Boat mishaps: When will they end?
Nigeria must begin to confront boat mishaps as a national public-safety crisis. The latest tragedy at Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where 65 people reportedly died, is too grim a reminder of the price Nigerians pay for regulatory failure and government neglect. The tragedy is particularly disturbing because it was […]
Tackling poverty in Nigeria
Once again, the Federal Government came out hotly in self-defence over charges of worsening poverty rate in Nigeria.
Government’s funding of weddings
Funding of “mass weddings” by state governments appears to be gathering popular appeal in Northern Nigeria.
Extension of emergency rule
After a hectic six months of battling Islamic insurgents under a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, President Goodluck Jonathan came back to the National Assembly early in November 2013, to ask for a six-month extension to enable the armed forces complete the job.
Dangerous desert migrations
When a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Oikkena, embarked on the dangerous path of squeezing himself into the tyre compartment of Arik aircraft, with the belief that he would end up in America, the action sent out a strong message of migration driven by frustration.
After ASUU …
THERE is a paradox governments have built around education — they are spending billions of Naira on education, yet the financial issues around education are not being resolved. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike is only one of many matters that are dogging education.
Ekiti baby robbers
THE type of shocking crimes being committed in our society, and the level to which evil men and women are willing to go to achieve their devilish ends are becoming something else.
INEC’s failure in Anambra polls
Barring the rescheduled elections in parts of Anambra State, the November 16, 2013 governorship election has come and gone. But the recurrence of the old inadequacies of a typical Nigerian election has continued to linger.
Iyayi and recklessness of governor’s convoy
DR. Festus Iyayi, author, academic and activist of extraordinary endowments lost his life in a ghastly auto crash along Abuja-Lokoja highway on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, to bring to a climax an odyssey of struggle, commitment and dedication to social justice in his fatherland.
Don’t politicise budget 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan was sup-posed to present and lay before the combined session of the National Assembly the 2014 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. As preparations towards the event peaked, the event was suddenly postponed to Tuesday, November 19, 2013, and the President wrote the leadership of the Assembly to that effect.
Celebrating the Golden Eaglets
THE Golden Eaglets of Nigerian have, once again, proved that Nigeria is the undisputed king of world youth football.
