Editorial

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 […]

The Number One, single most important, Office in Nigeria is that of the President of the Federal Republic. By whatever nomenclature, the President is the Head of State as well as the head of the […]

Funding federal government budget deficits has posed recurring challenges to successive governments in the country with regard to appropriate funding strategy to adopt. Over the years, there has been greater inclination to borrowing to meet […]

Relying on the massive infrastructure development it had admittedly recorded in terms of roads, urban renewal and mega schools, and considering that the incumbent Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is a street-wise, grassroots mobiliser, it was […]

Just when one thought that President Muhammadu Buhari’s school certificate scandal could end up like the good, old nursery rhyme, “For want of a nail,” something dramatic and Nollywood-like happened. The West African Examination Council, […]

A directive the other day by the Lagos State House of Assembly to local council authorities in the state to re-engage the Private Sector Partnership (PSP) operators to take over from their competitor and successor, […]

Men who start families later in life should be aware of the potential health risks to their children, according to US doctors who found that babies born to older fathers tend to have more medical […]

Estate agents, high street solicitors and accountants who facilitate about £100bn of money-laundering in the UK but are failing to report suspicious activity face a crackdown under a government drive against economic crime. Security minister […]