Editorial

INCREDIBLY, the Federal Government is defaulting in the implementation of the new pension scheme, with its failure to remit a total of N67 billion retirees’ accrued pension rights to their Pension Fund Administrators. As a […]

“Among the areas of attention are the issue of out-of-school children, promotion of adult literacy and special needs education, revival of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Technical, Vocational Education and Training, strengthening of basic education, […]

Towards the end of 2015, I was privileged to be invited to one of several Presidential Town Hall meetings organised by the then fledgling Buhari administration. It was billed for the International Airport Hotel, Ikeja, […]

With the passing of Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, the Iyasele of Uromi, to the great beyond on Sunday, the 28th of October, 2018, it could rightly be said, without any iota of equivocation, that a […]

As politicians and other stakeholders make permutations towards the general elections in 2019, nothing has become as unclear and dreadful as what fortunes may befall the country in the days ahead. And the reasons for […]

Unlike what obtains in advanced democracies where civilisation and sanity are never in short supplies, especially as reflected in conduct of their politicians and other elective office holders, it is very uncommon for losers in […]

As it did in 2014, with stomach infrastructure, Ekiti, with its out-of-season gubernatorial election cycle, has set a new trend for elections with ‘see and buy’. These new names for an old practice where voters […]

With two major outbreaks in 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak four years after a similar outbreak occurred in West Africa. The current outbreak — in DRC’s North […]

As we collectively work towards entrenching the principles and consolidating the practice of democracy in Nigeria, it is expedient to reiterate the need for the political class to respect the rule of law, which is […]

THE recent seizure of about N1.12 billion worth of gold about to be smuggled abroad grabbed media headlines. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in intercepting the illegal gold shipment that was being smuggled through […]

As usual, the government has handled the saga of the executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, with spectacular lack of tact, or common sense. A timeline of the debacle reads […]

When Udom Emmanuel took the oath of office as Akwa Ibom State Governor on May 29, 2015, he knew that he was not just carrying out a ceremonial ritual that the occasion demanded. He fully […]

Irrational impulses are not surprising in the stress and tension that characterise a demented society. In an atmosphere of violence, reason is sometimes abandoned and humanitarian principles forgotten. The inflamed passions of the time lead […]

Politics as we practise it in Nigeria is in a class of its own. Our politics is so laced with bitterness, vengeance and acrimony so much so that politicians go to any length to seek […]

The Brookings Institution, a Washington based Economic think-tank, published a report earlier this year, titled “The start of a new poverty narrative.” The report was primarily based on the work of three experts associated with […]

As political contenders deploy their arsenal ahead of the 2019 elections, security challenges, some of which threaten the very existence of the Nigerian union, should be at the centre of political discourse again. Kaduna State […]

I maintain that Chief Falae has paid his dues in rendering distinguished service to Nigeria. As a civil servant, he was a first-class planning officer and economic wizard who rose to the post of a […]

The “Trial of Brother Jero” Part 2. That is it. Fayose vs Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. It is already packing more twists and turns than a poorly written Nollywood script. We expected the movie. […]