Protecting the people from food poisoners
The report that some fruit vendors wash produce with detergent to make it sparkle is a very hazardous market trick. It is a betrayal of consumers who buy food for nourishment, and it demands investigation. Earlier Senate findings reported forced ripening with calcium carbide, detergent-washed produce, paracetamol added to meat, and banned Sudan IV dye […]
Odimegwu’s NPC controversial exit
When Mr. Eze Festus Odimegwu was appointed in June last year as the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), it was received in several quarters with mixed feelings.
Washington’s Big Brother diplomacy
Global anger swept across the world this week with revelations of extensive snooping on leaders of major allies of United States and institutions by the US National Security Agency, (NSA), which claims that its actions were part of the counter terrorism operations.
INEC’s lopsided appointments
ISSUES around the lopsided appointments in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been long lasting, and also long-ignored, but they persist because they are not simple matters. They would not go away by being ignored.
FCTA’s edifices of profligacy
It has become more obvious that government officials have completely insulated themselves from the realities of the wider society, where up to 70 per cent of the citizens live in poverty and millions of young people and school leavers are unemployed.
Oduahgate: probe and punish all
THE Oduahgate scandal is another proof positive that the rot in government at all levels, not just aviation sector alone is indeed, hydra-headed.
