Super Falcons’ flop: Time to rebuild our football
The Super Falcons’ quarter-final exit from the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco is more than another painful sporting disappointment. It should be the moment Nigeria finally confronts the deep weaknesses in its football system and begin the difficult task of rebuilding. Nigeria’s 1-0 defeat by Cameroon ended the Falcons’ defence of their […]
The freeze on National Honours awards
ONE of the areas we feel the President Muhammadu Buhari government deserves a pat on the back is the freeze on the conferment of National Honours Awards to so-called “deserving Nigerians”.
Merry Christmas, Mother Earth!
WE are dedicating this year’s hearty Christmas wishes to Mother Earth and all its living inhabitants: mankind, animals and plants.
Nigeria’s free train rides
THE world is watching to see how investing in Nigeria’s seriously-deficient infrastructure can pay off based on our tottering experiments in the railways sector. From the look of things so far, we do not seem to be on the right footing to encourage massive foreign investments.
Buffers against the emerging inflation
THE economic outlook for inflation is not favourable, and the pressure points are clear. As at the second week of December 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, had yet to announce the inflation reading for the month of November 2019.
Visa on arrival – we say No
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari took Nigerians by surprise when he announced a “Visa on Arrival” policy for all Africans travelling to Nigeria as from January 2020 at the Aswan Forum convened by the Chairman of the African Union, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi.
Restoration of Jan-Dec budget cycle
FOLLOWING the transmission of the 2020 Federal Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari and its assent into law by the latter, we wish to commend the Executive and Legislative arms for effectively restoring the January to December budget cycle which was fractured as a result of irresponsibility by public officials.
WAEC’s delayed justice
EXAMINATION malpractice has been a major challenge in Nigeria’s education sector for more than five decades.
Beyond the parade of Kogi murder suspects
THE Kogi State Command of the Nigerian Police on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 paraded six young men suspected to have murdered the Woman Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mrs. Salome Abuh, after the violent governorship elections in Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area of the State.
Financial Transparency Policy: Kudos, but…
THOUGH most observers believe that the recent Federal Government’s launch of the Financial Transparency Policy and Portal, FTPP, is populist, we would like to focus on its merits and support efforts which must be made to realise the objectives.
Gov Matawalle’s stunts in Zamfara
ZAMFARA, one of the last six states created in Nigeria, October 1, 1996 by the late General Sani Abacha, stands out, but not always for happy reasons.
