The report that Nigeria is spending $600 million yearly to import palm oil should be disheartening to the generality of citizens, who knew the country to be foremost globally in …
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Lessons from Kenya’s tax hike protests
THE streets of Kenya have been smeared with the blood of its citizens. Essentially, Kenyan youth are protesting the financial bill introduced by President William Ruto. The bill, which imposes …
Read More »Follow through on prison decongestion
A fresh initiative by Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo to audit the inmates across the 256 custodial centres is welcome. According to the Minister of Interior, this is part of measures to decongest …
Read More »We must stop cholera from killing more children
With utmost sense of responsibility, government at all levels and other stakeholders should urgently take extensive measures to stop the deadly cholera that broke out in Lagos State and has …
Read More »Women’s wigs matter
NEW research findings that artificial hair, wigs, weave-ons, and other synthetic hair extensions contain toxic contaminants that can damage women’s health are disturbing amidst the popularity of these fashion items. …
Read More »Keyamo must end extortion at airports
FESTUS Keyamo must live up to his promise to end the pervasive culture of begging, bribery, and extortion that has plagued Nigerian airports for decades. The public should hold the …
Read More »We need true federalism not state creation – Part 2
Out of the 36 states in Nigeria, the predominantly Hausa-Fulani Muslim North has 14, while ethnic minorities in the North have five; the Yoruba have six, with stakes in two, …
Read More »MAN’s warning on kidnapping
AFTER the recent release of the Managing Director of Fouani Group, Mohamed Fouani, and four others, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has raised concerns that the continuous abduction of company …
Read More »Vandals on the loose
THE recent wave of vandalism targeting Nigeria’s public assets is a growing scourge that threatens the fabric of the country’s parlous infrastructure and societal well-being. This menace, manifesting in the …
Read More »We need true federalism not state creation
Instead of creating new states as being pondered in the National Assembly, it will be in the best interest of Nigeria to put in place workable federalism that will concentrate …
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