Editorial

THEY had left families, friends and their country with a singular purpose of eking out better living opportunities for themselves. They are Nigerians; they wanted an economy that works, a government that prioritises the welfare […]

ANOTHER bloody clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, otherwise known as Shiites, occurred recently in Abuja during a protest march against the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim […]

Due largely to effective foreign exchange management policies introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria notably the Investors and Exporters window helped by recovery in crude oil price and output, some degree of stability has […]

Last week, security operatives, comprising policemen and soldiers, had fierce battle with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) known as Shiites in Abuja. The renewed clash reportedly claimed lives of five members of […]

One of the issues that has dominated the political space in the past few weeks is the travel ban on fifty Nigerians by the Federal Government. This is a fall out of the Executive order […]

There has been much fury, drily voices vibrated in consuming chants; there were ruckus hullaballoos or inexplicable excitement in the opposition camp. It is about the demand for President Muhammadu Buhari’s Secondary School certificate. So, […]

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 came into national consciousness in June 2009 when the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua nominated him as the governor of the Nigerian Central bank. Prior to that time, […]

The recurring spectacle of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), more popularly called ‘Shi’ites,’ clashing with law enforcement agencies, with attendant loss of lives, has become an embarrassment to the government and people […]

PURSUANT to Section 131(d) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, a person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level […]

The statement by the organised labour last week, that it would take nothing less than N30,000 as the new minimum wage is misleading and unconvincing, just as its threat to vote out any government that […]

There has been much fury in the clan of PDP, Nigeria’s main opposition. Drily voices vibrated in consuming chants; there were ruckus hullaballoos or inexplicable excitement in the opposition camp everywhere. They were demanding President […]

FOR some time now, there has been palpable worry in official circles over Nigeria’s rising population figures. For instance, last week, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, speaking at […]

AGAIN at the recently-concluded World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Indonesia, the IMF warned Nigeria about its rising debt profile. It advised the country not to be misled by the rising oil prices […]

Nigeria lost its soul a long time ago. My engagement with Nigeria, the country of my birth, got concretised in the 1990s which was the last decade of military dictatorship. That engagement was a painful […]

For three years running the fate of the leader of the Shiites, El Zakzaky, had been incarcerated by the federal government. He, like others, has remained in detention for alleged acts of terrorism and breach […]