Editorial
The INEC warning on early campaigns
The warning by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that politicians and political parties desist from early campaigns for the 2015 elections is in order. As the electoral agency explained, such campaigns run foul of section 99(1) of the Electoral ... Read More »
Challenges before new Immigration boss
The Federal Government has charged the newly appointed Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. David Shikfu Paradang, to ensure that the nation’s borders are effectively policed. This order was given by the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, while officially decorating ... Read More »
Getting 10.5m children back to school
The recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) that ranked Nigeria high among nations with a large population of out-of-school children is worrisome Read More »
Kicking ghost workers off public payroll
The problem of fake workers, otherwise known as ghost workers, on the payroll of both the federal and state governments has been a matter of great concern in Nigeria for some years now. The third tier of government is not ... Read More »
Probing frequent power system collapses
In order to get to the root of frequent system collapses in the nation’s power sector, the Federal Government recently set up a 13-man technical investigative panel to establish the cause of the problem and how to address the concomitant ... Read More »
PDP’s controversial oath of secrecy
Recently, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reportedly administered an oath of secrecy on its staff in an effort to control the flow of information within and outside the party. The Acting National Secretary of the party, Chief Solomon Onwe, allegedly ... Read More »
Recovering tax debts of oil firms
Over the years, the oil sector in Nigeria has become a filthy arena for different forms of corrupt practices. As a result, many multi-national oil companies take advantage of the endemic corruption in the sector to fleece Nigeria of due ... Read More »
Regulating bank lending to states, local councils
Worried by the flagrant contravention of the law which requires banks wishing to lend to states, local governments and their agencies to obtain prior approval of the Finance Minister, the Debt Management Office (DMO) Read More »
Regulating bank lending to states, local councils
Worried by the flagrant contravention of the law which requires banks wishing to lend to states, local governments and their agencies to obtain prior approval of the Finance Minister, the Debt Management Office (DMO) recently issued a strong reminder on ... Read More »
June 12: 20 years after
On June 12, 1993, exactly twenty years ago today, Nigeria recorded a watershed in its electoral trajectory. Nigerians from all parts of the country threw religious and ethnic bigotry overboard and trooped out in their millions to vote the now ... Read More »
