Editorial

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 […]

It is unfortunate that many states constitute threats to the future of the nation Recent reports that no fewer than 27 states in the country have failed to access the sum of N54.9 billion basic […]

Former Super Eagles’ ace winger and victorious coach of Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Finidi George, was announced as the new Manager of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, last week, by the Nigerian […]

President Bola Tinubu’s assertion at the recent Special World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that the removal of petrol subsidy and foreign exchange reforms by his administration saved Nigeria from bankruptcy, was received with […]

UNDER the radar for a lengthy period after its conception, the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is finally taking off under a storm of controversy. A 700-kilometre turnpike infrastructure, the project has attracted commendation and condemnation in […]

Philip Shaibu, the recently impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, was the 19th occupant of that position removed from office through impeachment since May 29, 1999. They were all sacked at the pleasure of their […]

NIGERIA’S high trade costs are standing out in bold relief again. In its April 2024 Africa’s Pulse, a biannual survey of African economies, the global lender noted that trade costs in Nigeria (and Ethiopia) “are […]

NIGERIA’S identity card system is about to get more complicated. This is after the National Identity Management Commission notified the public of its intention to launch three new national ID cards for 104 million Nigerians […]

In a proactive move, the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, swept through some outliers of Abuja recently and nabbed 85 criminal suspects from their hideouts in the Durumi and Dei-Dei […]

Nigeria is a place where government officials see their post not as a position to work for the country’s development but that of self-gratification. Numerous agencies have been created at state and federal levels, and […]

NIGERIA’S premier health institution, the University College Hospital, in Ibadan, is still in the eye of the storm despite the partial resolution of the well-advertised disconnection issue it has with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. […]

NIGERIANS are searching for answers on how to cope with the projected higher cost-of-living nearly a week after the Federal Government commenced the phased removal of electricity subsidies. In an abrupt move on April 3, […]

ORDINARILY, this is expected to be a good time for states in the country following the jump in their statutory allocations from the Federation Account because of the removal of subsidy on petrol. This pushed […]

THE recent escape of one of the two executives of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, from custody, is an indictment of Nigeria’s security system and must be addressed firmly. The circumstances of the escape make […]

Every financial audit report of units of the federal government unfolds an overwhelming corpus of the reckless abuse of the public treasury that evokes benumbing feelings and the question of whether anyone is in charge […]

FOR Lagos and Ogun state residents, the imminent seasonal rains might not bring any respite as the projected deluge threatens to displace them from their homes while wreaking havoc on the roads and other infrastructure. […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s new plan to bridge Nigeria’s colossal infrastructure deficit is both ambitious and audacious. To actualise it, the Federal Executive Council on Monday sanctioned the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund, a parastatal targeted […]