Preventing yet another resident doctors’ strike
Nigeria must not sleepwalk into another strike by resident doctors. At its 46th Annual General Meeting in Calabar, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) gave the Federal Government 14 days to resolve outstanding agreements or face industrial action. Its complaints are familiar: remuneration that no longer reflects economic realities, delayed career progression and professional […]
Lateef Jakande: A legend at 90
THE respect and popularity which the first elected Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande (fondly called LKJ) still enjoys in the state and beyond was evident on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, when eminent Nigerians gathered to honour him during his 90th birthday celebration.
Ending anxieties over fuel price hike
NIGERIANS sighed with relief when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, debunked an alleged plan to increase the N145 per litre pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS or petrol.
Averting Islamic proxy war in Nigeria
WE are at a very decisive cross-road with regard to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, or the Shi’ites’ strident demands for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
US visa ban on election-riggers
The USA and the United Kingdom had, on the eve of the general elections, January 25, 2019, warned that they would impose visa restrictions and other serious sanctions on election riggers and those promoting violence and impunity.
AfCTA: The good, the challenges
AS the frenzy over the delay, the rigmarole and the eventual assent to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCTA, dies down, we draw attention to the task ahead given its implications to Nigeria’s economy.
