Amidst the confusion and anger currently trailing the unofficial increase in the price of petrol, it remains sad and unacceptable that Nigerians are subjected to agonising experiences at filling stations, …
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Now that the floods are wreaking havoc again
THE floodwaters are here again, wreaking havoc across Nigeria. The country watches in horror as the death toll mounts. The National Emergency Management Agency reported that 195 lives have already …
Read More »Nigeria’s child malnutrition crisis
NIGERIA’S child malnutrition crisis demands urgent and sustained attention from the government and stakeholders. The country loses about 2,400 children under five to malnutrition daily. One million Nigerian children die …
Read More »Beyond direct cash transfer to 4.3 million Nigerians
The recent announcement by Mr. Wale Edun, the Federal Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy that about 4.3 million Nigerians have received direct cash transfers from the …
Read More »Leadership, not God responsible for Africa’s poverty
AFRICA has been entrapped in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty and low economic growth per capita for decades, and its leadership is responsible. While other world regions have recorded …
Read More »Repositioning the intelligence agencies
THE appointment of new heads for the National Intelligence Agency and the self-styled Department of State Services presents an ample opportunity for the government and the heads of the agencies …
Read More »Seizure of national assets: An embarrassment too many – Part 2
In this respect, was the Ogun State Attorney-General ignorant of prevailing laws or derelict in duty? Or, did he do his duty but his learned opinion was ignored by the …
Read More »Seizure of national assets: An embarrassment too many
That assets of the Federal Government of Nigeria are, on the authority of a foreign court, seized for alleged default in contractual obligation by Ogun State is most embarrassing. The …
Read More »Too early to celebrate GDP growth
UNDERSTANDABLY, the Bola Tinubu administration has made a monument of the latest GDP numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The numbers indicate a 68-basis point increase to 3.19 …
Read More »One year of Tinubu’s ministers
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has one of the largest cabinets in Nigeria’s history, comparable to Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, which had 47 ministers in 1999. Despite his promise to appoint technocrats to …
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