The proposal to create a Road Safety Special Armed Squad from the existing corps is premature in present-day Nigeria and can end up creating more problems than it tries to …
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UniAbuja: How not to select a Vice-Chancellor
Reports the other day, stating that a former deputy vice-chancellor and acting vice-chancellor who has only two years of professorial experience is among those to be screened by a Governing …
Read More »Hardship: Nigeria needs action, not prayers
A week ago, news emerged that First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu will lead national prayers in response to Nigeria’s challenges. The event, organised in collaboration …
Read More »Libya’s display against sportsmanship
THE verdict of the Confederation of African Football to descend on Libya is generating ripples beyond football. CAF punished Libya after its government and the Libya Football Federation meted out …
Read More »Nigerian children on World Immunisation Day
Today, Nigeria marks World Immunisation Day with 2.1 million of its children unvaccinated. This means that this huge number of children never received any dose of vaccine against tuberculosis, polio, …
Read More »Running on empty
Last week, in an almost unimaginable turnaround, the 45th President of the United States, who was frustrated by the voters in his re-election effort four years ago, was comprehensively voted …
Read More »Challenges, opportunities of Nigeria’s projected 2050 population
The implications of Nigeria’s projected population growthto about 400 million in about 25 years time are profound and multifaceted, encompassing challenges related to resource management, employment, public services The post …
Read More »Addressing youth education as panacea for insurgency
The seeming intractable war on terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria easily lends itself to warnings by well-meaning people that the huge The post Addressing youth education as panacea for insurgency …
Read More »Failing power grid signals urgent reforms
Eleven times this year, the country’s national grid has suffered collapse, repeatedly plunging the country into darkness. There is no other jarring evidence of the need for power reforms than …
Read More »Mandatory vocational skills as antidote to dysfunctional education system
The continued relevance of Nigeria’s school curricula to the contemporary necessity of skills acquisition has, over the years, elicited The post Mandatory vocational skills as antidote to dysfunctional education system …
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