Category: EDITORIAL

Persisting rise in energy  and food prices in Nigeria remains a nightmare for every average Nigerian today. Prices of goods and services continue to rise inspite of assurances by  the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led  Federal Government that the situation was going to improve. The recent hike in petrol pump price  to  N1000 or more, tends to worsen matters for the already beleaguered masses of the country. Even the promise by the President in 2023, that some local refineries like the Port Harcourt refinery, would begin operations in 2024, appears to…

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The need for a clean environment cannot be overemphasized. Medical experts  hold that cleanliness reduces  incidents of outbreak of diseases. This fact cannot be disputed. Indeed nexus exists between a clean environment and a healthy society. Anyone who looks around Owerri, the Imo State capital with sincerity will agree that the city and its environs have profound lapses in environmental cleanliness. The reasons for Owerri ‘s apparent decline in terms of environmental sanitation range from  dumping of refuse indiscriminately especially, when some people including road sweepers make a habit of…

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Nigerians are grappling with reported unavailability of cash at the Automated Teller Machines,ATM installed in various commercial banks. The situation compels many to resort to the services of POS operators who are seen to have been making brisk business as a result. A Business Day report of July 3 this year, observed “unusual pattern of cash dispensation” in the banks.” The report further observed, “The Nigerian banking sector is facing a crisis of trust and transparency due to an unusual pattern of cash dispensation. There is a growing trend in…

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Come September this year, Imo State will hold local government elections in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.  The election is expected to bring to end, years of non conduct of Local Government elections that culminated in  unconstitutional use of Sole Administrators,  Transition Committees, and Interim management committees in the Local Government system. Local Government elections are expected to deepen democracy at the grassroots, in line with the provisions of Section 7 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, As Amended. Section 7 of the Nigerian …

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A cloud of uncertainty seems to be hanging on the country at the moment following the reported plan by some Nigerians to stage massive protests against the present administration in the country. The looming protests have reportedly been dubbed: “#End Bad Governance in Nigeria.” As a prelude to the looming quagmire, Nigerians have had to contend with an unusual level of suffering and hardship occasioned by  ever-increasing cost of goods and services that many say, is unprecedented in country’s annals. Inflation has reportedly hit over 34 per cent. This is…

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Imo is said to be among states with reported high cost of food items. President Bola Tinubu had in June this year, reportedly gave all the state governors seven days to provide concrete feedback on their plans to rev up food production in their respective states. Tinubu who reportedly gave the directive at the 142nd National Economic Council meeting attended by state governors and some deputies at the State House, Abuja, expressed worries of the rising cost of food items in the country, and demanded immediate action from the governors…

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Imo is said to be among states with reported high cost of food items. President Bola Tinubu had in June this year, reportedly gave all the state governors seven days to provide concrete feedback on their plans to rev up food production in their respective states. Tinubu who reportedly gave the directive at the 142nd National Economic Council meeting attended by state governors and some deputies at the State House, Abuja, expressed worries of the rising cost of food items in the country, and demanded immediate action from the governors…

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Flooding seems to have gradually become an annual event in Nigeria. At least, this has been the case in the past couple of years. Frequent flood disasters in Nigeria have had devastating consequences on the socio-economic lives of citizens. Residential homes, towns, villages, farmlands, public buildings such as schools, health centres, among others, have been washed away as a result of flooding. Agriculture and food production have been badly hit due to frequent flooding that affects many states in the country. At some point, the soaring prices of food items…

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The prevailing high  prices of food items in Nigeria appear to have  reached a crescendo. Suffice to say that Nigerians are already beleaguered by the  palpable economic situation in the country, presently. Prices of goods and service continue to climb to the top of the mountains under the present administration of  Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Although the economic situation in the country began to slide to worrisome lows under the lacklustre Muhammadu  Buhari administration that left office  on May 29, 2019. The over one  year-old Tinubu administration as Nigeria’s President…

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Throughout  the world , the Media  functions not only as Watchdog of the society, but also as Agenda setters for the government in power.The role in journalists in holding political leaders accountable for their actions, is provided for in Section 22 of the 1999 Constitution As Amended. Regrettably, politicians tend to  fume each time journalists attempt to carryout their mandates as enshrined in the constitution. Fred Fedler,  an  American journalist wrote, “Journalism is built on reporting government.” More than 70 percent of media reports mostly cover  issues of governance. Why…

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