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 …
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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 …
Read More »Ekpa’s arrest: Critical step against globalised terrorism
THE recent arrest of Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist leader and self-proclaimed “Prime Minister” of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, marks a significant milestone in the fight against transnational …
Read More »Nigeria must avoid a debt crisis
NIGERIA’S rapid descent into a potentially unsustainable debt trap causes concern. Nigeria’s total debt is set to hit a record N136 trillion, following President Tinubu’s fresh request to the National …
Read More »Change Nigeria’s obsolete abortion law
WOMEN’S reproductive rights remain a polarising subject in Nigeria. They are rooted in historical and moral complexities. Yet, as society evolves and medical science advances, the omnipresence of draconian laws …
Read More »Tapping the benefits of gas-powered vehicles
The signing, by the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) recently of separate deals with 75 conversion firms nationwide as part of government’s policy of reducing addiction to petrol and …
Read More »The trial of judicial integrity in Rivers state’s politics
An Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik has recently ordered the halt of the release of federal monthly allocations from the consolidated funds to the Rivers …
Read More »Time to appoint ambassadors
NIGERIA may not have its ambassadors in place any time soon. This is a deplorable concern. Since 2023, President Bola Tinubu has failed to reappoint ambassadors to represent Nigeria abroad. …
Read More »Stop Lakurawa terror group before it gains stronghold
The advent of a new, foreign-based armed religious group known as ‘Lakurawa’ into Nigeria cannot but be sad news for the country’s embattled space, particularly in the North where insurgency seems …
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