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Labour proposed strike will make or mar future credibility

The Organised Labour has commenced mass mobilisation ahead of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin Wednesday to protest the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. Their planned Industrial action is a litmus test in the eyes of Nigerians whether they will bow to government pressure by retreating or go ahead to make government ...

No subsidy/new forex regime: It is costly for Govt to miscalculate its steps

Could there be respites in naira free fall at forex market?

Waiting for Ogun Agro-Cargo Airport to roar to life

Kidnappings, banditry, killings: Holes in Nigeria’s security deepen

ECOWAS on point over military renegades in Niger Republic

Hustle for revenue: FG should systemise operational patterns in solid minerals sector

Nigeria no doubt has come to the rough table of disturbances. From all sides, the challenges before the Country have become deep seated. Questions as to the state of the economy of the Country have recently posed very serious conundrum. Falling profile of revenue for the Country has posed before the government difficult situations. The ...

ECOWAS’ blunder and implication of Niger’s Airspace closure on Nigerians, Africans

As the one week ultimatum given by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc to restore toppled President Mohamed Bazoum to power ended on Sunday this week. The military junta in Niger Republic has closed the country’s airspace following the insistant threat of military intervention by ECOWAS. The question one ponders is that ...

Resident Doctors’ strike and need for government to be more responsive

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) two weeks ago through its National President, Dr Emeka Orji declared an indefinite strike. Dr Orji said the decision was made during the July National Executive Council meeting in Lagos. At the core of the doctors demands according to media reports are recruitment of more medical doctors to ...

Deplorable state of Nigerian roads calls for serious concern

Recently, accidents have become unbridled and spreading like wildfire with many Nigerians losing their lives and properties daily to these avoidable tragedies. These avoidable accidents have thrown families into lamentation as they lost their loved ones while in search of their daily bread. Between January and August, there have been accidents in various areas of ...

Subsidy removal: Tinubu’s juicy interventions must prove Nigeria’s policy norm otherwise

Since the nascent President Bola Tinubu administration came up on board, a struggle for the government has been an attempt to convince Nigerians on the sense behind the removal of subsidy payment on premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol. The first strike of the administration was the announcement by President Tinubu on the decision ...

Labour proposed strike will make or mar future credibility

The Organised Labour has commenced mass mobilisation ahead of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin Wednesday to protest the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. Their planned Industrial action is a litmus test in the eyes of Nigerians whether they will bow to government pressure by retreating or go ahead to make government ...

ECOWAS on point over military renegades in Niger Republic

The Heads of State and Government of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu ordered immediate release and reinstatement of Bazoum as legitimate Head of State and Government of the Republic of Niger. In a communiqué issued at the end of the Extraordinary Summit on the ...

Curbing unemployment menace in Nigeria

Despite efforts made by Federal Government to tackle unemployment among Nigerians, it is still a time bomb that will put the country in serious trouble if not properly handled. The continuous quest for white collar jobs has turned the minds of many graduates away from embarking on entrepreneurial ventures which are capable of transforming them ...

Federal Government and the need to avert looming labour strike

Strike could simply be defined as industrial disharmony between labour unions and government, occasioned by grievances planked on wage dissatisfaction. In Nigeria, strikes have almost become endemic in the annals of the country. This is because labour unions have come to the conclusion that the only language understood by the Federal Governnment is strike. So ...

Deep losses: Ending the menace of gas flaring

Oil and Gas exploration has had both positive and negative impacts on Nigeria. While the sector has grown to become the honey-pot of the Country for about five decades, the sides to its status in relation to the economy have been deep seated. For about four decades, revenue from the sector has been the cornerstone ...

Why Tinubu must appoint Ministers now to retain investors confidence

Of the many factors that chase investors from a business space, uncertainty as touching policy directions are deal breakers. Investors care about return on investments on their funding and any factor that would hinder the constant flow of revenue is considered a threat that must get done away with. Over the past few weeks, as ...

