Saluting our victorious knowledge Olympians
Nigeria’s performance at the 2026 International STEM Olympiad in Rome was outstanding not only because of the medals won, but because it came from a broad spread of schools and subjects, showing that the country’s academic promise is still deeply embedded. At a time when school abductions by jihadists and bandits, insecurity, and the wider […]
We Oppose Tenure Elongation, Single Terms
YET again, the vexed issue of a single term for presidents and vice presidents, as well as governors and deputies, has reared its ugly head. Also being proposed along with it is that the tenure of the current crop of elected officials should be allowed to run beyond 2015 after which the single tenure will start taking effect.
The Edo Widow Controversy
THE Edo widow controversy is a poignant illustration of the power of the media in a democracy. The Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, had gone out on a routine inspection and stumbled upon a woman who was selling her articles of trade on an unauthorised spot on the road, thus blocking the traffic.
Confusion After Power Privatisation
WHEN the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor companies was concluded recently, the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, urged Nigerians to look forward to a new era of improved power supply.
Towards credible elections in 2015
Professor Attahiru Jega’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has continued to chalk up questionable competence in every election its has conducted in the country in its over three years of existence.
Against the Foreign Accounts Bill
ON Wednesday, November 20, 2013, the House of Representatives passed the second reading of a bunch of bills which, if they eventually become law, may see corruption in Nigeria go right through the roof and drain the nation’s treasury into foreign bank vaults.
