Editorial

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 […]

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 […]