Tag: P.M.NEWS
Africa’s Declining Capacity To Manage Conflicts
By Makinde Collins At a recent debate in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a political think-tank…
On Lagos CCTV Security Scheme
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Lagos, being the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, and indeed West Africa, has enormous security challenges bearing…
Will Nigeria Disintegrate?
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, today, Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurated the 492-member National Conference whose task is…
NIS Recruitment Tragedy Exposes Nigeria’s Unending Mediocrity
By Joe Igbokwe We woke up in Lagos on Saturday, 15 March just like any other day, believing we will…
Immigration Recruitment Tragedy
Unemployed Nigerian youths are an easy prey for the government to exploit nowadays. They are mostly hopeless and desperate; but…
Healthy Relationships (2)
We spent ample time looking at how we could make relationships better/healthier in the previous edition but today I feel…
Observe Decorum In Sacking Public Office Holders
The culture of sacking office holders, sometimes at the flimsiest of provocations has been with us shortly after independence. This…
Helping The Displaced People
By John Tosin Ajiboye Displaced people are those who have left their normal living area because their lives or their…
Curbing The Excesses Of ‘Agberos’
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It was like a horror film from one of the ancient Hollywood collections. As the bus -conductor…
Nigeria’s Crisis Of Governance
By Bayo Onanuga We are all victims of Nigeria’s crisis of governance, and we all experience its symptoms: failed schools,…
Take A Closer Look At Labels
“Mum don’t forget to get me my favourite yoghurt”. What if your favourite is not available? I asked. “Then get…
Recall Youth Corps Members Posted To War-Torn States
Days ago, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, shocked Nigerians by posting of 820 graduates to war-torn Borno State to…
Ukraine: A Country Divided Between Selfish Interests 1
By John Tosin Ajiboye On January 21, 1990, over 300,000 Ukrainians organized a human chain for Ukrainian independence between Kiev…
Stop Dehumanising Women
The International Women’s Day was celebrated worldwide on 8 March, a day the United Nations set aside to draw attention…
Fixing Nigeria’s Moral Deficit
By Lanre Etti If only a country could develop through words, judging from countless articles, both in prints and online,…
Creating Awareness For Endometriosis
By Bilikis Bakare It is often common for girls and young women to experience pain during early hours of their…
Healthy Relationships
There could be different definitions or assumptions of what a healthy relationship is. Good health in its general sense is…
FG, Boko Haram And The Sanctity Of Life
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The concept of the sanctity of life is anchored on the sacred nature of life, and the…
Implementation Of Anti-Smoking Law Is Key
The recent signing into law a bill that prohibits smoking in public places by Governor Fashola of Lagos State has…
Of Hallmark Award And Senator Ndoma-Egba
By Michael Jegede On 21 February, 2014, the award of ‘Lawmaker of the Year 2013’ was conferred on Majority Leader…
The Return Of Fuel Scarcity
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Without doubt, the availability of petroleum, a major by-product of crude oil, is crucial to the continuous…
In Praise of Hard Working Women
By Adeleke Adeeko About a week after the passing of Dorcas Abosede Adeeko (nee Oresanya), my mother and of three…
YCAD, More Than A Revolution!
By ‘Dimeji Daniels What existed in the agriculture sector in Ekiti State before the Fayemi administration came on board was…
Between Owelle Rochas, Imo People And The Gathering Locusts
By Peter Claver Oparah And so they gathered, like supercilious vultures, gathered around a rotting corpse. They made all the…
Blood On Troubled Waters
By Adebayo Lamikanra Being something of a bibliophile, one of the most enjoyable things about being a student at the…
Steady Electricity: How Long Do We Wait?
By Kanayo Esinulo There was a huge joy among informed Nigerians when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was…
Boko Haram: The Cameroon Connection
It has now dawned on President Paul Biya of the Republic of Cameroon and his government that the Boko Haram…
Enhancing Teachers’ Capacity Through Technology
By Olalekan Olagunju Education is the bedrock of social and economic development. Throughout history, philosophers like Aristotle and Plato recognised…
By FERMA’s Fraud In Lagos
By Joe Igbokwe These are very interesting times in Nigeria. As 2015 Presidential elections draw near hell has been let…
The Return Of Long Fuel Queues
One promise President Goodluck Jonathan made to Nigerians last year during his independence day anniversary speech was the total eradication…