Category: Editorial

    U niversities are known as Ivory Towers. This is for a reason. The towers used to be inhabited by people of not just the greatest academic accomplishments but of also moral rectitude. It was this that gave birth to the phrase ‘learning and character.’ But now the Ivory Towers have become refuge of the morally depraved, academic frauds and all sorts of misfits.     The BBC sex-for-grades investigation not long ago highlighted once again the decadence in the university system. In that shameful episode, lecturers of the…

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E ven with the dust raised recently over its intervention in the nation’s textile industry yet to settle, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) busied itself again by promising to inject N69 billion into the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP). The gesture coming amid various other intervention programmes is another demonstration of how much the nation’s monetary policy is beginning to touch lives spreading from the top to the grassroots. For sometime now, the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and his team appear to have taken delight in getting…

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T he current renewed horrendous activities of Boko Haram and its IS affiliates in many parts of Borno State bespeak of government’s ineffectuality to eliminate these Jihadists in their artfully contrived mission against the country. Coming years after Federal Government’s claim to have technically defeated the virulent criminals, it goes without saying that we must evolve more productive strategies to wipe out these extremists.     Interestingly, many strategies, collaborations with the countries of the Chad Basin Commission inclusive have been adopted, and not a few conferences of military chiefs…

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    F ew days ago, Nigerians joined the rest of the world in welcoming the magical year 2020. For the rest of the world, it was another new year, celebrated with pomp, at least by the living.   But for Nigeria and Nigerians, it was not just a year. It was a sad reminder of the opportunities lost by the country – another one of the countless opportunities and missed targets by the country.   Roughly 10 years ago, government officials at the federal level were filled with promises…

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    Tunde Rahman     The Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti’s letter intimating Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of that institution’s decision to confer on him an honorary doctorate degree and giving reasons for finding him worthy of the honour was unequivocal. It was also very insightful. The motivation for the award was even more eloquently put when the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Smaranda Olarinde, spoke on the issue. Elucidating on the rationale for the choice of the former Lagos governor and APC National Leader, Prof. Olarinde said Asiwaju Tinubu…

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    F or decades, Nigerians have been under a heavy yoke brought upon them by the inefficiency and epileptic power supply to homes, offices, schools, markets and manufacturing concerns.     The defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and its successor company, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), were notorious for their poor service delivery. Their trademark was power outage and estimated billings due to the absence of a proper metering system.   Like a typical monopoly, NEPA operated with so much arrogance and disdain towards its customers. Its…

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