ABANDONED for more than a decade, the Abuja Closed Circuit Television camera project represents a missed opportunity in the quest to ensure public safety and security in Nigeria’s capital. Therefore, …
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Flush out terrorists, make Nigeria safe again
Recent reports of Jihadi fighters occupying portions of Nigeria’s Northwest portend an escalation of insecurity, a menace the country has grappled with for over a decade without much success. The …
Read More »Electricity crisis worsening varsities’ woes
NIGERIA’S public universities are under siege. Their woes worsened after the electricity distribution companies applied the new tariffs to them. This has seen an astronomical increase in their monthly bills. …
Read More »Street trading… a menace of utmost concern to commuters, motorists in Ibadan
Street trading has become one of the major issues that continue to plague the road network in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. While commuters and motorists are increasingly becoming helpless …
Read More »Nigeria’s over bloated ILO conference delegates
That Nigeria went to the 112th International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference held in Geneva, Switzerland recently with the largest number of delegates, despite the pledge by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu …
Read More »FG’s removal of tariffs, duties, VAT on pharmaceutical inputs
President Bola Tinubu’s move to check the unprecedented increase in prices of medicines in the country through an executive order to introduce zero tariffs, excise duties and Value Added Tax …
Read More »Sustain action on single-use plastics
THE Federal Government has taken a giant step forward to combat the menace of plastics in the environment. In this, the Federal Executive Council recently approved a ban on single-use …
Read More »FG should resolve, not ignore MMA2 partnership challenge
The Murtala Muhammad Airport Terminal II (MMA2) in Lagos is a metaphor for both the good and ill of the troubled aviation sector in Nigeria, if not the societal rot …
Read More »Bandits’ levies, obstacle to food security
DISTURBING reports that bandits are levying farming communities have again brought to the fore the imperative of addressing the banditry crisis. The menace has destabilised communities and exposed the lapses …
Read More »Nigeria’s absurd crude supply crisis
INTRICATE intrigues are playing out in Nigeria’s oil industry. These are bound to derail expectations of a reprieve in the form of lower petrol prices with the commencement of the …
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