AFRICA’S largest crude producer is grappling with an inadequate supply of crude oil to its refineries, which is ironic. This inadequacy is stifling the development of the refineries and, by …
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Delaying Nigeria’s restructuring dangerous
NIGERIA, brimming with potential yet grappling with deep-seated challenges, stands at a crossroads. The call for restructuring continues to echo across the political and social landscape, growing more urgent each …
Read More »Eid-el-Kabir: Sacrifice as hallmark of accomplishment
Eid-el-Kabir, also known as Eid-el-Adha (the feast of sacrifice) is a powerful reminder of our common humanity and the obligation to take of one another. Most significantly, the feast reminds …
Read More »The living wage controversy
The fundamental problem I have with the ongoing controversy over what is to be considered minimum wage or living wage for The post The living wage controversy appeared first on …
Read More »The Benue lawmakers’ example of managing public funds
In a bid to plug a conduit through which public funds are being siphoned in Benue State, the Benue State House of Assembly has recently The post The Benue lawmakers’ …
Read More »Changing Nigeria’s security architecture
THE incessant attacks by bandits in the North-West and North-Central regions of Nigeria have escalated to alarming levels, necessitating an urgent overhaul of the country’s security architecture. On June 6, …
Read More »Shabby rankings of universities persist
MORE than anything else, the latest global ranking of universities has further underscored the need to accord topmost priority to Nigerian universities specifically and the education sector in general. According …
Read More »N90 billion pilgrimage subsidy is wasteful, unacceptable
Against the grave downturn of the country’s economy and the very hard times that citizens are going through, the disclosure that the federal government spent N90 billion to subsidise this …
Read More »Nigeria needs to tackle plastic pollution
PLASTIC pollution has become a real monstrosity in Nigeria. The urban centres are littered with single-use plastics and other plastic products; the rural areas are also burdened with plastic waste. …
Read More »To make June 12 a meaningful Democracy Day
Understandably, the excitement that should normally accompany the commemoration of June 12 as Democracy Day for Nigeria is absent. The post To make June 12 a meaningful Democracy Day appeared …
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