Editorial

AS the consensus and clamour for state police grows across the country, it is opportune to address the fears being expressed by some stakeholders against the decentralisation of civil security in Nigeria. Essentially, there is […]

On April 11, 2014, the Nigerian Supreme Court gave a landmark unanimous verdict confirming that the Igbo customary law of inheritance, ‘‘which excludes female children from inheriting the property of their deceased fathers was in […]

Escapees from Nigeria’s correctional centres in the last two years, who have not been recaptured, were reported to be about 4,000. This is alarming. Also disturbing is that this could be a conservative estimate. Nigerian […]

PLANS by the Federal Government to mitigate the high cost of food by establishing a commodity board are self-contradictory. Essentially, Vice-President Kashim Shettima said that the government would establish the National Commodity Board to determine […]

NIGERIA is under a security siege. The rapine is being fuelled by huge arms in wrong hands, resulting in massive killings, kidnappings, violent cult activities and terrorism. The extremists are emboldened by their access to […]

NINE months after President Bola Tinubu ended petrol subsidies, Nigerians are none the wiser on the outcome of that decision. While the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited insist that subsidy is […]

Implementation of the student loan scheme of the Federal Government should start immediately, as promised by the President Bola Tinubu administration, to prevent a situation where more indigent students are unable to further or complete […]

The granting of tax waivers to selected businesses in certain sectors of the economy has come under some close scrutiny by many Nigerians. There have been questions as to whether these waivers are in the […]

The crisis in the health sector has assumed an alarming proportion amidst the growing exodus of qualified medical personnel from Nigeria. Recent reports of facility shut down by leading health institutions across the country call […]

At a time the country is struggling with finances to keep government afloat, when all departments and agencies are charged to exercise utmost prudence, that sum of N89 billion demanded by the Independent National Electoral […]

As the Federal Government considers applications for 270 new private universities to be established in the country, there is need to look beyond just granting the requests, with a view to ensuring that the standard […]

The report that thousands of personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) are being owed relocation allowance by their employer, the Federal Government, is disheartening. But it is even more than that: as a bad […]

The excitement that greeted the awards of best African footballers to Nigeria on four fronts was appropriately directed. For one reason, it has been 24 years since Kanu Nwankwo got the best footballer award, despite […]

Henry Alfred Kissinger, the renowned United States diplomat, passed on last month, leaving the world with mixed reactions borne out of diverse characteristics of his person. Kissinger, a political scientist, geopolitical consultant, politician, and author […]

The admonition lately given to 23 new High Court judges by no less a personality than the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, could not have come at a more auspicious time. The judges need […]

In its transitional activities, the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration recalled Nigerian ambassadors from their mission in early September. In the communication conveyed by the Foreign Ministry, the envoys were “expected to commence the process of […]

The resolve of the National Assembly to proceed with the acquisition of luxury Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) for its members, despite public outcry, is condemnable and highly insensitive to the poor economic plight of most […]

The political impasse that has characterised Ondo State in recent months could have been avoided had Governor Rotimi Akeredolu taken the right decision to step down in the face of the ill-health that effectively precluded […]

In 2010, the President Musa Yar’Adua-conceived Vision 20:2020 development plan admitted, rightly, that ‘the current transport infrastructure in the country is inadequate to meet the needs of a 21st century economy.’ The promise was to […]

The plan by the Ministry of Interior to accelerate the issuance of the Nigerian passport to citizens is laudable only to the extent of it yielding practical results. Similar promises were made by state officials […]