Editorials Thursday, September 25, 2008

Goje’s HIV status

THE recent declaration of his HIV status by the Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Mohammad Goje, is exemplary and a boost to the campaign on a disease that has decimated the population of Nigeria and other countries of the world. [DAILY CHAMPION]

THE ROT IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

IT is common knowledge that the Nigerian oil industry is being wilfully mismanaged.This explains why it is bedevilled by an assortment of problems. The painful aspect of the situation is that the ordinary people are being made to bear the brunt. [NIGERIAN TRIBUNE]

Bad news for our education

The nation’s dwindling fortunes in education has come into sharper focus with the damning report that 51 percent of candidates who sat for this year’s national common entrance examination into the Federal Unity Schools could not meet the cut-off points for their various states [DAILY SUN]