L AST Thursday, the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) slammed a life ban on the disgraced former head of Ecuador’s Football Federation, Luis Chiriboga, after finding him guilty of taking bribes. According to reports, Chiriboga was one of the executives arrested in 2015 amid a massive United States-led crackdown on corruption in world football. […]
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Out-of-school children: The prosecution threat
There are indications that parents who prevent or refuse to register their children of school age in school may be in for it presently as laws may soon be enacted to sanction such visionless parents. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, stated this much during his recent weekend ministerial briefing. According to the minister, “Unless […]
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Babalakin’s denigration of free education
The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN), purveyed sophistry recently when he described the 1979 free education policy in the western part of Nigeria as one of the saddest events in Nigeria’s history. According to him, western Nigeria embarked on a free education policy without the resources to fund it. He […]
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On election-related violence
The just-concluded federal and state elections in the country had many negative aspects. For one thing, after months of repeatedly assuring Nigerians that it was ready for the task, the Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ended up postponing the presidential election by one week, thus throwing a wrench in the plans of many […]
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INEC must guarantee the supplementary polls
AS the nation gets ready for the supplementary elections scheduled for this Saturday, March 23, 2019, the eyes of Nigerians and the international community are still on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to complete the work it started about a month ago: ensuring the emergence of governors and the remaining lawmakers in seven states through free, fair, credible and conclusive elections.
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The unending crisis in Venezuela
On January 23, the leader of the Venezuelan national legislature, Juan Guaido, declared himself transitional president and said he would assume the powers of the executive branch from then onwards. The move directly challenged the power of President Nicolas Maduro, who had been sworn in to a second six-year term in office just two weeks […]
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Kajuru: When will the killings end?
T HE unremitted killings going on in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have confirmed that the state is not in a hurry to break free from its notorious reputation as the hotbed of crisis in the country. While the Kaduna-Abuja road remains the den of deadly criminals visiting road users with mayhem at […]
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The tragedy at Ita Faji
LAST week’s collapse of a three-storey building in the Ita Faji area of Lagos in which 20 persons died is the latest testimonial of the constant failure that defines the Nigerian state of affairs. The incident clearly shows how little the value attached to human lives is in the country. It demonstrates clearly that those […]
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UNICEF’s warning on stigmatised children
On Monday, the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) warned that children raised in the Islamic State’s (IS) “caliphate” should not be treated as terrorists. Speaking during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, UNICEF’s Middle East director, Geert Cappalaere, said the fate of children whose jihadist families recently fled IS’s last bastion in northeastern Syria should […]
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The National No Smoking Day
T WO dates have become very critical and significant in the sustained global war against smoking. One is March 13 of every year, which is declared the National No Smoking Day. The other is May 31, designated as the World No Tobacco Day. Each day is set aside to save lives through awareness campaigns on […]
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