Tag: P.M.NEWS editorial
Taming The Tide Of Software Piracy
The prevailing software piracy in the country is very worrisome and alarming. Intellectual property thieves have, at an unprecedented rate,…
CBN Funding Of Boko Haram
Allegations by Stephen Davis, an Australian hostage negotiator, that Boko Haram is being funded by prominent politicians via the Central…
When Will N33.4b Cabotage Fund Be Disbursed?
For decades, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, the institution vested with the statutory role of administering Cabotage…
FG’s Ebola Intervention Fund To Lagos
Every Nigerian of cognitive ability is aware of the presence of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country. This…
Falconets: Better Luck Next Time
When FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup kicked off on 5 August, 2014 in Canada, nobody gave Super Falconets of Nigeria…
The Fall Of Gwoza
The declaration of Gwoza as an Islamic Republic or a caliphate by the Boko Haram sect is yet another evidence…
The National Carrier Project
Many aviation analysts and stakeholders have posited that having a national carrier could be to the country’s advantage, if such…
Securing Lagos In These Challenging Times
On Monday, eagle-eyed security agents intercepted a physically-challenged man, allegedly attempting to detonate explosives at the premises of Centrix Unit…
CBN’s Negative Policy
The announcement last week of a planned re-introduction of N65 charge on Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, by the Central Bank…
Hurdles Before The New Lagos Chief Judge
On Monday, the Lagos State House of Assembly confirmed Justice Olufunmilayo Olajumoke Atilade as the new Chief Judge of Lagos…
A Clarion Call To Pastor Adeboye
Last weekend motorists plying the Lagos- Ibadan expressway had a harrowing experience around sprawling Redemption Camp on the expressway due…
Undue Militarisation Of Elections
The gross abuse of power and the undue militarisation of the just concluded Osun State governorship election and that of…
The Shocking Extra Judicial Killing Video
On Tuesday, 5 August, Nigerians woke up to see a shocking extra-judicial killing video released by the global human rights…
The Task Before IG Abba
Nigerians were not excited recently after Mr Suleiman Abba was appointed as the new Inspector-General of the Police, though in…
Lessons From 2014 Commonwealth Games
Team Nigeria returned from the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a total of 36 medals comprising 11…
All Eyes On Osun State
Six days to the 9 August governorship election in Osun State, the political atmosphere is charged and tension is sky…
The Threat Of Ebola Disease
The Ebola epidemic, which has killed over 600 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, has become a regional…
A Nation In Turmoil
Nigeria has been on tenterhooks in the past few days following serial suicide bombings in Kano, Kaduna and Adawawa states.…
Task Before New Aviation Minister
Osita Chidoka, Nigeria’s new Minister of Aviation who was sworn in on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan, has no experience…
Manufacturing Sector And Slow Economic Growth
A recent economic report by Renaissance Capital, an investment firm that operates in high-opportunity emerging markets, revealed that the Nigerian…
Shekarau’s Many Challenges
The first recorded success of Ibrahim Shekarau, former Kano State governor, after he was appointed minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau,…
Is Boko Haram Gaining The Upperhand?
An unchallenged attack by Boko Haram on Friday in Damboa, which left over 100 people dead and sacked scores from…
Jonathan Must Learn From History
By using the military to intimidate his perceived opponents, President Goodluck Jonathan is making the same mistake many African leaders…
Hepatitis: Asymptomatic But Deadly
There is so much awareness about HIV/AIDS but in Nigeria, the majority of the people do not know much about…
Respond To Doctors’ Demands
On 1 July, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, began what it called an indefinite strike to press home some agitations…
Lessons From 2014 World Cup
The race for the coveted World Cup trophy which began in Brazil on 12 June ended Sunday night when Germany…
The Fate Of Indigent OAU Students
Since last month, Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, was shut following a protest by students…
Nyako’s Impending Impeachment
After weeks of shoving, the Adamawa State House of Assembly last week mandated the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Ambrose Mamadi,…
National Confab And States Creation
Last week Thursday, the delegates at the Nigerian National Conference endorsed the creation of 18 states in addition to the…
The Military Mayhem In Lagos
The mayhem unleashed last Friday in Lagos by the Nigerian military is not only disgusting, but a depressing realisation that…