Editorial

The so-called ‘fraternal squabble’ between two neighbours, as President Vladimir Putin profiled it, is nestling an overarching effect on the global community. Besides the devious geopolitical dynamics that triggered the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the first […]

It is clearer now that the higher the price of cement, the less affordable for housing and the more people in need of shelter. But to have a firm grip on cement rate will require […]

If you seek and don’t find me someday and they say I am gone, know that I am still ready to perform,” he said in an interview, underlining his deep passion for acting. He made […]

The halo of his birthday mirth had not expired before he expired. The nation celebrated him and then he soared into eternity, into apotheosis. Many knew him as Fabio, but that was no more than […]

A fatal funeral drew attention to the Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The funeral of 34-year-old Ozo Joseph Chukwuka on February 26 resulted in more deaths as mysterious gunmen […]

The federal legislature recently tagged along with the executive to reject a bill proposing state police in the ongoing constitution amendment. As that session was unravelling in Abuja, defenceless Nigerians were being killed in Anambra, […]

The awkward trend of public officeholders getting foreign medical services at public expense is self-serving, immoral and condemnable. It is, therefore, heartwarming that the House of Representatives is walking on the path of justice to […]

Rachel Onyegbule was my second daughter’s classmate at the Salem Academy here in Lugbe, Abuja until 2020 when they graduated and parted ways. Two of them shared great dreams of becoming medical doctors. Due to […]

IT is worrisome that many parts of the five states of the South-East have been gripped in unrelenting terrorist activities orchestrated by the so-called “unknown gunmen.” Fingers are being pointed in the direction of the […]

THE recently concluded area council elections held at the Federal Capital Territory demonstrated once again that Nigeria’s electoral machinery is still wobbly and needs serious fine-tuning. Many registered voters who had hoped to exercise their […]

The two serious accusations against Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, signpost a personal tragedy to him, but of larger and unpleasant implications for the reputation of Nigeria police and the country. Kyari was […]

Uprising over the freedom to wear hijab, or not, is ugly enough in a modern society. But having schoolchildren endlessly embroiled in such inanities to the point of shutting down schools is uglier and disgraceful. […]

The nation is expected to sing a redemption song today when, or if President Muhammadu Buhari makes good his promise to enhance the majesty of our democracy by signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022. […]

The nation is expected to sing a redemption song today when, or if President Muhammadu Buhari makes good his promise to enhance the majesty of our democracy by signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022. […]

It has become the same, old and stale story of humongous amounts of criminally acquired funds and countless number of properties forfeited to the government by highly placed Nigerians who abuse the public offices they […]

Impending review of the premium currently paid on vehicle insurance in Nigeria appears necessary after some 18 years gap. But an upward adjustment solely for an increase in revenue puts the cart before the horse. […]

The run up to the 2023 general elections was always going to be torrid. For one, project Nigeria has not, since the heady days of the struggle for independence, and in the ferment of the […]

COMING in cascades, a series of reports demonstrate the weakness of the anti-corruption war of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). News that Nigeria dropped five places in Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perception Index […]