Public Affairs
Tardiness of 2014 Budget – Leadership
On April 10, the House of Representatives passed the 2014 Appropriation Bill. It approved N4.695trillion, an amount N53billion higher than...
Read moreDetailsNigeria: Alarming descent into anarchy – The Sun
For some months now, the story of Nigeria has been that of a state that is fast descending into anarchy. ...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s poor – The Nation
•Material suffering by many Nigerians trumps our GDP status In the heat of the euphoria over the rebasing of the...
Read moreDetailsImproving the standard of education: The Anambra State example – THE CITIZEN
Increased attention accorded to education in Anambra State has begun to yield the desired fruits. The same state where its...
Read moreDetailsSubversive generosity – The Nation
• Reported multiple car gifts to the president’s daughter and her husband are a veneer covering systemic corruption in the...
Read moreDetailsIssues in Ebikeme Clark’s kidnapping and release – Thisday
The authorities might find a clue to the crime of kidnapping if they care to investigate The recent statement attributed...
Read moreDetailsIt’s Good Friday – Guardian
Christians are today celebrating Good Friday, the yearly reminder of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and...
Read moreDetailsDeadly threat of Ebola Virus – Punch
Poorly funded, ill-equipped and evidently unreliable, Nigeria’s dysfunctional health delivery system is bracing for a potentially one-sided confrontation with the...
Read moreDetailsShifting onus of proof to INEC – Daily Independent
Asking INEC to assume an unconstitutional responsibility of proving the propriety or not of a petitioner’s grouse against an election...
Read moreDetailsNHRC on ‘Apo eight’ – The Nation
•Security forces should pay fine or appeal verdict National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) indictment of the security agents who carried...
Read moreDetailsAnother pay hike for Reps? – Nigerian Tribune
For good or ill, majority of Nigerians have a low opinion of members of the two chambers of the National ...
Read moreDetailsAbuja terror attack: Need for fresh thinking – Punch
More than anything else, Monday’s early morning bomb blast at Nyanya, a satellite settlement in the neighbourhood of Abuja, Nigeria’s...
Read moreDetailsCrude oil swap – The Nation
•It’s time to lift the veil on transactions Time again for our lawmakers to go after ringworms when a more...
Read moreDetailsStopping trade in Nigeria’s stolen oil – Punch
Without doubt, Nigeria’s oil industry has its defining characteristics, of which transparency and international best practices are not a part....
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