to defend the title…
Aero Madness
The labour crisis rocking Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, has now entered day fourteen and many Nigerians are asking:…
Boko Haram: Need For Vigilance In Lagos
The discovery of assault weapons and improvised explosive devices at a house in Ijora, Lagos, suspected to be inhabited by…
Tribute To Chinua Achebe
P.M.NEWS editorial on the passage of Chinua Achebe Was he a man of the people or the light of his…
The Kano Bus Park Blasts
Nigerians were again jolted by the bombing of a Lagos-bound luxury bus and other south-bound buses at the Sabon Gari…
President Jonathan’s Church Donation
Last Saturday’s fundraiser in Lagos, in aid of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Deanery and Youth Development Centre, Otuoke, Bayelsa State…
Challenges Facing Nigerian League
After over seven months, the Nigerian Premier League, NPL, now the Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, finally kicked off at…
Sending The Wrong Signal Against Corruption
The presidential pardon announced for some ex-convicts by the Federal Government on Tuesday has, as usual, elicited various reactions from…
APC Registration: Why INEC Must Tread Carefully
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, stirred the hornet’s nest when it claimed that it has received a notice of…
Dismal Electricity Supply At Lagos Airport
The electricity supply cuts that have occurred in the past few days at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos,…
Making World Women’s Day Meaningful In Nigeria
Last Friday, the world celebrated the annual International Women’s Day, IWD. It is a day set aside to honour womanhood.…
The Guild Of Editors’ Election
Media executives gathered at the Premier Hotel, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on 1 March 2013, to elect a new…
Track Down Crude Oil Thieves
Theft of crude oil is not a new phenomenon in the Nigerian oil industry. In fact, it has been going…
Ladipo Market And Climate Change
When flood ravaged many states in Nigeria last year, destroying homes, markets, offices and even killing people, not many remembered…
Sacking Corrupt Judges
It was with excitement that Nigerians last week received the news that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had wielded the…
Questions Over 2013 Budget
President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, 26 February, finally signed the long-awaited 2013 budget, after he reportedly reached a truce with members…
Ikeja Police College: Matters Arising
Recent revelations about the degradation and inexcusable neglect of the Nigerian Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, is, undeniably, a subset of…
Give Equal Attention To All Sports
When the Super Eagles of Nigeria won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa on 10 February, Nigerians both…
How To Make APC Work
Nigeria’s vibrant political climate came to the fore recently when members of the opposition signified their intention to form a…
A Theatre Icon Exits
The ranks of Nigeria’s theatre practitioners was further depleted, Tuesday 19 February, with the passing of legendary actor, Justus Esiri,…
Chime, Imoke And The Cult of Secrecy
The trend by serving public officials in the country to always keep the people in the dark over their failing…
Patience Jonathan And Her Unfinished Confession
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, had a full audience on Sunday when she held a special thanksgiving service at the…
Lessons From Pope’s Resignation For Nigeria
Monday last week, Catholic faithful and indeed the world was gripped by the shocking announcement by Benedict XVI, Catholic pontiff,…
Lovers Should Watch It Today
Today is St. Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Valentine. It is popularly called Lovers’ Day. It is a day…
The Merger This Time!
On Wednesday 6 February, four opposition parties came together and agreed to form a new political party, All Progressives Congress,…