Editorial

Football is not for sale

Football is not for sale

Football is the world’s most popular sport. It belongs to everyone. From dusty neighbourhood pitches to the grandeur of the FIFA World Cup, its appeal has always rested on the belief that sporting merit, not financial engineering, determines its destiny. That is why the reported proposal by FIFA under President Gianni Infantino to create a […]
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Oaths, Oath-takers

Oaths, Oath-takers

NUDE pictures of some members of the Ogun State House of Assembly published last week in newspapers are minor indices of where we are as a country. Unexpectedly, the owners of the pictures have admitted that the pictures were theirs, with slight disagreements about whether they were taken in a shrine or the private home […]

It Takes A Strike

It Takes A Strike

The fact that governments sometimes ignore these notices of strikes, the actual strikes and reneges on the agreements show there could be something the government could miss if there are no ASUU strikes.

Protecting Our Travellers

Protecting Our Travellers

DELTA Airlines poor treatment of hundreds of its passengers heading to the US appears to be the standard practice for most foreign airlines that operate into Nigeria. The passengers were stranded at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos. The plane that was supposed to convey them developed a technical fault. A passenger’s telephone call to […]

Apapa As Agony

Apapa As Agony

APAPA now stands for agony. Forget it is home to Nigeria’s major ports and the nation’s premier gateways by sea.

More than amnesty

More than amnesty

THE Federal Government should be applauded for its amnesty for militants in the Niger Delta. The amnesty, however, needs more content to end the conflicts in the area. Issues about the Niger Delta would always raise emotions. It is in the midst of those fiery exchanges that the points are massively missed. What are the […]

Size Of Corruption

Size Of Corruption

THE media are awash daily with news of corruption in most places in Nigeria. The details vary, but they are all about public  officers who have perfected schemes that funnel public resources to their private uses.

N-Delta – Blame Games

N-Delta – Blame Games

ONE major reason the situation in the Niger Delta is irresolvable is that neither governments, nor oil companies accept responsibility for its utter neglect.

Jailing Traffic Offenders

Jailing Traffic Offenders

IN September 2007, Lagos State judiciary delivered a remarkable judgment when it sentenced seven people accused of driving against the traffic, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway to 20 days imprisonment. The prosecution and sentence were finished within a month of the offence.

Kutigi’s word for SANs

Kutigi’s word for SANs

CHIEF Justice of  Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, usually a very sober man, had harsh words for lawyers when he ruled in what should hopefully be the last of the series of court cases, Chief Andy Uba unleashed over the governorship of Anambra State since 2007.

Case For Special Courts

Case For Special Courts

BOSSES of the main agencies that investigate and prosecute people involved in corrupt activities – Mrs. Farida Waziri of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Justice Emmanuel Ayoola of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, disagree on how to go about their job. Waziri opines that establishment of special courts would reduce the […]