Editorial

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 […]

IT is almost impossible to find a middle ground between the disparate claims by the Nigeria Police and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu over the incident in the latter’s official residence last week. While 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 […]

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 […]

James Emejo The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are monitoring the investigations the law enforcement agencies instituted against the directors and management of the defunct Skye Bank Plc […]

Peter Uzoho Worried by incessant power challenges in the country caused partly by stealing energy and vandalisation of electricity facilities by disgruntled members of the public, the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy […]

Activism and demand for justice for the late 13-year-old girl, Elizabeth Ochanya, a victim of serial rape, heightened in the country recently. The minor died late last month from Vesico-Vaginal Fistula disease she allegedly suffered […]

THE Federal Government acknowledged recently that the burgeoning youth unemployment posed a serious threat to security and the country’s socio-economic development. Remarks by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Olusade Adesola, that […]