Editorial

The angry nationwide hunger protest in the country assumed a curious twist in the hoisting of Russia’s flag by youths in some states in the North. It is not that alone, there were brazen calls […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s Sunday national broadcast addressing the widespread hunger protests in Nigeria has understandably sparked significant criticism from various quarters. While the President aimed to quell public discontent, Tinubu’s speech failed to address the […]

FOR Team Nigeria, bad moments are pouring in torrents at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. On Tuesday, a major uprising stained Nigeria’s participation. Favour Ofili, 21, a female sprinter, the Athletic Federation of Nigeria and […]

AFTER a lengthy waiting game, the Nigerian Correctional Service has released more names and pictures of inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State. On April 24, rainfall destroyed the […]

LAGOS State needs to look deeply into its environmental practices. Although the state government has debunked a viral report on social media that claimed that the state had re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation in addition […]

A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics and the UNODC on corruption in Nigeria cements the country’s soiled reputation as a place of sleaze. Entitled ‘Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends,’ it revealed […]

A raft of fiscal reforms by President William Ruto of Kenya, aimed at increasing the country’s revenue to address its mounting fiscal challenges, has got the East African nation rumbling since last month. A Finance […]

President Bola Tinubu moved in a big way with his Economic Stabilisation Programme, ESP, last week Thursday, July 4, 2024, applying a massive N2 trillion jab into the veins of our sagging economy, with a […]

THE Federal Government has taken a giant step forward to combat the menace of plastics in the environment. In this, the Federal Executive Council recently approved a ban on single-use plastics, also known as on-the-go […]

The directive by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, for the arrest of two operatives over acts of alleged misconduct during an operation at a hotel in Lagos is in the […]

ECONOMIC hardship is not subsiding. According to a fresh note by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the persistent hike in food prices is worsening poverty levels. ACCI President, Emeka Obegolu, says the situation […]

Over the past one year, the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has quietly been undergoing radical changes, pushing close to the perfect picture of the Customs needed for the actualisation of the economic reform visions of […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has predictably come under criticism over purported plans to buy new presidential jets. The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence had asked the Federal Government to purchase new aircraft […]

MINISTER of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, recently unveiled some key statistics to demonstrate that progress is being made in repositioning the underperforming agriculture sector. He claimed that the agriculture industry had injected N309 […]

THE Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, has prompted Nigerians again of the need to overhaul the judiciary. At a recent stakeholders’ summit in Abuja, the CJN bemoaned the heavy toll corruption, inefficiency, and undue […]

NIGERIA’S correctional centres need urgent reformation. The centres are overcrowded and inhabitable. The structures are aged and prone to collapse, enabling hardened criminals to escape. The federal and state governments should reform the system. Fresh […]

NEARLY a year in the saddle, President Bola Tinubu seemingly has no security plan. Under him, Nigerians are being abducted, displaced, and massacred at will by non-state actors, a replay of the bloody eight years […]

The authorities should do more to secure the countryside When the bandits arrived the residence of the Lado Mairua in Mai-Ruwa community, Katsina State, the family was having the Muslim Ramadan Tarawih prayers. But that […]

The many checkpoints mounted by security officers are sources of frustration and delay The Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Damian Okeke-Ogene recently expressed dismay over roadblocks and extortions across roads in the Southeast. “Today, the […]