AFTER two weeks out of the country, President Bola Tinubu returned on September 15. Nigerians are familiar with his long and frequent global shuttles, with the China trip being his …
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The minister’s curious lamentation on power supply
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is reported recently to lament the resort by industries to ‘their own captive power plants’ while ignoring electricity supply from the national grid. The …
Read More »Mass killings, abductions endure under Tinubu
DOES the Bola Tinubu administration have an effective and coordinated security strategy for taming the chronic killings and abductions? Since its inauguration in May 2023, the administration has logged a …
Read More »The scourge of open defecation
A new UNICEF report that Nigeria requires approximately 20 million toilets to eliminate open defecation indicates that Africa’s most populous country is off the rails concerning achieving Sustainable Development Goals …
Read More »Wale Omole Foundation as template for national moral rebirth
What was launched in Lagos on Thursday, August 22, 2024, as The Wale Omole Foundation for Virtues and Ethics in Yoruba Culture is the strategy needed to rescue Nigeria from …
Read More »That proposed cabinet shake-up
The reported plan by the Federal Government to reshuffle the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is desirable, as a periodic performance evaluation of public officials to deliver quality service to the …
Read More »Vandalising public assets is sabotage
SOUNDING mortified, the Federal Ministry of Power has reiterated some of the challenges militating against efficiency in the power sector. It stated recently that vandals plundered 63 transmission towers between …
Read More »Nigerian democracy needs positive utilisation of AI
As the global community commemorates the 2024 International Day of Democracy, with the theme, ‘Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Good Governance’, the necessity for the Nigerian state to adopt …
Read More »As Nigeria trains care-givers for senior citizens
Training of 28 geriatric caregivers in social care skills, as the Nigerian government recently embarked upon, represents a pivotal step in enhancing the quality of care for senior citizens. The …
Read More »Obtaining the Nigerian passport without tears
The 40 per cent increase approved by the federal government in fees for the Nigerian international passport is ill-timed as it will only add to the tax and other financial …
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