Editorial

Giving ex-prisoners another chance

The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its programmes include education, vocational training and income generation through farms and […]
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Nigeria’s more than 10m out-of-school children

MORE than 10 million Nigerian children do not have the opportunity to attend school, and that is the highest rate in the world. Even at that, many of the children who are lucky to be in the classrooms come with ragged or torn polythene school bags. That is the true story of Nigeria told on […]

Understanding CBN’s cashless policy

It is impressive to observe the determination of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to follow through with the laudable cashless policy which it introduced into Nigeria’s banking system. As the apex bank had explained, the cashless policy is aimed at scaling up financial inclusion and reducing cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism financing, advance […]

Students must vote in the 2023 elections

THE step taken by the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, in passionately appealing to the Federal Government to grant students a two-week break to enable them participate in the 2023 polls, is in the right direction. We, therefore, join NAPTAN to make the same appeal to all concerned authorities. NAPTAN’s appeal was stimulated […]

Beheading of the LG boss in Imo State

LAST Monday, January 23, 2023, came the shocking news of the barbaric beheading of the kidnapped Sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu. Ohizu was said to have been butchered on Sunday after the N6 million demanded by his abductors as ransom had been paid. The chilling act was […]

Reducing the risks of cancer

IN recent years, there has been increase in cases of cancer worldwide. Hyuna Sung, Rebecca Siegel and Ahmedin Jemal, employed by the American Cancer Society, estimated that worldwide, about 19.3 million new cancer cases and almost 10.0 million cancer deaths occurred in 2020. In Nigeria, according to the World Health Organisation, WHO, more than 100,000 […]

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