Security of life and property: Foremost duty of government (2)
LAST week, I started my examination of the time-honoured phenomenon known as human life and how over time man had…
Security of life and property: Foremost duty of government
HUMAN life is precious. Human life is sacred. Every living thing wants to live. I recall the immortal, courageous and…
Education without character: Main cause of Nigeria’s problem
EDUCATION serves as a means through which the knowledge, understanding and skills of a society or group of people are…
Edo govt partners Carter Centre against river blindness, elephantiasis
DUE to the rising cases of endemic Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) like Onchocerciasis, Soil-transmitted helminths and Lymphatic Filariasis in eight…
Women’s involvement in politics: A call for paradigm shift
ONE of the most important questions in the contemporary sociopolitical era, namely, should women not play more active roles in…
Challenges in the administration of justice: Serving judges should be excluded from election petitions
IN Nigeria, judicial power is by virtue of Section 6 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999…
Direct or indirect primaries: The uniting factor is moneybag politics
THE Electoral Act 2022 (as amended) provides for the system of nomination of candidates by political par ties through primary…
Democracy Day celebrations: Significant highlights from president’s speech
NATION which practice democracy usually set aside a day - termed Democracy Day - to commemorate the qualities that make…
Concession of NCS: An invitation to modern/debt slavery
RECENTLY, the Federal Government conceded the operations of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to a Chinese company, Huawei Technologies, in…
Importation of wheat from Russia
RECENTLY, industries stakeholders called on Federal Government to suspend the 15 per cent levy on wheat grain importation from the…
Electoral Act: Issue-based campaigns not feasible under 150-day campaign period
POLITICIANS across the country have begun purchasing nomination forms from their political parties in preparation for the 2023 general elections,…
Pedantic approach to medical education in Nigeria: Relief at last
MY attention has been drawn to the publication titled “VCs decry varsities’ low carrying-capacity for medical students” in the Saturday…
ASUU strike: For quick resolution, refer dispute to Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
SINCE the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced its strike on 14th February 2022, there had been no headway…
2023 general election: Lie telling by politicians
THE Nigerian political space is gradually getting saturated with the gradual dawning of the 2023 General Elections. Unsurprisingly, the news…
Alleged war crimes in Ukraine: Are UN and EU toothless bulldogs? (2)
THE aftermath of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing onslaught in another major city, Donbas, has continued to…
Alleged war crimes in Ukraine: Are UN and EU toothless bulldogs? (1)
NEWS media all over the world continue to be awash with the reports of the alleged war crimes being perpetrated…
The judiciary must remain independent (2)
LAST WEEK, I discussed the need for judges to remain impartial in the due administration of justice. I will commence…
Women should exploit their numerical superiority in politics
The forthcoming 2023 general election has again brought to the fore one of the most pressing questions in the modern-day…
To avoid use of nuclear weapon, Ukraine suffers what it must
FOLLOWING several threats and F warnings which the world generally took with a pinch of salt, Russia invaded Ukraine on…
Establishment of Law School campuses should not be regarded as constituency projects (2)
LAST week, I discussed the recent move by the Senate to create six additional law school campuses for the geopolitical…
