Editorial
NNPC offers to disclose details of NLNG dividends account
Following allegations of unauthorised withdrawals from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Dividends Account, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has offered to provide details of the account from 1999 till date.
Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti B [...]
New minimum wage brouhaha
The history of Nigeria trade union is replete with crises and struggles for improved welfare package for its workforce. The first major crisis could be traced to 1975, when the Nigerian Military Government cancelled the registration of the four unions and announced its new policies and guidelines for [...]
2019: fake news and hate speeches
Every democratic nation situates information at the centre of public enlightenment and national discourse. However, the proliferation of information through social media and sundry platforms, has created a problem of authenticity and reliability.
Although devoid of factual accuracy, misguided i [...]
The unending internecine crises in Kaduna State
Kaduna state has been in the news again with reports of communal crisis in some areas of the state. Crisis broke out in Kasuwan Magani and Kaduna metropolis, claiming not less than 77 lives in both areas.
The recent violent clash in the Kasuwan Magani axis of Kajuru local government area of the [...]
Presidential debate brouhaha
Even with the vast majority of Nigerians not having access to television and electricity, the culture of televised presidential debate has crept into our political culture. It is one of the many cultures we have copied from the United States of America which our presidential system is modelled after.& [...]
Implementing Patients’ Bill of Rights
History was unfolded on July 31, 2018, when Acting President Yemi Osinbajo launched the Patients’ Bill of Rights, setting the tone for improved service delivery in the country’s parlous health sector.
Hitherto, the nation’s health sector lacked a policy or legal instrument agg [...]
Summer holidays and vocational learning
The 2017/2018 academic session has come to an end in schools across Nigeria, consequently signaling the beginning of an extensive holiday that usually last between eight to ten weeks.
Many parents have however come to dr [...]
The humongous N242.4bn budget for 2019 elections
On July 17, 2018, President of the Senate Bukol Saraki read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari on a supplementary budget with a whooping price tag of N242.45 for the execution of the 2019 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as well as security agencies. [...]
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