Editorial

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 […]

We condemn in strongest terms, the horror visited on 16 Nigerian soldiers in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by yet to be identified gunmen. It is criminal for citizens to be […]

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, last week handed over 2.15 million tonnes of fertilisers worth N100 billion to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari. He said it was […]

AFFRONT to constituted authority, wanton bloodshed and violence are never too far off from the oil-rich but troubled Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Specifically, tensions are boiling over in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta […]

From the unending spell of electricity outages in certain parts of the country to complete blackouts in other parts since late last year, the crisis bedeviling the Nigerian power sector has become deeply concerning. It […]

Amother was late last week taken into custody by the police in Lagos State for purportedly attempting to kill her sick daughter by administering the poisonous insecticide known as ‘Sniper’ on her. The police said […]

WHILE Nigerians are grappling with socioeconomic shocks, the country is plagued by another social nightmare. Reports of rape cases have continued to rise despite the guardrails in place. Crucially, states must enact strict laws and […]

DEATH is cheap in Nigeria. For proof, look at the seven citizens who died recently during a sales bazaar at the Nigerian Customs Service office, in Yaba, Lagos, as residents desperate for affordable food were […]

THE decision of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase the benchmark interest rate by 400 basis points to a record 22.75 per cent, has elicited mixed reactions. Although some […]

After over a decade of insurgency in the North-east, there has been a significant escalation of terrorism in the North-west zone of the country. From Kaduna, Zamfara, Niger, Katsina and Sokoto states, reports of killings, […]