Illegal refuse-dumping menace in Lagos
Uncollected waste has become a permanent fixture along highways, markets, and residential streets of Lagos. Hardly any other Nigerian city wears its refuse crisis quite so visibly. Heaps of decomposing waste do more than disfigure a city that stands as the nation’s commercial capital. They breed rodents, flies, and mosquitoes, and with them the diseases […]
Troubling signals from Taraba, Ekiti
When the ailing Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, returned from his elongated medical vacation abroad and could not be allowed to resume due to his subsisting indisposition, the state fell into the shadow of deadly power play.
Road accidents – more causes for alarm
NIGERIA is reputed to have the second highest rate of road accidents among 193 countries and deaths from reckless driving are the third leading cause of death in Nigeria. In 2012, at least 473 persons died from a total of 1,115 vehicular accidents nationwide.
Electricity in private hands
Friday, November 1, 2013 will go down in the history of electric power development in Nigeria as the day when the private sector effectively took over the functions of providing electricity to Nigerians.
Culture of election failings
ANYONE, who says he understands how elections in Nigeria work is only making a claim. Whether at the local government, state or federal levels, elections are mysteries various authorities sustain for their own purposes.
Anambra 2013: Turning a new electoral page
AFTER recent peaceful and credible governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the flood lights are now beamed on Anambra State. Christened the Light of the Nation, Anambra, since 1999, has managed to be on the amazing side of politics with a capacity to unleash a mixed blend of interesting, unusual and bizarre offerings.
