Editorial

The African continent appears to be in moments of coup ferment. Surprises against the state are not new in these parts. Last July, the military took over in Niger from the elected government of President […]

Global stakeholders’ attention on the 15th Annual BRICS Summit held recently in South Africa is not misplaced. In particular, non-member countries should ponder on the prospect the new economic bloc portends as a formidable counterpoise […]

Amid political and economic unease that Nigerians are going through, the Department of State Security (DSS) has, in its words, ‘uncovered plans by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests in […]

The death of a medical doctor, Diaso Vwaere, in an elevator accident at the Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan, was avoidable, making the tragedy very unfortunate, distressing and a bad signal from a health institution. […]

At a time that some success is being recorded by Nigeria’s security forces against terrorists at various locations across the country, the news that 13 soldiers were lost in an ambush at the Shiroro Local […]

The rumour that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held a telephone conversation with the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, over the outcome of the petitions filed against the 2023 presidential election is a stark […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration Act, No. 37) in 2023, elongating the retirement age of lower court judges from 65 to 70 years, is praiseworthy. Since May […]

(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 August, 2023) One of the bitter lessons Bola Tinubu may have learnt in his abortive war against Niger Republic’s military junta is that with northern Nigeria, blood […]

Approval by President Bola Tinubu for the establishment of the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) to assist states cushion the effects of petroleum subsidy removal is a notable fiscal measure which, if properly implemented, can achieve […]

THE alarm raised recently by poultry farmers of imminent shortages, business closures and prohibitive prices gained instant credence in the markets across the country as prices galloped and layoffs hit the sub-sector. Just as consumers […]

THE fresh collaboration between the Federal Government, the Lagos State Government, the Nigerian Ports Authority, and the security agencies to rid the Apapa Ports corridor of illegal structures to boost maritime activities and dislodge criminals […]

WITHIN three weeks of becoming President, Bola Tinubu ignited a roasting of Nigeria’s economy; within a month of becoming the Chairman of ECOWAS, he is leading the 48-year-old sub-regional group towards war and disintegration. Commendably, […]

The entry of the military into the politics and governance of Niger Republic is yet another negative development in the growth of democracy and people-centred rule in that country and the West African sub-region in […]

The reported increases in tuition fees by various tertiary institutions is unrealistic, a step hostile to education and the development of Nigeria’s human capital. It is unrealistic for the reasons that the sudden percentage rise […]

The drama and altercations surrounding the trial and detention of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, are needless and could have been avoided had the Department of State Services (DSS) done […]

Concerns that the end of ‘August break’, marking a temporary cessation of rain in most parts of the country next month would trigger the annual September peak rainfall, underscores the repeated warnings being issued to […]

The controversy and public pessimism generated by the Federal Government’s policy on palliatives to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy are to be expected. For one, the government in the past has […]

Confirmation by the Nigerian Customs Service that petrol is still being smuggled out of the country to neighbouring countries is worrisome. The revelation signposts an anomaly in the deregulation of the downstream sector that has […]

Whether it is considered a genuine aspiration of a disenfranchised people or wished away as an agitation of some misguided youths or a rally of miscreants, the violent execution of the Sit-at-home order by members […]

Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) has asked the 10th National Assembly to commence the process of altering the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to allow for the establishment of state police. At its first plenary […]