How far can Buhari go with Labour?
Assistant Politics Editor, DANIEL KANU, x-rays the challenge of Labour unions and how the in-coming government of Muhammadu Buhari will relate with the comrades....
Fostering national cohesion via Federal Government Colleges
Sociologists observe that institutions such as Federal Government Colleges (unity schools), the National Theatre and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as well as inter-marriages...
Traditional belief clashes with science over Irele mysterious deaths
Residents of sleepy Ode Irele woke up on April 15 to a mysterious ailment killing people.
Irele, which lies 140 kilometres south of Akure, has...
Bracing-up for the challenges of dwindling oil revenue
Economists have, on many occasions, warned that there are dangers for a country such as Nigeria with more than 170 million people to rely...
Assessing efforts to rescue Chibok girls
Concerned citizens note that rescuing more than 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno on April 14,...
Improving the people’s access to water, sanitation
``We normally trek about one hour to neighbouring communities that have boreholes to get water for our daily needs.
``When our female children are having...
Highlighting the gains of renewed onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents
The renewed military onslaught against the Boko Haram insurgents has started to yield the desired results with the recapture of territories, earlier held by...
Grappling with menace of pipeline vandals
Editor, Politics/Features, EMEKA ALEX DURU, looks at incidences of pipeline vandalism in the power sector and efforts of the government in checking the menace....
General election: Issues in contention
Assistant Politics Editor, DANIEL KANU, revisits the controversies surrounding the general election, which has been shifted to March 28 and April 11, as it...
Divided by Jonathan, Buhari presidential bid
Different groups in the country continue to drum support for President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, ahead re-scheduled presidential poll, Assistant Editor (North),...
