Editorial - Page 87

THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s threat to sanction airlines operating below standards is typical of the penchant of regulatory bodies in Nigeria to bark instead of biting. Sanctioning of airlines performing below

THE release of three international news network, Al Jazeera, journalists from a Cairo jail the other day evokes only a little cheer and merely serves as a stark reminder of the incarceration, maiming and killing of journalists as well as many other people in

THE report the other day by President Goodluck Jonathan that the government has acquired new platforms for the Nigerian Army to strengthen their combat-readiness in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents is

AS the struggle among various political interests vying for control of affairs of Nigeria rages and partisans are being recruited across the political spectrum, the Nigerian military must be insulated from the

AFRICA haemorrhages, a bleeding that must be curbed if life would not be snuffed out of the continent. The report of the Thabo Mbeki-led High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows

NIGERIANS may have borne the insult with admirable equanimity, even with some hope that something good would be the outcome of their long wait and delay. But let Professor Attahiru Jega and

AFRICAN nations, outraged at the atrocities being committed by Boko Haram recently demonstrated their solidarity with Nigeria by proposing to set up a regional force of 7, 500 troops to fight the rampaging terror group. Such intervention by the African nations

IT is an enduring tragedy of the on-going politicking that many who speak do so without much wisdom but only to show how much they like the sound of their own voices.

AFTER what seemed like a collective and tragic amnesia on the part of all, the renewed demand by the United Nations Security Council and other citizens of the world on Boko Haram