Why won’t IGP’s ban on SARS suffice?
A GOOD number of Nigerian youths have taken to the streets on #EndSARS protests which started on twitter, a social media platform...
Commending Anambra’s efficiency in healthcare delivery
ANAMBRA State, over the weekend, topped the list of states with the most efficient health care system in Nigeria, closely followed by...
Flood disaster and imperative of upgrading facilities in IDP camps
NIGERIA is facing monumental humanitarian crises consequent upon the perennial flood disaster in many states of the federation. Though the flood menace...
Putting society in danger by using animals for public entertainment
OFTEN, scenes where dangerous animals are used for entertainment attract vast attention. Time and again, one beholds such events in public spheres...
Petrol pump pricing as Nigeria’s recurring pain
WHATEVER the school of thought, fuel subsidy and apt pricing of petrol has been a knotty issue to governments in Nigeria.
Doctors’ strike and patients’ death
GREG, an energetic man in his late 50s and bread winner of his family fell sick two Sundays ago and was rushed...
Protecting children against domestic violence
DOMESTIC violence against minors is on the increase in Nigeria in recent time.
THIS evokes a chilling reminder...
Profiteering from not-for-profit schemes
ACTIVITIES of some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have called for more scrutiny than before now.
NOTWITHSTANDING that NGOs play big...
Ukwulu monarch and need to monitor erring traditional rulers
ALTHOUGH Gov. Willie Obiano promptly rose to the occasion and averted what was clearly stampeding Ukwulu town in Dunukofia Local Government Area...
Halting growing cult activities in Anambra
IN recent time, activities of cultists in Nigeria have become worrisome.
THEIR objectives remain bizarre to people and...
School resumption: Matters arising
AHEAD THE August 4 date approved by Federal Ministry of Education for nationwide resumption of secondary school pupils in classes for West...
Anambra: Time to call killer truck drivers to order
DWELLING on road accidents in contemporary Nigeria may sound absurd because no day passes without accounts of such havoc on the roads....
Of Nigeria’s spiking COVID-19 toll
BARELY two months after easing the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the rising tide of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country,...
Need for free drainages, waterways
WITH the outset of rainy season, the drains by the streets and roads are heavily stuffed. Hence there is need to excavate...
Hike in electricity tariff… urging caution
STABLE power supply has been a vexxed issue in Nigeria. Facts show that over decades, the country has tried and continued to...
Demolition of shanties as vital security, environmental safeguards
INSECURITY has become a nation-wide issue and it is incumbent on the national and sub-national governments to go and plug all identified...
Demolition of shanties as vital security, environmental safeguards
INSECURITY has become a nation-wide issue and it is incumbent on the national and sub-national governments to go and plug all identified...
June 12 as Democracy Day
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on June 6, 2018, declared June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Thither to, it was May 29. The latter...
Media workers as unsung heroes in COVID-19 pandemic frontline
Most times, media job in Nigeria comes across as a futile venture. The enterprise is so thankless and arduous that even when...
Moving almajiri across country, dangerous
IN RECENT weeks, there have been news of interception of forcefully moved homeless children (almajiri) in some northern states to several states...
FG recoups N416b from companies’ income tax in Q3
FEDERAL government's revenue from Company Income Tax (CIT) rose slightly to N416.01 billion as of the end of the third quartre of...
66% of rural Nigerian children illiterate – FG
FEDERAL government yesterday, disclosed that 66 per cent of Nigerian children in rural areas could neither read nor write.
Senate seeks extra N9b for Nigeria railway
THE Senate yesterday, demanded additional N9 billion for Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) in 2021 budget.
Chairman of Senate...
APGA names Obiano as Ojukwu’s successor
ALL Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) yesterday, nominated Gov. Willie Obiano to be the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu's successor.
Obiano tasks church leaders on COVID -19 protocols
... Condoles Ekwegbalu, Adinike families
ANAMBRA State Governor, Willie Obiano has called on church leaders and managers of...
