Editorial

IT is sobering that many graduates cannot find a job. The National Bureau of Statistics says: “The unemployment rate for Q1 2024 was 5.3 per cent, showing an increase from 5.0 per cent recorded in […]

Today, Tuesday, October 1, 2024, is the 64th anniversary of Nigeria’s flag independence. Unlike in the past when this day was marked with pomp and pageantry in government circles, schools and the various local communities […]

With her confirmation by the Senate last week Wednesday, September 25, 2024, as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Hon Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun can now sit at ease as the Head of the Judicial Arm […]

There is a Chinese proverb which is very popular among contemporary economists and leaders: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him […]

Apart from corruption, one of the greatest reasons for Nigeria’s backwardness is inability of government leaders to implement policies as planned or budgeted. Planning, ideas and elegant “grammar” are never in short supply. Bringing plans […]

The spate of attacks on rural communities across the country has gradually brought the average citizen to the Hobbesian state where life has become nasty, brutish, and short. The level of insecurity is such that […]

Joe Ajaero was arrested for failing to honour an invitation, writes TUNDE RAHMAN By the time the Department of State Services released Nigeria Labour Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, last Monday evening September 9, he […]

The growing number of hungry Nigerians, according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé analysis on national food insecurity, “is driven by the lingering insecurity which is driving high levels of agricultural livelihood disruptions and losses, abnormal […]

EVERY day, Nigerians hope for some balm to soothe their pain. But reports from the Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission headed by Tunji Bello will turn the screw in their wound. On August 29, […]

At the behest of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a minister and defence chiefs relocated to Sokoto State penultimate week to restore law and order, following the worsening security situation there. The directive was complied with […]

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun is now in the saddle as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), following the retirement of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola penultimate week. She is in an acting capacity, pending her confirmation by the […]

ON Thursday, August 8, 2024, two days to the scheduled end of the recently concluded #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force stormed Labour House, headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. The […]

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen’s effort to contest his unceremonious conviction and removal from office by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, is the right thing to do. Nigerians need to […]

The angry nationwide hunger protest in the country assumed a curious twist in the hoisting of Russia’s flag by youths in some states in the North. It is not that alone, there were brazen calls […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s Sunday national broadcast addressing the widespread hunger protests in Nigeria has understandably sparked significant criticism from various quarters. While the President aimed to quell public discontent, Tinubu’s speech failed to address the […]

FOR Team Nigeria, bad moments are pouring in torrents at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. On Tuesday, a major uprising stained Nigeria’s participation. Favour Ofili, 21, a female sprinter, the Athletic Federation of Nigeria and […]

AFTER a lengthy waiting game, the Nigerian Correctional Service has released more names and pictures of inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State. On April 24, rainfall destroyed the […]

LAGOS State needs to look deeply into its environmental practices. Although the state government has debunked a viral report on social media that claimed that the state had re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation in addition […]

A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics and the UNODC on corruption in Nigeria cements the country’s soiled reputation as a place of sleaze. Entitled ‘Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends,’ it revealed […]