NIGERIANS expect the federal and state governments to check the astronomical rise in food prices nationwide. In a new report, the National Bureau of Statistics said the prices of beans, …
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Voter apathy: Onus on politicians to govern well
THERE can be no further proof that all is not well with the Fourth Republic and that the country’s democracy needs urgent help than the apathy that has dogged elections …
Read More »Kemi Badenock: Testimony To The Nigerian Can-do Spirit
The election of Kemi Badenock as leader of Opposition and leader of the British Conservative Party is a testimony that with diligence, people can rise to be what they want …
Read More »Time to fix incessant grid collapse, power crisis
The unceasing collapse of the national grid managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has become an embarrassment and is no longer acceptable. The grid is the vast network …
Read More »Corruption, state capture: Festering cancers
TWO cancers – corruption and state capture – are ravaging Nigeria, leaving it sapped and unable to look after its people or assert its authority on the continent or the …
Read More »Keep police in the pension scheme
POLICE retirees are being set up for untold privations with the campaign in the National Assembly to enact legislation to remove the Nigeria Police from the Contributory Pension Scheme. Instead, …
Read More »Why states should access UBE fund, prioritise basic education
By not paying the counterpart fund to access allocations set aside by the Federal Government for basic education, many state governments are doing a disservice not only to Nigerian children …
Read More »FG, intensify the fight against insecurity
THE attack on the Nigerian military camp by terrorists in Kareto, Borno State leading to the death of between five to 20 soldiers must not be allowed to recede from …
Read More »States’ apathetic attitude to primary education
NIGERIA’S primary education outlook is grim, casting a dim shadow on the country’s future. It has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in the world. Yet, state governors fail to …
Read More »Federalism as solution to Tinubu’s tax reform controversies
The Federal Government should adopt a more methodical approach to convince Nigerians of the genuineness and public interest nature of its proposed tax reform, which has unfortunately been embroiled in …
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