Tag: P.M.NEWS
Jonathan, Don’t Miss This Golden Opportunity!
By Godwin Onyeacholem The power game currently going on in Nigeria is nothing but an embarrassment. If the contest as…
Autonomy For LGs, A Necessity
By Michael Jegede Before the National Assembly went on annual recess towards the end of July this year, the Senate…
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,…
Nigeria: Political Party Ideology And National Unity
By Solomon Markson “It is wrong for any section of this country to show desperation for the presidency just for…
As Govt Frustrates SURE-P Into Sacking 111,000
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi When the now-rested Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in February this year intimated us that the Federal…
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,…
Afolabi Olawole: Rarity Of A Stand
By Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni In the last few weeks, I have followed with keen interest and a discerning mind, the story…
Lagos And The Revival Of Football In Nigeria
By Tayo Ogunbiyi A few days ago, the city of Lagos was agog, as the final of the 68th edition…
Ekiti And FRC Report
By Sina Pius The recently released Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) report for 2011, which claimed that Ekiti State is among…
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…
The Other Side Of Anti-Tobacco Campaign
By Kola Boluwaji When people suddenly emerge as apostles of anti-this and anti-that, we often assume they must be altruistic…
Replace The Old With The New
In the late nineties, Reader’s Digest Association published a valuable book entitled “Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal”. We listed…
Political Appointees: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Relying on his constitutional power to hire and fire, President Goodluck Jonathan recently sacked nine members of…
Curtailing Criminality In Nigeria
By Tayo Demola The rate of crime in Nigeria such as rape, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of criminal…
The True Spirit Of An Enterpreneur
By Okoko Chidozie The engine of development of any nation is the ability of her people to transform ideas into…
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…
2015 Election Versus The Call For National Conference
By Godwin Onyeacholem For the genuinely selective compatriots as well as foreign observers who are immune to delusion, the painful…
A Tale Of Two Factions
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Most observers of the happenings within the nation’s political horizon believe that the balkanization of the Nigeria’s…
Give Them A Dose Of Pain!
By Adeleke Adeeko No observer of contemporary Nigerian Christianity can be unaffected by the church songs. I refer to the…
Forward Thinking With Geese Farming
Prince Arinze Onebunne Many developing countries now recognize the importance of livestock in integrated production systems to provide the sustainable…
You Need A Hand
Excellent is the saying that “a tree cannot make a forest”. At all levels of existence man is made to…
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…
Mountain From A Heap Of Sand
By Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya For a few weeks now, I have diligently followed the saga that has trailed the issue…
Like Senegal, Let’s Abolish The Senate
By John Tosin Ajiboye Since Nigeria returned to democracy rule in 1999, a lot of things have been going wrong,…
No Tears For PDP
By Clever Oparah Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that party that flatters itself as the biggest party in Africa is strapped…
Our Malpractice-Loving Attitude And The WAEC Act
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Usually those (mis)leading us reason that we, like them, don’t give a damn about their maladministration of…
Electricity Tariff Increase
The Federal Government recently announced that it will increase electricity tariffs every year. Under the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, regime,…
Building A Strong Family
The human race has been made to recognise, identify, enjoy and connect with family ties in one way or the…