Interrogating Southwest’s continuous battle with insecurity four years after...
When the Western Nigeria Security Network, code named Amotekun Corps, was set up, it was with a lot of fanfare and optimism that it would help tame the hydra-headedsecurity challenge the Southwest...
View ArticleNaira’s free-fall, lean budget hobble Nigerian missions abroad
With the steady decline in the value of the naira, currently pegged at N1,500/1$ in the parallel market, several of the 110 Nigerian foreign missions are in dire straits. The post Naira’s free-fall,...
View ArticleWith stakeholders’ engagement, Customs steps up trade facilitation among...
In a bid to strengthen trade relations and checkmate smuggling activities within the Nigeria Customs Service, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi recently...
View ArticleThe King is dead, long live Olubadan Lekan Balogun
Barely, 72 hours after his two years reign as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Dr. Mohood Olalekan Ishola Balogun (CFR), Alli Okunmade II, bowed out gracefully at the...
View ArticleImplementation hurdles for copious provisions in new Electricity Act
The Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which was signed by the president in 2024, repealed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, No. 6, 2005 and consolidated the laws relating to the Nigerian...
View ArticleLand grabbers, speculators wreak havoc on citizens, investments
Land is a source of material wealth and tangible resources for human survival. But the activities of land grabbers are largely propelled by increasing urbanisation, industrialisation, greed by...
View ArticleUnderstanding China’s concept of ‘global community with shared future’
The tragic consequences of division, conflicts and confrontations have never been so lucid to the people of the world as they are currently, especially as the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Palestine/Israeli...
View ArticleHow galloping food prices may compound malnutrition, public health crisis
Tope Ogundipe is a teacher in a private school in Lagos, but earns N30,000 monthly. As part of cutting cost before now, she shares a room apartment with two of her colleagues to share bills, but since...
View ArticleWhy over 4.5 billion people worldwide, 190 million Nigerians don’t have...
Ahead of World Health Day 2024, tomorrow, April 7, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Nigeria and so many other developing countries may not be able to meet the 2030 target for...
View ArticleSiun-Owode Road: Another step in Abiodun's infrastructural upgrade
The presence of good roads anywhere in the world is a catalyst for economic growth and development. The post Siun-Owode Road: Another step in Abiodun's infrastructural upgrade appeared first on The...
View ArticleHow illegal rock blasting, mining endanger Nigerians
The Federal Government has been urged to formulate new policies to criminalise illegal mining activities across the country given the threat the menace poses to the nation’s economic growth. The post...
View ArticleIllegal Mining: Can new Marshals end economic sabotage?
One of the ills plaguing the Nigerian State is the pervasive insecurity. The security challenge is taking tolls on virtually all sectors of the economy and therefore, taking a shine off any achievement...
View ArticlePolitically-exposed convicts: How not to pardon, exercise prerogative of mercy
The legality of the powers of a Chief Judge to order the release of prison inmates is not in dispute. But extending such privileges to politically exposed convicts while their victims are still hurting...
View ArticleGhost of NAFCON still haunting Nigeria decades after
Fertiliser challenge has been a knotty one for farmers in the country, over the years. Very often, it is either in short supply or just too expensive for the end-users, especially the smallholder...
View ArticleHow new mosquito nets averted 13 million malaria cases
Ahead of World Malaria Day (WMD) 2024, April 25, the Global Funds to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, has said compared to standard nets, the introduction of 56 million state-of-the-art mosquito nets in...
View ArticleEFCC: From weak anti-graft trials to prosecutorial diligence of naira abusers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has the primary remit of combating economic and financial crimes, with a myriad of long-drawn-out cases in several courts. But its newfound fervour...
View Article14 years after, survivors of terrorists attacks still face gloomy future in...
The environment is unkempt, while living condition is not encouraging. Facilities in the camp are inadequate and overcrowded. The post 14 years after, survivors of terrorists attacks still face gloomy...
View ArticleMarkets in flames nationwide: Why fire-fighting strategies remain ‘fruitless’
Kemi Sodeinde, who sells towels and bed sheets in wholesale at the Dosunmu Market, Lagos Island, lost goods worth over N15m in one of the recent fire incidents. The post Markets in flames nationwide:...
View ArticleNPFL: How dodgy officiating, complicit club officials, supporters ruin games
Saturday, June 25, 2022, started like any other workday for football referee, Patience Nweke, as the Imo State-born female referee was listed as one of the arbiters in the country’s second-tier...
View ArticleUnending controversy over reforms in TETFund
The funding of public institutions has long emerged as a critical challenge to the promotion of good tertiary education, maintenance of physical infrastructure, training of lecturers as well as...
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