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EDITORIAL: The rule of law

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The rule of law is a legal and political doctrine espousing that the government and the governed in a political state are subject to the law. It means simply that everyone must act within the boundaries of what the law allows and anyone who acts, whether exercising a legal power or asserting a
Banking
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EDITORIAL: Banks and the cashless policy

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The cashless policy is an initiative introduced by the CBN to reduce the amount of physical cash in circulation thereby encouraging the use of electronic platforms for settlement or payment for goods and services. The aspect of the policy earlier introduced in Lagos State from January 1, 2012, tagged (Cash-less Lagos) now became fully effective […]
UCH
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EDITORIAL: Is UCH Ibadan now a killing field?

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Reports filtering into the public domain indicate that the emergency section of Nigeria’s premier university’s teaching hospital has deteriorated so badly that patients and their relations refer to it as a ‘killing field! This is indeed a tragedy, a further reflection of the decadence which the nation’s public health institutions have suffered in the last […]
teachers
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EDITORIAL: Survival funds for teachers and artisans

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During the 60th annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo announced that the federal government was planning to release survival funds for small businesses, artisans, and private school teachers. According to the Vice President, data compilation for those who are eligible for the funds is going on while the […]
NUC, Universities
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EDITORIAL: Don’t indigenize the VC’s office

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The pedestrian and rather retrogressive and clannish reasoning driving Nigerian politics recently resurfaced in one of the iconic universities of Nigeria, University of Ibadan (UI) when the President General of a leading sociocultural group—the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Mr. Adeyemi Soladoye, called on the Visitor to appoint one of their sons as the […]
Lagos rains
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EDITORIAL: Lagos and the coming rains

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By Tayo Ogunbiyi At the outset of the year, experts had predicted that Lagos would witness more rains than it has ever experienced. Surprisingly, however, it is like the heavens have shut their windows against rains in the past two months. Considering the attendant challenges of rainfall in the metropolis, many residents would be quite […]
NUC, Universities
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EDITORIAL: Fate of private universities (1)

Ihesiulo Grace 0
When the phenomenon of private universities was emerging in the country some decades ago, it used to be thought that they would remain permanently inferior to the public ones (those of the Federal Government in particular) and would never do better than they in terms of students’ performance and quality of lecturers. Some questioned whether […]
NBC
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EDITORIAL: NBC and freedom of expression

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The sixth edition of the National Broadcasting Commission’s code recently launched is receiving the slings and arrows of an angry public for its draconian provisions. One of the provisions that has miffed the public is the hefty increase in fine from five hundred thousand naira to five million naira, a ten-fold raise, for infringement of […]
DSS
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EDITORIAL: The DSS and IPOB clash

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A recent clash between the operatives of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) and members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Emene Enugu State was another instance of the tense relationship between the security agents and the group. There were conflicting reports on the cause of the recent clash and the number […]
WASSCE, WAEC
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EDITORIAL: COVID-19 outbreak among SSCE students

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The federal government recently reopened schools to enable exit classes to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE). However, the Secretary to the Federal Government and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, announced in his recent national broadcast that some students sitting for the exam are reported to […]
Democracy
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Nigeria: A personal encounter (4)

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By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha Did I say in my last narrative that MKO Abiola was arrested when he declared himself president? No. I didn’t. I have not reached that part of the story of my encounter with Nigeria yet. Abacha took over the reins of government and set about establishing himself as Military Head of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, Kastina
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EDITORIAL: Buhari, let go of the service chiefs now

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Faced with the worsening security situation, the citizens expect President Muhammadu Buhari to take more decisive steps to restore stability than his banal meetings with the nation’s service chiefs. The president, again, recently held one of such meetings with the service chiefs over the rising state of insecurity in the country. The meeting took place […]
police reforms
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The spectre of a police state

Ihesiulo Grace 0
On the 1st of July 2020, a group of thirty eminent Nigerians formed a new political movement, the National Consultative Front (NCF), “aimed at driving reforms” in the country. Former Speaker of House of Representatives and co-chair of NCF, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’abba, recently granted an interview to Channels TV, where he spoke about their […]