The declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo as the governor-elect, may have, for now, drawn the curtains on the activities for the 2024 …
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Future of Nigeria’s girl-child should be secured
AS the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child, themed ‘Girls’ Vision of the Future,’ Nigeria’s governments should do all they can to secure the future of female …
Read More »Speed up fiscal and tax reforms
ONE of the most significant moves by the Bola Tinubu administration is the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms in August 2023. The committee is …
Read More »The demand for 100% increase in student loan
Barely six months into the take-off of the Nigerian students’ loan scheme initiative of President Bola Tinubu, it is not entirely surprising that the recipients are already seeking a 100 …
Read More »Lagos’ single-use plastics ban too sudden
IN another bold move to redraw the climate change narrative, Lagos State has taken the lead again by giving a new deadline on plastics use. This is after Lagos gave …
Read More »Laurels for Oloyede at 70
AS he attains 70 years today, Is-haq Oloyede can look back at his life with pride and the future with hope. Born on October 10, 1954, in the Abeokuta South …
Read More »UNSC: Imperatives of reform and push for sovereignty – Part 2
It is apparent that if the WHO Pandemic Agreement and amendments to the IHR are signed in their current form by the requisite WHO member states, they may pave the …
Read More »Unbearable post-harvest losses
THE fresh report of post-harvest losses underlines Nigeria’s weak agricultural policies and decades of ugly paradoxes. A food and nutrition specialist at the FAO, Ibrahim Ishaka told the News Agency …
Read More »University system in dire straits
THERE is a genuine concern that Nigeria’s public university system might collapse soon if the government fails to wake up to the task of revitalising the sector. A fresh indication …
Read More »UNSC: Imperatives of reform and push for sovereignty
By agreeing in principle to give African countries two permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council, while at the same time denying the continent veto rights, the UN has …
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