JAMB, accept responsibility for failure
Our leaders like taking the escape route when they should accept responsibility for hiccups in any process. The Joint Admissions…
How to save planet earth
April 22 of every year is the International Mother Earth Day, a day set aside for civic action and participation…
Climate action: African youths can’t take the back stage
One very controversial argument about climate change on the African continent is the relevance of urging Africans to embrace climate…
Need to reduce comparisons
If we observe human thoughts over time, it will come to one’s notice that it is a frequent occurrence for…
Okotie’s timely call for economic reforms
After the euphoria of the recently concluded general elections has died down, Chris Okotie’s widely published May Day message could…
Delirium of materialism
Why is wealth both an intoxicant and a depressant? Why is affluence a tragedy of our world today that it…
LASTMA: When the threatened becomes a threat
In recent times, the spate of attacks on Lagos traffic managers has increasingly become disturbing, troubling and worrisome. Officers of…
Ajimobi, fix Gbekuba roads before you leave
The residents of Gbekuba, Apata area were overjoyed when the state government began repairs and tarring of many intra-state roads…
Abuja prostitutes, almajiris and the future
In the last three weeks, the Abuja board has been engaged in some moral war against prostitutes; strip clubs have…
Stress of hard work
If you have lived a year or two in Nigeria, one thing you would have noticed is that there is…
Uniformity in commencement of Ramadan
The nationwide commencement of Ramadan on April 29 is a welcome development as it shows the level of cooperation among Muslim…
X-raying lapses of CTP in the North
ABRAHAM Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States of America, in 1856 said, “Actions speak louder than words”. Similarly,…
Governors should decide minimum wage
Debates trailing the assent of the presidency to the New Minimum Wage Act have made it clear that it would…
Banditry in Hausaland: Another monarch down
Which kind of security improvement and intelligence-sharing in our country are you talking about if a district head can be…
There is fire on the mountain
It can’t be a tall order to fathom why Nigeria is not the best place to live at the moment.…
The outstanding teacher
More than ever before, the educational sector is faced with the urgent characteristic of not only mending a society riddled…
On presidential appointments
The 2019 presidential election has come and gone, with the attendant results in our memories, archives, stores and libraries for…
Chibok Girls, symbol of a nation
It is five years and still counting and the Chibok girls have now become a symbol of the nation and…
2023: The National Assembly calculation
No vehicle can run indefinitely without refuel, just as no tree can hope to remain sturdy without water and sunshine.…
Does VAT increase portend yellow vests?
Nigerian workers always posit that “their take-home pay does not take them home”. Such is the tale of the Nigerian…
