NIGERIA needs to get its priority right concerning the safety of primary and secondary schools nationwide. This is obvious after the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps recently disclosed that …
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Resource-backed loans, real threat to Nigeria’s future
The report lately that NNPC plans to borrow another $2 billion crude oil-backed loan is worrisome for its dire implication on the future of the country’s economy. The post Resource-backed loans, real threat …
Read More »Restoring the dignity of Nigeria’s passport
NIGERIA’S diminished stature in the comity of nations reflects in the global ranking accorded its passport and the travel document holder. This is reinforced by the recent global travel data …
Read More »Opaque NNPCL and ‘subsidised’ crude oil for refineries
Nigerians, who have in outrage, watched the Dangote Refinery’s macabre dance with handlers of the Nigerian oil sector, heaved a sigh of relief last week when the crude-for-naira deal for …
Read More »Domestic crude in naira a game changer
NIGERIA’S decision to sell crude oil to the Dangote Refinery and other local refiners in naira could prove a game changer for the domestic refining sector and the economy. On …
Read More »Russia flag-waving undermines Nigeria
NIGERIA is waking up to a harsh reality after some citizens introduced a new element to the hunger and #EndBadGovernance protests. From Kano to Kaduna and other cities in the …
Read More »Stemming the tide of job loss and firms’ closure
Reports that more than 30,000 jobs have been lost following the closure of 15 manufacturing companies in Nigeria are alarming, and they send all the wrong signals about the parlous …
Read More »Broadcast: Tinubu’s missed opportunity
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s Sunday national broadcast addressing the widespread hunger protests in Nigeria has understandably sparked significant criticism from various quarters. While the President aimed to quell public discontent, Tinubu’s …
Read More »Ajaokuta Steel: Nigeria’s metaphor for waste
THE National Assembly is on another round of ritualising. Last week, the Senate Ad-hoc Committee probing alleged corruption and inefficiency in the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and National Iron Ore …
Read More »Livestock ministry must end open grazing, conflicts
Against the backdrop of several failed attempts of the government to curtail incessant herders-farmers’ clashes that have claimed thousands of lives of peasant Nigerians, the plan by President Bola Ahmed …
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