By not paying the counterpart fund to access allocations set aside by the Federal Government for basic education, many state governments are doing a disservice not only to Nigerian children …
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FG, intensify the fight against insecurity
THE attack on the Nigerian military camp by terrorists in Kareto, Borno State leading to the death of between five to 20 soldiers must not be allowed to recede from …
Read More »States’ apathetic attitude to primary education
NIGERIA’S primary education outlook is grim, casting a dim shadow on the country’s future. It has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in the world. Yet, state governors fail to …
Read More »Federalism as solution to Tinubu’s tax reform controversies
The Federal Government should adopt a more methodical approach to convince Nigerians of the genuineness and public interest nature of its proposed tax reform, which has unfortunately been embroiled in …
Read More »FG must stop UCH’s decline
NIGERIA’S reference point in tertiary health care is in a gory mess. The University College Hospital, Ibadan, inaugurated in November 1957,is highly revered in Nigeria’s medical history. Sadly, it is …
Read More »Minors in deplorable jails
THE 32 minors detained and charged with treason over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protests in August were freed through a presidential pardon.Their post-detention interaction with the media exposed …
Read More »The judiciary, still the last hope of Nigerians
Assurances given recently by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, that the judiciary would live up to its billings under her watch could not have come at a …
Read More »Resolving Nigeria’s forex crisis
NIGERIAN companies are experiencing their worst nightmare in decades. Most are struggling, many are on the brink of collapse, and others are obliterated by the foreign exchange crisis initiated by …
Read More »General’s unwarranted assault on a couple
THE alleged brutal physical assault meted out on an intending couple, Vershima Mker and Lami Iorvihi, by G.S. Mohammed (a major-general) and his aides, in the Federal Capital Territory recently …
Read More »World Bank and the trouble with Tinubu’s economic reforms
Understandably, the economic reforms of the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu have attracted mixed reactions from sections of the populace. While some feel that the government is getting it …
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