Fixing Nigeria’s eroding sovereignty
Sixty-six years after independence, Nigeria’s sovereignty is formally intact, but its practical authority over territory and security has been weakened by persistent violence and the inability to guarantee safety in every community. The country that once appeared destined to become Africa’s giant now marks another Independence Day amid insecurity, economic strain and massive distrust. The […]
Continuity in project execution
NIGERIANS are getting sick and tired of the petty politics being played by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the execution of projects that have existed through the regimes controlled by both political parties.
Gowon’s 2019 poll clarion call
NIGERIA’S longest-serving military ruler, General Yakubu Gowon, has aptly added his voice to the need for aspirants to political offices in 2019 (especially the presidential candidates of the two main parties – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP) – to accept the result irrespective of the outcome.
Time to eliminate lead paints
SUNDAY, October 21, 2018 marked the beginning of this year’s edition of the week-long International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week which ended on Saturday, October 28, 2018. It is not yet too late for Nigeria to get in the mood and join the fray in efforts to get rid of this deadly substance from paints which are part of everyday modern living.
The one mother, two children proposal
THE Federal Government has decided to respond to our runaway population growth by mooting a familiar proposal: promulgating a policy which will limit each mother to two children.
Futility of ‘no work, no pay’ policy
FACED with the imminence of the return of Organised Labour to perhaps a protracted strike, the Federal Government last week threatened to enforce the “No work, no pay” policy if the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, calls for another work stoppage.
