The current strike embarked upon by Lagos State medical doctors calls for concern, especially as it puts the health of hapless patients in the hospitals at utmost risk. Last week, doctors in all government owned hospitals embarked on an indefinite strike to protest what they say was the
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If all goes according to plan, the Nigerian railway system will soon be open to private sector participation. The first step towards this revolutionary development is being taken by the Federal Government, which has sent a bill to the National Assembly to this effect. The bill provides for private operators to own, construct and operate […]
How would you feel if you woke up one morning to find several members of your community slaughtered and others maimed by strangers who, out of benevolence, were allowed to live in your community’s ancestral land to carry on their business of cattle rearing? Mad with anger, of course! This is the situation some communities […]
One of the tragedies of war, famine and natural disaster is the incidence of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are trying to flee affected zones to safer areas. All through human civilisation, people have always been victims of man-made violence and even of nature. Therefore, it is expected that the society should treat such victims with […]
The recent call by the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr.Benjamin Ezra Dikki for the immediate passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is not only welcome but also timely. For long, stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have been calling for an enabling law that would encourage local and […]
