The appointment penultimate week of Ignatius Kaigama as the new bishop of the Catholic Arcdiocese of Abuja by Pope Francis is quite significant. This is more so considering the fact that the next level administration […]
From Borno state last week came a disturbing report that parents of rape victims were frustrating the prosecution of suspected sex robbers. Expressing the frustration is the Chairman of a Non-Governmental Organisation based in Maiduguri, […]
The declaration last week by the senate that corruption thrives in the nation’s judiciary on account of paucity of funds crippling its operations in the dispensation of justice once again raises the issue as to […]
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct the governorship election in Bayelsa and Kogi states on Saturday. Thus, signing of the peace accord last week by the various political […]
The recent pronouncement by the Court of Appeal in Abuja, describing as morally wrong the payment of severance allowances to elected or appointed public office holders, may have put paid to the controversy surrounding the […]
The recent revelation by the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, to the effect that Nigeria loses about $15 billion annually to tax evasion is as mind boggling as it is deplorable. […]
In his resolve to fulfil the major thrust of his campaign promises to Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari recently reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to put Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track and pursue the […]
Today is being observed across the globe as the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists. The United Nations General Assembly on November 2, 2013 adopted a resolution at its 68th session, urging member states […]
A report released last week in Abuja by BudgIT to the effect that a total of 33 state governments cannot finance their recurrent expenditure without allocation from the federal government raises the debate, once again, […]
Unhappy with the dismal performance of the Nigerian contingent to the recently concluded 2019 World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar, the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Monday, inaugurated a panel […]
The recent projection by a member of the Presidential Eonomic Adisory Council (PEAC) and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited, Bismarck Rewane, to thw effect that Nigerya’s economy has 25 per cent probability […]
The recent statement credited to the Governor of Ekiti state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to the effect that Nigeria lacks a national security policy should serve as a wake up call to the nation’s security apparatchik. […]
The report by WaterAid that Nigeria is home to over 10m children that are stunted should be a matter of serious concern to the government at all levels in view of its socio-economic implications for […]
The nationwide strike slated for today by labour unions over the delay in the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage by the federal government and labour may hold if negotiations between the two breakdown. […]
The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) stirred the hornets’ nest recently when it described the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) as the “greatest democratic fraud” foisted on Nigeria’s democracy and should, therefore, be abolished. This […]
A recent investigation carried out on the health hazards associated with the consumption of artificially ripened fruits should achieve two purposes: a wake-up call on the relevant government agencies to stem the deadly practice and […]
The reecho, last week, of the rising rate of unemployment in the country by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, ought to rattle policy makers and other stakeholders in the Nigeria project. […]
About two or so years ago, two eminent Nigerians expressed serious concerns over the delay in passing the Bill for an Act for the establishment of Nigerian Food Hygiene Inspection Council (NFHIC) now before the […]
A recent newspaper report to the effect that senators who served in the immediate past National Assembly received over N73 billion in four years as running cost for their offices without effectively retiring the expenditure […]
Clearly, the order of by the Federal High Court in Abuja for the release of the publisher of Sahara Reporters who is also the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 […]
The recent alarm raised in the medical circle about the exodus of Nigerian doctors is very worrisome and government at all levels must rise to the challenge and stem the dangerous tide. Virtually all public […]
The resolution passed last week by the House of Representatives asking President Muhammadu Buhari to give a national award to the Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, in recognition of his patriotism is a […]
About a year or so ago, a tragedy occurred along the Airport Expressway, near Federal Housing, Lugbe, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, when a pedestrian was killed after being hit by three vehicles […]
The recent award of “Best Governor in 100 Days in Office’’ conferred on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state by An African group of democrats under the aegis of African Democracy Assessment Network (ADAN) […]
The disagreement between the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and Governor of Ekiti state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over the legality or otherwise of security votes to governors of the 36 states of […]
Copyright © 2019 | Blueprint Newspapers Limited