Editorial
The ban on tinted vehicle glasses
The recent affirmation by the Police High Command that it is an offence to operate vehicles with tinted glasses on Nigerian roads without the permission of the Inspector-General of Police has been attracting various reactions across the polity. The ban, ... Read More »
The Jonathan-Amaechi feud
In the past few weeks, the face-off between President Goodluck Jonathan and the governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has escalated without a clear picture of what the issues really are. Read More »
The gruesome massacre in Nasarawa
With last week’s gruesome killing of over thirty-five policemen and other operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) by members of the Ombatse Militia cult group in Alakyo Village, Nasarawa State, a worrisome new dimension has been added to ... Read More »
Unguarded utterances on 2015
The recent statement credited to ex-militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo- Asari, that Nigeria will burn if President Goodluck Jonathan is not returned to power for another term of four years in 2015 is provocative. The ex-militant was quoted to have ... Read More »
Worrisome newborn mortality statistics
A recent report by a humanitarian organisation, Save the Children, puts the number of newborn babies who die in Nigeria every year at about 90,000. The loss of so many babies on the day they are born is troubling. It ... Read More »
Regulating usage of private jets
The new aviation policy barring individual private jet owners from flying their friends and associates in their aircraft is a strange regulation. Under the revised National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) 2013 which came into effect on May 3, individuals with ... Read More »
The planned mega universities
The Federal Government plan to convert some of the universities in the country to mega universities to address the problem of low admission spaces in existing universities is a welcome development. It should be supported by all stakeholders in the ... Read More »
Abuse of Special Funds Accounts
The recent revelation by the Senate Public Accounts Committee that the Federal Government serially abused funds amounting to N1.53 trillion in the Special Funds Accounts is disturbing. If found to be true, the misuse of this huge sum would be ... Read More »
The clampdown on examination cheats
The recent announcement of the involvement of 113 secondary schools in examination malpractice by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is yet another confirmation of the breakdown of moral values in Nigeria Read More »
Suspension of Justice Talba
The recent suspension from office of Hon. Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the Abuja High Court is a strong signal to the nation’s judicial officials that those who give questionable judgments among them do so at their own peril. Read More »
