Category: EDITORIAL

Feelers from around the state indicate that imolites are bracing up for what seems to be a likely low Christmas celebration this month. There are emerging Indications that traders and marketers may have been experiencing low business due mainly  to what many attribute to escalating hardship in the country, and Imo in particular. There have been expectations amid calls for the Imo State Government of Governor Hope Uzodinma to shore up the state’s economy via policies, at least to cushion the effects of the prevailing situation. The Imo situation appears…

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In a few days from now the usual Jingle bells would start ringing heralding the Christmas season for this year. The Yuletide climaxes the last  four-months of the year popularly called the “ember months.” In all years, this period is characterised by rise  in crime wave occasioned by increased socio-economic activities.There is also the angle of desperate quest for money and other material acquisition by some people who habour the erroneous notion that Christmas is a period to  make money by hook or crook. Incidences of ritual killings, kidnapping and…

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The proposed Tax reforms initiated by the administration of President Bola Tinubu, has generated  controversy especially, as some parts of the nation appear uncomfortable with some of the proposed reforms. The Tinubu-led federal government has defended the move saying that it will “simplify the tax landscape, reduce the burden on small businesses, and streamline tax collection.” Reports have it that the proposed bills for the said tax reforms, have already passed second reading in the Senate of the National Assembly. One interesting aspect of Tinubu’s tax reforms is its move…

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The world will celebrate the Christmas season in  a couple of weeks away from now. It is period christians the world over commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ in the First Century AD. Obviously, the Christmas period is usually characterised by a sharp rise in crime wave occasioned by increase in movement and other socio-economic activities. One issue that is of serious concern is the despicable attitude of desperation on the part of some people in their quest for money and other material acquisition during Christmas. This stems from the…

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The removal of fuel subsidy  by President Bola Tinubu administration seems to have harmed the economy more than it has helped it. Whatever Tinubu and his aides claim as the gains of the subsidy removal, can hardly be taken serious by the masses of this country because of obvious economic hardship and prevailing hunger across the nation. No doubt, Tinubu’s subsidy removal has had serious backlash on  Nigeria’s economy, by extension, the wellbeing of the citizens. Tinubu’s announcement of an end to the subsidy regime in Nigeria during his inauguration…

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President Bola Tinubu recently re-assigned some of his  ministers to new ministries and  appointed new ones. The Nigerian president equally scrapped some ministries and created  new ones. In all, the Tinubu administration hopes the rejigging of his barely one and a half year administration will help better the palpable economic situation he plunged the country into especially, with his hasty removal of petrol subsidy at the point of inauguration on May 29, 2023. To say that Nigerians have been plunged into unsolicited hardship since Tinubu made the announcement that ended…

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There is no gain repeating the fact that the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has had serious backlash on  Nigeria’s economy. The announcement of  end to subsidy regime in Nigeria by President Tinubu during his inauguration as president on May 9, 2023, has sparked unprecedented energy crisis, which apparently has shaken the nation’s economy to its foundations. Suffering and hardship on the part of citizens have escalated as a result. Just last week,  the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter…

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Streetlights are hallmarks of any modern city. They do not only enhance the security of the city, but also help to create nightlife in a city. Numbers of streets in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State, do not have streetlights, although this situation may not have begun with the present administration in Imo. The absence of streetlights render  streets and roads not only very dark in the night, but also, as operational ground for hoodlums who leverage the prevailing darkness to rob innocent citizens  of their valuables, even harm…

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True to several warnings issued by the Nimet, Nigeria has witnessed massive flooding in different states of the federation. Floods have reportedly displaced over 300,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings, affecting about one million people in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State alone. Borno is not the only state in Nigeria hit by flood disaster this year. About eleven to fifteen states are affected one way or the other. Heavy rainfall in recent weeks were said to have “caused the Alau Dam, located just a few kilometres outside Maiduguri,…

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Reactions trailing the outcome of the 2024 Edo State gubernatorial poll held recently, appears to suggest that Nigerians are seriously losing faith (if they have not completely lost faith) in the possibility of any credible electoral process in the country. For former President Goodluck Jonathan, “there was more tension after the Edo election than before it, due to the feelings that some things were not done rightly.” Jonathan still remains the only Nigerian President to hand over to an opposition party after he was defeated at the polls. The former…

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