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 […]
Westerhof’s reward, 25 years later
Unfortunately, many members of that squad referred to as The Golden Generation of the Eagles – Captain Stephen Keshi, Uche Okafor, Thompson Oliha, Rashidi Yekini and Wilfred Agbonavbare – died without receiving their rewards.
Agenda for Buhari’s second term
AS President Muhammadu Buhari and the various elected or re-elected governors of 29 states begin their tenures of office, we wish to put on their tables the most pressing issues they should give utmost priority to pull Nigeria back from increasing cases of insecurity, economic doldrums and other social problems plaguing the country.
Need to appoint NASS Service Commission
FIVE months after the National Assembly dispatched the nominations for the National Assembly Service Commission, NASC, to President Muhammadu Buhari the President is yet to formally make the nominations as required by the provisions of the National Assembly Service Commission Act.
20 years on, dark clouds over our democracy
TODAY marks exactly 20 years of our return to democratic rule. On May 29, 1999, the military regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over power to an elected President, Olusegun Obasanjo, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Why Justice Bulkachuwa’s self-recusal matters
The Court of Appeal being the court of first instance for presidential election petitions under our Constitution, Justice Bulkachuwa had constituted the five-man panel of judges with herself as the chairperson.
