Editorial

A coalition of concerned Civil Society Organisations, Defend Lagos, has cautioned youths, individuals and groups warming up to mark the first year anniversary of #EndSARs protests, to have a rethink and not allow a repeat […]

Going by suggestions by the Attorney General of the Federation and feelers from the Department of State Services, the Federal Government may have decided to file charges of terrorism and treasonable felony against some aides […]

The dust raised by the Declaration of the Southern Governors to the effect that the next President of the country must come from the south is yet to settle. Opposition from groups in the core […]

Against the doomsday scenario trailing unrestrained borrowing by the Federal Government, plans to de-emphasise debt acquisition next year is lofty on its face value; it will become commendable if the government can walk its talk. […]

Recurring issues of poor investigation and prosecution that have negatively impacted the judicial process and the system of justice administration could not have been raised at a more auspicious time than when the Chief Justice […]

The new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mahmood Abubakar is understandably ambitious with his promise to prioritise the controversial National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). The proposed plan can make a difference between life […]

THE well-documented plight of Nigerian children in the North-East has been further highlighted by the latest report of the United Nations Children’s Fund. According to the UN agency, over 300,000 children lost their lives in […]

The new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mahmood Abubakar is understandably ambitious with his promise to prioritise the controversial National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). The proposed plan can make a difference between life […]

THE nagging issue of the poor remuneration of judges resurfaced recently at the maiden edition of the Court of Appeal’s 2021/2022 new legal year ceremony in Abuja when the President of the Court of Appeal, […]

THAT Nigeria is passing through one of the most difficult times in its chequered 61 years after independence is not in doubt. Most bizarrely, however, the authorities have often pretended that all is well with […]

UNFAZED by public dismay and the admonition of experts, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), with the enthusiastic support of the National Assembly, is plunging Nigeria deeper into debt at a reckless rate. His […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was frontal in his submission when he stated that most of the problems associated with Nigeria’s education sector was the responsibility of state governments. His assertion should be seen as a […]

In Statesman, Plato, the ancient Greek Philosopher noted that the state’s hegemony and stability lie in understanding and the force of the mind. This has been variously interpreted to mean reasoning and courage. The fiscal […]

Continued from yesterday Towards savouring an outline showing how to determine the market-reflective naira exchange rate to rescue the economy, wistfully, if not tearfully, go through a brief but elucidatory historical account of missed opportunities […]

Ordinarily, the decision by the policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at its September meeting, to clamp down on www.abokifx.com, a web portal that aggregates the naira’s exchange rate at the parallel […]

Trafficking in dangerous hard drugs, and abuse of narcotic substances is one problem that is showcasing a potential to destroy this country unless of course, the country can destroy the phenomenon first. While the National […]

Nelson Mandela’s autobiography is titled, Long Walk to Freedom. Our hope is that the deepening contradictions of the skewed Nigerian federation will not be resolved, to borrow the Bismarckian phrase, by blood and iron. We […]

The gains of the telecommunications sector appear to be gradually eroding with the creeping in of complacency and indolence by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the various operators. The growth of the sector, particularly […]

FISCAL federalism gained a toehold in Nigeria’s twisted federation on Tuesday when a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, rejected an application by the Federal Inland Revenue Service seeking a stay of execution of the […]

The increase announced by the Federal Government on procurement of vehicles particulars and drivers’ licence may have been necessitated by the need to generate more revenue to execute development projects as the government had explained; […]