ECOWAS — beyond the glitter of new edifices
President Bola Tinubu’s ribbon-cutting for a gleaming new ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja offered a flattering image of ambition — but brick and glass do not heal the fractures that threaten the community’s very purpose. Fifty-one years after its founding in 1975 in Lagos to promote economic integration, collective security, free movement and democratic stability across […]
Revolution – Two Elders’ Stands
TWO elders, Professor Ben Nwabueze vastly acknowledged as one of Africa’s best brains in constitutional law and Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, a member of the group that has decided Nigeria’s fate since 1966, weeks back disagreed on how to save Nigeria from further decline.
As Another Petrol Scarcity Looms
ONCE more we are at the verge of petroleum products scarcity without knowing what led us to it. The relative supply stability of the past few months is being threatened by the opaque practice the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, is instituting, supposedly in the public interest.
Survival Of The Filthiest
WHAT do you expect when 340,000 candidates who passed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination cannot find places in the nation’s higher institutions?
Survival Of The Filthiest
WHAT do you expect when 340,000 candidates who passed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination cannot find places in the nation’s higher institutions? Professor Dibu Ojerinde, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board calls the deficit in admission “survival of the fittest†and advised the affected candidates to reapply next year. If he wants to […]
Mark – Jungle justice undemocratic
SENATE President, David Achelenu Mark is angry with the state of insecurity in the country. He is proposing undemocratic solutions — anathemas to his exalted position as leader of Nigeria’s legislative business.