Salient lessons from renewed war against drugs under Marwa

Before the appointment of Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), a fomer Military Administrator of Lagos State as the Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in January 2021, it was like this security agency created to fight drug trafficking and abuse of narcotics substances has long died and buried. Marwa's coming on board the ...

Workers’ salary, wages review apt to curb corruption

President Tinubu’s administration can only succeed in fighting the war against corruption if there is an urgent improvement in the salaries of workers to keep their minds off bribe seeking and taking. On Monday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas made a case for better wages and remuneration for Nigerian workers.The Speaker ...

Pres. Tinubu constitute your cabinet now

If there is any news Nigerians are awaiting under the almost one month old administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is the formation of the cabinet members that will help him to realise the dream of renewing hope of Nigerians as promised during the electioneering campaign. It is the duties of these appointed Ministers ...

The need to tackle flood disasters

Last week, landlords and residents in Ogun State cried out for help after being rendered homeless following a rainstorm forcing them to abandon their homes and property in communities in Ifo Local Government Area of the state. The communities affected by the rainstorm include Oke-Aro, Matogbun, Olambe, Keredolu, Igbaotun, Araromi Oke-Odo and Adio-Alausa. Lamenting their ...

Expectations of Nigerians from new Service Chiefs

When in July, 2009 Boko Haram insurgents reared their ugly head through the North East of the country into Nigerian territory, little did the people know that the country was in for real trouble. The first major strike by this terror group was in 2014 when 276 students of Chibok Girls High School in Borno ...

Fuel subsidy removal: Why palliative framework must be encompassing

Policy drafting, formulation, and implemention have been critical issues in the analysis of governance in Nigeria. One recent policy matter which has been on the front burner of discourse has been the recent discontinuation of payment of subsidy on petroleum products in the Country. President Bola Tinubu made as one of first strikes in his ...

Need to combat free reign of landgrabbers

About two weeks ago, there was a report of some rampaging suspected land grabbers killing a 24-year-old plumber identified simply as Femi and another yet-to-be-identified person in Orile Eegun Kara Nla via Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the incident happened around 12noon on that gloomy ...

FG’s loan and Nigerian students

After the Student Loan Bill was signed, it has been a matter of discourse across the length and breadth of the country and have left students’ tongue wagging on the pros and cons of the patchy Act, as recently assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Though, the bill is titled; “Students Loans (Access to ...

Relocation of 52% of Nigerian professionals abroad: How to check the trend

Of late Nigerian professionals are leaving the country for abroad and thousands are threatening to join the bandwagon. In fact recent survey has it that over 52 per cent of Nigerian professionals in different sectors, especially health sector will be leaving the shores of Nigeria to seek greener pastures abroad. The question is what is ...

Why 10th National Assembly should not be a rubber stamp

One common feature tagged with the 9th National Assembly is the brandished label of being a “rubber stamp.” Although the standard expectation for modern democracy of has normalised the necessity for checks and balance among the three arms of government for effective delivery of governance, the posture of the 9th National Assembly, as widely adjudged, ...

Nigeria needs peace in the face of unprovoked attacks

The President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu should as a matter of priority declare state of emergency on insecurity in the country to hit the ground running by eliminating unwanted elements holding citizens to ransom with the resumption of incessant attacks in Plateau and other parts of the country. Like the saying goes, ‘No peace no Development,’ ...

That MKO Abiola’s death may not be in vain

Late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola fondly called MKO was a business mogul with interest in media, airline, shipping, sports among others during his lifetime. Born in 1937 in Gbagura Area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, he was from a very poor background but by dint of hardwork and determination, he weathered it all ...

June 12: Democracy Day, the need for good governance

In the mood of celebrating Nigeria’s Democracy, today marks fifth anniversary of the change of our dear country’s Democracy Day from the unpopular date, May 29 to the more relevant and appropriate date of June 12. The kudos for the reversal goes to former President Muhammadu Buhari, the sequel to the nod of the National ...

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