WHEN an Ikeja High Court, Lagos the other day sentenced Olaolu Salau, to 168 years imprisonment with hard labour for defrauding a businessman, the nation’s judiciary threw itself up as the butt of jokes. Had the said term been imposed in any of... 
CRISP, freshly minted naira currency notes, which are scarce in the banking halls are cheekily available at parties or any social gatherings to the delight of patrons, who haggle and purchase at premium rates. 
THE recent sack of a professor and demotion of two others by the Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) underscore the worsening phenomenon of plagiarism by academics in Nigeria’s institutions of higher... 
IT is a relief of sorts that the agony of the multiple deaths caused by the administration of My Pikin baby teething mixture is finally coming to an end. At least, that is the implication of the conviction the other day and 14-year jail sentence... 
IT was hardly surprising that international extractive industries watchdog, Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), recently released the Resource Governance Index (RGI), a global ranking of the quality of the governance of extractive industries in the... 
THE Lagos State Government by its series of legislations leaves no one in doubt as to the standard and pattern of behaviour expected of all the residents of the state. This is, indeed, a commendable demonstration of its willingness and capacity to... 
IT is no understatement to conclude that the Nigerian treasury leaks like a sieve. Nor is it news how the national purse, now nearly empty, has been reduced to floating on its leaked or stolen content. 
WHEN a group of Nigerians from the southern part of the country met in Lagos the other day, to deliberate on the national security crisis and the premature politicking ahead of 2015 general elections, their focus on regional and national interests... 
IT is very unfortunate that a sizeable number of Nigeria’s priceless artifacts have been looted over time for sale in the international market, mostly in Europe and the United States. Today such great works of art adorn private homes, galleries... 
THE claim by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) officials that poor service delivery by the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) operators is caused by imported “fake, unwholesome and substandard telephone handsets from China,”... 
IF Nigerians ever thought that nobility found its way into the nation’s high offices with the onset of civil rule, the disgraceful conduct of some governors over an election to the chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, the other day, has... 
AS Nigerians mark the country’s fourteenth year of return to democracy, there are probably good reasons to celebrate, but there are just as many good reasons to deliberate on the turn of events so far to rue those years. 
THE quantity of Nigeria’s oil output per day or annually has been shrouded in mystery over the years. At the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston, Texas, USA, the other day, the matter came up and all Nigerian delegates... 
THE activities of the recently inaugurated Amnesty Committee seem to have become a media fanfare in ways that could detract from its salient task of producing a blueprint for finding peace and weaning the Islamic militants currently attacking... 
THE timely release of the 2013 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) is a wake-up call on governments at all levels to take proactive measures to prepare for the rains in order to avert the monumental... 
‘Mummified Grand Mum in Son’s Wardrobe’ sounds like the title of a horror movie. Yet, that is what happened recently in Imo State, a few weeks after the discovery of a ‘baby factory’ in the same area, and a few months after the Ezzu... 
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently gave a pass mark to Nigeria on economic management in its annual Article IV Consultation, an annual review of the economic policies and outlook of all member states. While the IMF noted positives such... 
A RUSE. That is the only way to describe the much talked-about war against corruption in Nigeria. 
REPORTS detailing how ethnicity and religion influence the appointment of principal officers of universities and selection of applicants for top university courses, is a sad commentary on Nigeria. The castigating report did not only expose the...Page 1 of 2
