Category: Opinions

     Fuel subsidy removal unacceptable The Senate,  Trade Union Congress (TUC) and experts  disagree with the Nigerian government’s plan to remove petrol subsidy in 2022 and replace it with a N5,000 monthly transport grant to 40 million Nigerians, which translates to N2.4 trillion in a year. It is absurd for the Federal Government to […]

  Editorial Allowance for education students  Federal Government’s planned bursary payment to higher education students every semester is a welcome development, more so that it is coming at a time the nation’s higher institutions of learning are running short of young men and women who show interest in education as a course. The youths no […]

From left VC Unijos, Prof. Ishaya Tanko; NYSC DG, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim. NYSC DG bags excellence award from alma mater By  Uji Abdullahi IIliyasu Abuja The Director-General of NYSC, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has been presented an award of Excellence by the University of Jos Alumni Association, Friday in Abuja. “This,” the university said,  “is in […]

 Editorial  Unacceptable deaths in Nigeria In 2021, Nigeria’s life expectancy at birth is 60 years.  To be specific, this figure amounts to 59 years for males and 63 years for females. Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is among the lowest in Africa and in the world, even with human and material resources at government’s […]

  Nigerian youths feel under most pressure to succeed globally — Survey By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja  The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)  says despite  mounting challenges and gender divides, Nigerian youths are optimistic about their future and struggle to succeed. Nigerian children and young people feel under the most pressure to succeed globally, according […]

 JAMB partners EFCC to check cybercrimes Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja As part of efforts to curb cybercrimes and examination malpractices, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has patnered with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tackle the menace. This was contained in JAMBulletin published Monday. “The synergy became necessary in view of the […]

 Editorial  The national curriculum of Nigerian schools needs to be changed.  At present, Nigeria overdepends on certificate qualification which has no correlation with economic growth and development. The attendant effects of certificate economy is stunted growth, examination malpractice, certificate forgery and cognate crimes. Using credit pass in Mathematics and English Language as prerequisite for admission […]

 When AMCON empowers corps members for self-reliance

  The return of authoritarian rule in Africa, by Zainab Suleiman Okino Africa is once again going through a turbulent time in form of violent overthrow of governments. However, unlike the decades after independence when such enterprises were greeted with enthusiasm, people are now generally coup weary. The military incursion into civil space is so […]

  How I saved my allawee and invested in agriculture           By Uji A.Iliyasu Abuja My Name is Amos Usman I am a Corps Member serving in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi state with the state code Kb/20B/0218.  I am serving in Government Girls’ Science College Yauri. I saved up my […]