BRUNO Labbadia, the newly appointed Super Eagles head coach, assumes office at a desperately disappointing time for Nigeria’s men’s national football team. After an inexplicably long hiatus following the resignation …
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Nigeria’s brutal insecurity siege
NIGERIA has become notorious for killings. Non-state actors are plundering and engaging in murderous misadventures while the security agencies seem bereft of strategies to curb their excesses. President Bola Tinubu, …
Read More »Tasks before Chief Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
The assumption of Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and the second woman to have risen to the noble position is historical and significant. …
Read More »Stop the ASUU strike
ANY new disruption in the academic calendar due to industrial actions by university-based unions will escalate the crisis in the university system. This must be stopped at all costs. In …
Read More »Fearless in October Protests
NIGERIA is on the brink of another protest. Barely three weeks after the economically damaging #EndBadGovernance demonstrations, another round of protest looms in October. For a country that has yet …
Read More »Another promise to revive ailing textile sector
The move by the Federal Government to revive the moribund textile and cotton industry in Nigeria is ordinarily a step in the right direction, especially now that Nigerians need jobs. …
Read More »Mamman on path to destroying education
BOLA Tinubu’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, is on a fast lane to destroy the dying education sector. In an interview aired on national television, Mamman noted that the government …
Read More »The unholy secrecy of NASS members’ pay package – Part 2
Besides the obvious fact that even the figures presented are contradictory, they are also sketchy. RMAFC revealed the pay package for senators but was silent on that of the House …
Read More »Sudan deserves global attention
THE armed conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has killed over 15,000 and displaced over 12 million people without showing signs of abating. Hostilities persist in Khartoum, the …
Read More »The unholy secrecy of NASS members’ pay package
The controversies and secrecy surrounding how much members of the National Assembly earn do not portray the federal lawmakers as transparent, accountable, and dignified representatives of their fellow citizens. The …
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