Editorial

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s recent lamentation over the prevailing bloodletting and insecurity in the country was cold comfort to Nigerians. His vivid observation of the self-destructive impact of violence and its abhorrence by major faiths also […]

If we judge by the statistics offered by the Federal Ministry of Health recently nearly 60 million Nigerians suffer from mental health challenges. In a country where there is profound ignorance about mental health this […]

Prince Charles, the heir apparent to the British Crown in the United Kingdom, was in Nigeria and called at the Aso Villa to discuss issues of national interest like Fulani herders conflicts with farmers and […]

Nigeria has always perched on the horns of dilemma. When Lord Lugard, acting at the behest of the British, cobbled the many ethnic nationalities into what became Nigeria in 1914 he did so thinking that […]

The rise in cases of tuberculosis (TB), and its resistant strain, is posing serious global health challenges. That tuberculosis has become a major public health concern, especially in developing countries where it is most prevalent, […]

Nigeria’s political troubles and the vexed issue of her disunity date back to our pre-independence era. We should remember that we had the 1953 Kano riot during which the northern people produced the nine point […]

The foremost source of value and competitive benefit in the knowledge economy is human and intellectual capital. It is said that Nigeria, with a population of over 180 million people, has the hidden capacity to […]

Mr. Allison Akene Ayida, a foremost Nigerian “Renowned Sage, Quintessential Public Servant, Corporate Governance Connoisseur and Author” died October 11, 2018 after a grave illness. Of course, this is no longer news -especially since he […]

More attention should be paid to the learning, teaching and usage of indigenous languages With our national preference for English as the official language of communication, the learning, teaching and use of many indigenous languages […]

It should be curiously disappointing that despite noisy investment nurtured by renewed interest of the Federal Government on the issue of ease of doing business, Nigeria still scored low in the latest World Bank report […]

AFTER a long drawn battle, the organised labour suspended its proposed mass action over the demand for a N30,000 minimum wage as President Muhammadu Buhari warmly received the report of the Tripartite Committee of the […]

ACADEMIC activities have been ruptured again in the country’s universities since last week, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities resumed its strike over epileptic funding. The ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, said the resort to […]

AS the country awaits the final word on the renegotiated new national minimum wage and public service pay rise, stakeholders should ponder the likely full implications. After the usual sparring between the organised labour and […]

Sir: Many generation parents indulge their children to pointless heights. And this remains the status quo. While they can claim to have succeeded in industry, in the military, etc., the scions children are dancing away […]

For the umpteenth time in the life of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, alleged lopsided composition of the bodies in charge of national security and defence has come under fire. This is not a good […]