Tag: P.M.NEWS
Changing Our Attitude Towards Work In Year 2014
By John Tosin Ajiboye Our attitudes as a nation towards work must change positively this year if we must develop…
Enabling The Physically Challenged
By Rasak Musbau According to English writer and politician, William Hay (1695-1755), one great advantage of deformity is that it…
ASUU And FG’s Insincerity
On 3 December, 2013, while the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was biting hard on students…
Rein In Aliens Who Brutalise Nigerians
The level of violence meted out by expatriate business people in Nigeria to their staff has become worrisome and needs…
National Conference: Making The Most Of An Imperfect Situation
By Daniel Onwe Over the years, there has been the clamour for a national conference or dialogue or discourse, whether…
The Coward Called Asari Dokubo And His Empty Threats
By Joe Igbokwe We live in interesting times in Nigeria today. Cowards and Villains nobody knew when it mattered most…
Progressive Speakers’ Forum In An Emerging Democracy
By Olumuyiwa Jimoh That democratic governance has become the most important governance framework thus far and the most universally accepted…
2014 Budget: Matters Arising
In December last year, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, on behalf of…
Nigeria In 2014: Worrying Perspectives From The Politicians
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let…
Travails Of Egan/Igando Housing Scheme Subscribers
On Monday Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola inaugurated the Lagos State Housing Ownership Mortgage Scheme, HOMS, at the Banquet Hall of…
Boko Haram: The Nigerian Civil War As Religious War
By Osita Ebiem “We are…calling on Muslims in this part of the world to be well prepared because, very soon,…
The Many Ills Of Zoning
By Alex O.A. Akpodiete A zone is defined as “an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose,…
I Know My Country
By John Tosin Ajiboye The name Nigeria coined from the word Niger Area was not a mistake but was predestined…
Presidency Buys Ohaneze, Other Igbo Groups With N1.2b For 2015
By Joe Igbokwe All it took to put to rest the self evident truth that the Presidency has purchased Ohaneze…
Concession Of National Stadium
When President Goodluck Jonathan approved the concession of the National Stadium in Lagos last month, many sports stakeholders reacted differently. While…
Redeem LASU’s Glory
The Lagos State University, the only university that belongs to the state described as the Centre of Excellence, requires a…
2015, The Youth And National Security
By Tayo Ogunbiyi As we march towards the much anticipated Year 2015, the electioneering time, the heat, without doubt, is…
Why Tukur’s Exit May Not Help PDP
By Joe Igbokwe If anybody is thinking that the exit of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will bring an end to the…
Stop The Nonsense At UNN
By James Ubadike Every well meaning citizen must be flabbergasted at the determination of some shadowy forces to turn the…
A Year To The Presidential Election
A year and four days to the presidential election, Nigerians still do not know who are the contenders or what…
Fresh Start
Starting is a word that comes with so much fear that most people would rather remain where they are than…
Senate And The Doctrine Of Take A Bow And Go
Nigeria’s National Assembly will face a litmus test when it begins to screen the ministerial nominees President Goodluck Jonathan has…
Food Security: The Lagos Example
By Rasak Musbau It is very sad that with much potential to achieve agricultural success, streets in most parts of…
Advantages Of Writing A Will
By Solomon Asowata A will is a legally enforceable declaration of how a person wishes his or her property should…
Saving The Real Sector
As the tenure of the current Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi will soon end, and possi…
Charge Up Your Metabolism
By Sharon Jane A pretty woman of 55 began her lifestyle journey about a year ago. She wanted to lose…
Nigeria, Not Yet A Democracy
By Power Ziakede Aginighan In spite of the posturing of Nigeria’s political parties as democratic or progressive, none of them…
On Fashola’s Top Global Thinkers Listing
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recent listing of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola among 100 Top Global Thinkers for 2013…
Tukur’s Forced Resignation And PDP’s Decline
Last Wednesday’s forced resignation of Bamanga Tukur, the seventh Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 15 years, is…
Criminalising Rape And Child Abuse Offences
By Ayo Afuwape The issue of rape in today’s society, especially in Nigeria, is beginning to take the centre stage,…