Opinion
14 Jul 2015
00Continued from yesterday HOWEVER, before we explore some of the incentives that may cause the refining business to ‘fly’ in Nigeria, let us consider the politics of refineries’ location. Most refining projects are likely to ‘come to grief’, unless the federal arm of government negotiates with the governors of states where refineries could possibly be…
14 Jul 2015
Continued from yesterday ACCORDING to data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of Egypt, with the control of schistosomiasis in Egypt, the frequency of bladder cancer dropped over a period of 10–15 years. In late 1980s and early 1990s, bladder cancer accounted for about 27% of all cancers seen at the NCI. In more recent…
14 Jul 2015
IT would be odd to regard general welfare as irrelevant to policy. The discussion here is in favour of private organisation or industry, a plural society, multiplicity of parties and evolutionary politics. No attempt is made to engage in any semantic exposition of the meaning of socialism which definition is as varied or variegated as…
14 Jul 2015
THE Federal Government’s succour to the states to clear workers’ salary arrears may appear logical, given the states’ near bankruptcy, yet, it is an unsustainable governance model. Interventionist gestures have never worked in Nigeria’s warped federal system and this one is particularly viewed with much suspicion on account of the road leading to the states’…
14 Jul 2015
ON Tuesday July 7, 2015 the Federal Government after due consultation with the Council of State announced some intervention measures to come to the aid of many states in the federation that surprisingly have not adequately prioritized the welfare of their workers by being delinquent with the payment of salaries; some of the states we…
14 Jul 2015
SIR: Female suicide bombers are becoming a common sight in Nigeria nowadays especially in the North East where Boko Haram has continued its terrorist campaign with intense ferocity. I wish to draw attention of our security agencies to this growing phenomenon, particularly the role of hijab as cover for the perpetrators of this heinous crime.…
14 Jul 2015
SIR: A look at the eighth National Assembly shows faces of some ex-governors who have served their statutory terms. These are the same faces that are eyed by the people for reckless squander of their state treasuries. They cannot sit comfortably and pass progressive bills knowing that their past is burning from criminal investigation. The…
14 Jul 2015
THE emergence of the University of Ibadan (UI) as the best university in Nigeria and the eighth in Africa, the other day, rightly evokes the hope that the lot of the nation’s tertiary educational sector is not beyond redemption.
13 Jul 2015
THE direction is just as important as the impetus of motion. When Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of America (1913-1921), etched those eternal words across the pages of history, the meaning was never lost on those he addressed them to.
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