Recently, the Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’ Allah, called on the Federal Government to establish a mechanism for assessing Nigerian university professors to determine their contributions to industry and national development. Professor  Na’Allah compared being a university professor with being conferred with a chieftaincy title whereby the professor may not do anything […]

THE Federal Executive Council, FEC’s approval of a 20 per cent salary increase for the police with effect from January 1, 2022, commendable as it is, is a mere drop in the ocean. On its own alone, it only scratches the surface in addressing the plight of the average policeman, especially the lowest cadres which […]

PROMPTED by the increasing daredevilry among terrorists, jihadists and bandits especially in the North, the Federal Government is taking proactive steps to strengthen security at our airports. The Federal Executive Council, FEC, recently approved the deployment of K-9 Security at the airports. This will involve the completion of shooting ranges and the arming of Aviation […]

TOMORROW, December 25, is Christmas, arguably the most widely celebrated religious festival in the world. It is a day Christians all over the world are expected to mark the birth of Jesus Christ whose essence is love – a man Christendom and the Bible proclaimed as “Emmanuel” – God with us.

LAST week, the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that the Dubai government has gone 100 per cent paperless in its operations and services.